Unlike Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah who opted for only two local-based players for Congo matches, Egypt coach Hector Cuper has called up 15 local-based players for the anticipated away game against Ugandaon 31 Augustin the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.   Topping Group E with six points, the Pharaohs are looking for a victory in the Ugandan capital to boost their qualification chances. Egypt last made it to the World Cup in 1990, and hope to end their 28-year wait with an appearance in Russia

Dutch-born Ghanaian striker Akwasi Asante is still sidelined ahead of Grimsby'sCheckatrade Trophy clash againstDoncaster tonight. The 24-year-old has not been involved since the start of the season due an injury suffered in pre-season. The frontman has been ruled out of the clubs summer schedule and is not likely to be available until September at the earliest. The precise nature of Asantes upper-leg problem has been tricky to diagnose and he will not be rushed back until he has proven

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny has joined the Egyptian national team's training camp in Alexandria ahead of the 2018 World Cup Africa qualifier against Uganda away at the Mandela National Stadium on Thursday. "The foreign-based players are arriving one-by-one in the next few hours as the team are scheduled to fly to Kampala on Tuesday," the Pharaohs' executive manager Ihab Lehitah told the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) website on Monday. All the local-based players

Egypts goalkeeping coachAhmed Nagyrevealed that the team is raedy for the games against the Cranes of Uganda and they have settled on who will be in post. The Pharaohswill face Uganda on Thursday, August 31 in Kampala before hosting them at Alexandrias Borg El-Arab Stadium on September 5 in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Egypthead coach Hector Cuper called up Zamaleks Ahmed El-Shennawy,Egypts legendary keeper Essam El-Hadary, who plays for Saudi Arabian side Al-Taawoun, Al Ahlys Sherif Ekramy

Dutch-born Ghana midfielder Edwin Gyasi has declared that he will be happy to play anywhere he is asked by coach Kwesi Appiah in the upcoming double header 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Congo. Head coach Kwesi Appiah has invited 24 players for upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifier as they aim to get their qualifying campaign back on track in next month's double header clash against the Red Devils of Congo. And one player, who is part of the squad for the battle at hand but relatively unknown

Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah says he will support who ever is selected to play for the national team and vows to continue working hard to regain his starting slot. The Columbus Crew man has arrived in Ghana for the crucial World Cup 2018 qualifiers against the Red Devils of Congo this weekend. The first leg will be played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi before the second leg is held in Brazaville Congo on Tuesday. For Mensah his position as the team's first choice center

Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah says there will be no room for error for the Black Stars over the next two international matches when they take on Congo in World Cup qualifiers. The Black Stars trail Egypt by five points, and need maximum points on Friday and next Tuesday to keep their hopes of qualifying for Russia 2018 alive. Mensah, a veteran of Ghana's last two World Cups, says it's been an unusual campaign for the team, and they are looking to right a few wrongs over the next week.

The Black Stars technical team will welcome the return of one of their star players Jeffrey Schlupp to the team for the game against the Red Devils of Congo this week after a long absence. The defender who can play as an attacker and also in defense has not been part of the team after requesting to be excused for the Africa Cup of Nations that was staged in Gabon. Schlupp's time with the national team can be best described as a miss after a very difficult integration that has seen him miss

Turkey-based midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has fired a disguised angry salvo at Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah for 'retiring' him from the Black Stars. The Bursaspor player seems to have heavily criticised Appiah's decision to exclude him from the national team, telling the Black Stars coach: 'you can't retire the King'. In his defiant posting on social media, Badu seems to conclude that Appiah's decision to drop him since taking over implies that he has been forced

The Egyptian stars will arrive in Kampala this week having put fear and terror in the hearts and minds of their opponents with stars like Mohammed Sallah, El Mohammedy and Ahmed Hegazy all finding form and fortune at club level. Salah in particular has frightening pace and will be integral in the Pharoah's quest to hit the very best of form against the Cranes of Uganda in Kampala this weekend. They very well know that Ghana has played themselves into a very complicated situation and will

