00:08Mohamed Salah is set to captain Egypt at the World Cup after being named in the 27-man
00:12provisional squad. Salah has 67 goals from 115 appearances for his country. Joining him are
00:17Manchester City winger Omar Mahmush and uncapped teenager Hamza Abdelkarim who plays for Barcelona
00:23under-19s. One more player will be dropped following a friendly against Russia on May
00:2728th to reduce the squad to the FIFA-mandated 26 players. Switching to another African team,
00:33the Democratic Republic of Congo's football team has cancelled a three-day World Cup preparation
00:37training camp and a planned public farewell to fans in the capital Kinshasa. That's due to an Ebola
00:43outbreak in the east of the country. The team's pre-tournament preparations will happen elsewhere
00:47following the outbreak which is thought to have killed more than 130 people and caused nearly
00:53600 suspected cases. And there's a scare for Brazil. Neymar has suffered a cough injury
00:59which will sideline him for the upcoming matches with Santos. But he should be ready next week to
01:04join the Brazil national team camp ahead of the World Cup. Santos confirmed on Wednesday that Neymar
01:09has suffered a 2mm edema causing swelling in his right cough. Despite the setback, the injury will
01:15not prevent the star forward from being fed by May 27th to start preparations with Brazil for the World Cup.
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