The World Cup is nigh: All eyes are on Mo Salah as Egypt announces provisional World Cup team roster: Egyptian national football team coach Hector Cuper has announced the provisional team roster for the 2018 World Cup, which is just weeks away, according to the Washington Post. The lineup is not final but includes several household names, including Ahmed Fathi, Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr, Tarek Hamed, Kahraba, Mohamed Elneny, Mahmoud “Trezeguet” Hassan, and — of course — Mohamed Salah. The Pharaohs are heading to Russia with the hopes of turning around decades of crushing disappointment at the championship, with Mo Salah leading the way, Simon Jennings writes for Reuters. Egypt has never won a match at the World Cup, but “if Salah can capture even a fraction of his best form in Russia the fans could be dancing in the streets of Cairo in a few weeks’ time,” Jennings says in a profile of Salah.

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