Black Stars coach James Kwesi Appiah will have goalkeeper selection dilemma ahead of the team's upcoming double header 2018 FIFA World Cup against Congo. Maritzburg United new recruit Richard Ofori, who was in between the sticks during Ghanas 5-0 trouncing of Ethiopia, will have to fend off competition from Lawrence Ati Zigi for the starting berth in the much anticipated clash. Meanwhile Ati Zigi, who was excluded from former coach Avram Grant's final squad for the 2017 AFCON in Gabon,

The Black Stars will not be involved in social activities as they prepare for their crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Congo because of time. The contingent touched down in Kumasi on Monday and has just three days to train for the match. A trip to Manhyia Palace to pay homage to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been omitted form the team's prorgamme. Donations made to orphanages in the Garden City has been put on hold due to the closeness of the match. The technical

Ghana's opponents Congo will arrive in the country on Wednesday for Friday's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Head coach Sbastien Mign and his troops have been preparing in Brazzaville for the double-header. The Red Devils squad includes four home-based players and foreign stars like Thievy Bifouma (Osmanlispor, Turkey) and Fabrice Nguessi Ondama (Wydad Casablanca, Morocco). Congo are without a point in the qualifiers after two rounds of matches. They will host the Black Stars four

Ghana international Edwin Gyimah is backing the Black Stars to do the business against the Red Devils of Congo and go all the way to over power Egypt before reaching the World Cup in Russia. Ghana will face Congo in the first leg in Kumasi before travelling to Brazaville for the second leg. At the time of their game they will be hoping that Egypt trip against Uganda in Kampala at least to give them some slight hope of still being in the race for the ticket for the Russia World Cup. Edwin

Uganda have been weakened with the departure of their charismatic coach Milutin Micho Sredejovic who has left to join South African giants Orlando Pirates. The Serbian tactician has been the reason for the raise of the Cranes in recent times and has been adored by the million in the country. However issues of unpaid salaries and off the pitch challenges with the Ugandan Football Association meant his situation was unattainable and thus hid departure. His assistant has since been promoted

Ghana are set to lose faint hopes of snatching Manchester United youngster Timothy Fosu-Mensah from Holland as the defender has been called up for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers against France and Bulgaria. Netherlands boss Dick Advocaat has handed the on-loan Crystal Palace centre-back a call-up to the Dutch national team for the important matches against their opponents for this weekend. Fosu-Mensah joins because of questions over the wellness of Kenny Tete who is battling with a knee issue.

Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder, Samudeen Ibrahim, will undergo a trial with Czech side FK Varnsdorf with the potential of gaining a permanent contract with the club. The second tier club have offered the talented player the chance to impress this the coaching staff before the decision is made to give him the contract. Ibrahim will join the club Varnsdorf for the one-month trial with a likelihood of him being signed on when the winter transfer window opens in January. The midfielder has been

Ghana and Bursaspor midfielder Agyemang Badu has refuted reports that he trolled Black Stars coach Kwasi Appiah on social media after he was snubbed for the 2018 World Cup Qualifier with Congo on Friday. Badu was snubbed for the second time by Ghana coach Kwasi Appiah following his return as the head coach of the Black Stars. Kwasi Appiah ignored Badu in his first call up for the 2019 AFCON qualifier with Ethiopia in Kumasi and has also snubbed him for the Congo clash. Badu after visiting

Crystal Palace defender Jeffery Schlupp has returned to the Black Stars squad ahead of the next month double header 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Congo after being out of the team since November last year. Schlupp, 24, was snubbed by coach Kwasi Appiah for the clash with Ethiopia in the 2019 AFCON qualifier but is returning into the team for the 2018 World Cup qualifier with Congo. Schlupp was last invited into Ghana squad when the Black Stars visited Egypt in Alexandria for the second

Tunisian referee Youssef Essrayi who will handle Ghana's upcoming 2018 World Cup qualifier against the Red Devils of Congo will touch down in the country tomorrow. The 40-year-old will be assisted by countrymenJridi Faouzi and Marwene Saad with Nasrallah Jaouadi the fourth referee. Essrayi has officiated in two World Cup qualifying matches- hist first was Ivory Coasts 1-0 win at Liberia in November 2015 and the 2-0 defeat of Cape Verde last October. He became an international referee