Egypt ties with Mali as El Hadary becomes oldest player in Africa Cup of Nations

Egypt played a disappointing game in its first match of the Africa Cup of Nations against Mali, ending with a 0-0 draw after Arsenal's Mohamed Elneny wasted two chances in the first-half. Egypt now ties with Mali in second place in Group D after favorites Ghana beat Uganda 1-0. Egypt’s next game will be this Saturday against Uganda at 9.00 pm CLT. The star of the show last night was Egypt’s goalkeeper Essam El Hadary, who became the oldest player in history to play at the tournament at the age of 44 years. He received a congratulatory tweet from FIFA for the milestone which was widely covered internationally.