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Egyptian striker Mostafa Mohamed has backed the Egypt men’s football team to do well at the upcoming 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The Pharaohs are busy preparing for the Olympics with a training camp, followed by two friendlies against their South African counterparts next week. Egypt will face stiff opposition in the group stage against Spain, Argentina and Australia, but Mohamed is confident that they will advance and reach the latter stages. “Everyone is very focused in the training camp, and our goal is to finish in a good position in the Olympics,” Mohamed is quoted by KingFut....

Antoine Griezmann scored a stunning bicycle kick as France completed their Euro 2020 preparations by beating Bulgaria 3-0. The reigning world champions fielded a strong lineup in their final friendly before the European Championships. The French team had Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann leading the attack. Griezmann opened the scoring for France in the 29th minute with an acrobatic bicycle kick that took a deflection on its way in. Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud came off the bench to bag a brace by scoring in the 83rd and 90th minute to make sure of the victory for Les Bleus....

A Spain side made up of the country’s under-21s players claimed a comfortable win against the senior side of Lithuania in their final friendly before Euro 2020. No senior players featured for La Furia Roja after captain Sergio Busquets had tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday. However, Spain’s talent was on full display as they were too strong for their opponents as they led 2-0 at half-time through goals from Hugo Guillamon and Brahim Diaz. Juan Miranda made it 3-0 before Javi Puado got a fourth late on to complete a comprehensive 4-0 victory over the Lithuanians. Spain’s starting...

Nigeria international striker Paul Onuachu says he is proud to win the Ebony Shoe, which is awarded to Belgium’s best African player or player of African descent. It completes a hat-trick of awards for the 26-year-old, who had already won the Belgian Professional Footballer of the Year and top scorer’s awards for the 2020-21 season. The Genk striker becomes the first Nigerian to win the award in 25 years and comes after he scored 33 goals to emerge as the top African goalscorer in Europe this season. “It doesn’t happen to every footballer and I feel proud, honoured and...

The Gambia forward Yusupha Njie says he does not feel any pressure to emulate his legendary father Biri Biri but is still inspired by him. The 27-year-old is the son of late Gambian football great Alhagi Momodou Njie, whose nickname was ‘Biri Biri’. The forward plays for Boavista in the Portuguese top tier. While fans of Spanish club Sevilla still sing Biri Biri’s name, it was his son that Boavista supporters were talking about at the end of the season as Njie scored the goals that helped the club avoid relegation on the last day of the Portuguese season....