SALAH AND EGYPT

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan, below,  

has cast doubt on whether Mohamed Salah will ‌start today's World Cup, last-32, showdown with Australia in Dallas as the 34-year-old continues his recovery ​from a hamstring injury. You will probably know he was born on  15th June 1992 in Nagrig Egypt. His salary is 20.8 million GBP (2026) that Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for and captains the Egypt national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest wingers of all time. Salah took some part in training on Wednesday after picking up a hamstring strain in last week's 1-1 draw with Iran, as Egypt collected the point they needed to progress to ‌the World Cup knockout stages for the first time. Salah asked to come off with 33 minutes remaining against Iran and his fight to regain fitness has cast a shadow over his team's preparations for one ‌of the biggest games in their history.

"Salah is a passionate player and he is very much looking forward ​to making his own contribution," the Egypt coach said.

"I'm not going to run any risk unless I'm 100 per cent sure he is fit and raring to go tomorrow.

"We look forward to ​him playing tomorrow, but we're not sure if he's going to ⁠be in the starting line-up."

Salah has scored just ⁠once so far at this World Cup, getting his team's second goal as Egypt bounced back to defeat New Zealand in the group stages.

The Egypt national football team, nicknamed The Pharaohs, represents Egypt in men's international football, and is governed by the Egyptian FA (EFA), the governing body of football in Egypt. Egypt is the oldest and most successful team in the history of African football, having won the African Cup of Nations for a record seven times and reached the final ten times. They won the cup three times consecutively in 2006, 2008, and 2010 (a feat unmatched by any other team). Egypt has also participated in the FIFA World Cup four times, becoming the first African and Middle Eastern team to do so, in the 1934 Edition. In 2010, Egypt reached 9th place in the FIFA World Rankings, marking a massively successful year in which they won the 2010 African Cup of Nations and defeated World Champions Italy in the FIFA Confed Cup.