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Ahmed “Zizo” Sayed scored his fifth penalty of the season to hand Zamalek a 1-1 draw against a resilient NBE Club on Monday.

​Ahly scored deep in injury time to claim a 3-2 win against Ghazl El-Mahalla on Monday to end a 13-year jinx in Mahalla Stadium.

​Algeria and Nigeria secured their qualification for the 2022 World Cup qualifying playoff on the last day of the group stage on Tuesday despite being held at home by challengers Cape Verde and Burkina Faso respectively.

​In their first ever Champions League appearance, South Africa's Amazulu FC sprang the biggest upset so far after eliminating five-time winners TP Mazembe on Saturday.

Nigeria conceded a stoppage-time goal against Central African Republic 1-0 on Thursday to sink to their first group stage defeat and throw the race wide open.

Cairo giants Zamalek have had their appeal against their transfer ban rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Thursday.

Egypt's new coach Carlos Queiroz has refused to give any explanation about the exclusion of some players from the team before Libya’s double-header in the World Cup qualifiers on 8 and 11 October.

A second half double from striker Mohamed Sherif handed Egypt a 2-0 win over Liberia on Thursday in coach Carlos Queiroz’s debut as the man at the helm of the Pharaohs.

Tunisia lead their World Cup qualifying group with maximum six points from two games

The U23 coach has included two keeper, three defenders, two midfielders in addition to Mohamed Salah

The Port Said based club, Masry, are currently 4th on the table with 29 points after 18 games, and a victory against Ahly will lift them above Pyramids FC, who have 30 points, to third place

Mohamed Salah has risen to second place on Egypt's all-time scorers list behind Hossam Hassan

Mohamed Salah missed all previous four games of the qualifiers due to injury and COVID-19 infection

The Ivorian winger has scored six goals in 13 Premier League games so far

The 44-year-old keeper saved a late penalty to frustrate his old team, who wasted a host of chances

Ahly will face Brazilian giants Palmeiras on Thursday in the 3rd place match

Emam Ashour hits post in first half, and scores twice in second half to give Zamalek 3-0 win over Talae El-Gaish

Coach Pitso Mosimane was back on the touchline after recovering from COVID-19 to witness Ahly's 4-0 win against Ittihad of Alexandria and go to the top of the table

In a series of stories, Ahram Online compiles the remarkable sporting events of 2020

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