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Some really good news for Egyptian Equesterian yet very late and it cost us really bad in Tokyo in a chance that wouldn't come again , but at least it happened

OutSiders :- Burkina Faso is definitely the team that always can deliver outside Top teams , they made much better results even than some of Top 9 teams we mentioned since 2013 , they have been a very strong power in AFCON last editions starting from 2013 , so not a surprise if they reached final Stages here like 2013 , 2017 , 2021 and I wouldn't be surprised if they beat Algeria either 2. Mali : Another team to look at here , some very descent Squad backed of players playing in Europe top 5 leagues , they were really good in Group Stages of last 2 editions, but barely lost in R16 , in WC qualifiers they lost to Tunisia by the most silly mistake of all time 3. South Africa : Sundowns has been delivering from 2016 in African Stage , winning 1st edition of African Super league , so as long as many of their players playing already with SA , why not they go far as well 4. Namibia : a team that can be a black horse here , they won 4 points from Cameroon in last African Cup qualifiers and they have a goal scoring Machine with Mamelodi Sundowns ; Peter Shaluile

Favorite teams for title , here in AFCON , it's much harder than Asia with 9 teams none of them would be a surprise if they won and 3 outsiders all of them are capable of reaching the vary closing stages Senegal ofc is a clear favorite , they reached both last 2 editions ' Final , they have the same coach from 2015 , so Players and Coach understand each other really easily , the only problem is 2 things :- keeping the momentum high after winning last edition for the 1st time ever , finding new motives ofc and the most important is that many key players are aging ; Mane , Koulibaly and Mendy are no longer playing in top level European teams , they are playing in Saudi Pro league now with much slower rythym Morocco : is definitely the team to beat here, historical WC defeating Spain , Portugal and Belgium and reaching Semis for the 1st time, but WC was never an indicator for AFCON , none of teams that had a historical run in WCs before succeeded in winning the next AFCON title starting from Morroco 86 , Cameroon 90 , Senegal 2002 , Ghana 2010 none of these teams succeded to win next addition of AFCON and also Morroco's results in past editions do increase these concerns , they always had very strong Squad , but don't deliver good results in AFCON , except only 2004 edition where they reached the final , the same generation took part in last 3 editions , ofc the majority started from 2019 and they didn't go further than Quarters , so let's see if Morrocan Players learnt from previous tournaments or not , especially with some key players were missing in 2021 due to conflicts with the NT Coach ; Zeyach and Mazraoui for instance Algeria : Another team to look at and the current politicial conflict with Morocco could be a very extra motive for Algerian Players to at least exceed Morocco Results in this edition , Algeria has the almost the same Squad that took part in previous 2 editions with some players not in great Shape like they used to do before ; Mahrez , Belaili whom Djamel Belmadi was criticized much for bringing him despite the fact he had many problems with the teams he played recently which ended in ending Contracts , Benrahma lost his main role in Westham after Signing Kudus who was really in form and scored 9 goals for them in a very short period , they aren't in great shape recently , but still they have the sufficient experienced Squad to go to the furthest point Egypt : Always a team to be considered in title race , winning 7 titles don't came from Nothing , we have Mo Salah who is the biggest Star of African Football in the last 5 years , so this is another reason , Egypt has reached 2 finals of last 3 tournaments , Mix of Experienced and youth players whom participated in last edition and gained experience , 4 Strikers in great Shape this Season ; Salah ofc top goalscorer in PL , Marmoush scoring many Goals with Frankfurt having his Best Season So far , Mostafa Mohamed had a great Start of Season with Nantes and Trezeguet back to form with TrabzonSppr in Turkey with some local names to be considered as well , I think Egypt can go as much far as possible as we don't have a boring defensive coach anymore like in 2017 and 2021 Cote D'Ivoire : Another very big competitor in title race , like always they have a strong Squad of players playing in top level in Europe , 2 of them went to Saudi Pro league ; Frank Kissie and Seko Fofana , they have the home advantage that always kept on giving in AFCON with Giants , except maybe for Egypt in 2019 , they haven't bad in last 2 editions where they lost in Penalties twice to Egypt and Algeria , so at home they can win it in regular time without the need to go to Penalties Nigeria : A team backed of Stars , but always lacking of delivering in big Stages , they have a very strong Squad , the strongest actually in Offence to be precise ; Osimhen insane last season with Napoli , Samuel Chukweze , Alex Iwobi back in form with Fulham , Boniface having a great season with Leverkusen , Simon Moses one of the most underrated players in league 1 , Iheanacho , no other teams have this great quality of Strikers they have and they also have descent Midfielders and defenders , but I don't always trust Nigeria's teams and I wouldn't be surprised to see players refusing to train before much important match due to financial problems , they are always greedy for Money , it's their rights anyway Cameroon and Ghana : U can't exclude both teams whom have won 12 titles jointly , Cameroon barely succeded to qualify and Ghana failed to qualify to R16 last time , but their current results with some good additions of players who have another nationalities starting from WC 2022 and ofc Mohamed Kudus I really love this guy and he has been insanely good with Westham this season , but yet they lost to Comoros in WC qualifiers 4-2 in their last official match Tunisia : delivering some descent results always in Afcon , their problems start from Quarters , so let's see how far they can go , but for me they are the least out of this list with chances to go far

For me Japan is a clear favorite here , they have been really dominant in recent friendlies , great WC defeating Germany and Spain and barely losing to Croatia in Penalties , Same Coach from 2018 , big motives as they didn't win it since 2011 , they will be missing a key player like Mitoma whom was added to their final list I believe , so maybe they plan to use him at the very closing stages IDK . Korea is their biggest competitor here with 4 world class players providing a great season Son , Hwang Hee Chan was absolutely insane with Wolves this season , Kang in Lee with PSG and Kim Min Jae with Napoli last season , he hasn't impressed much with Bayern this season , but still he's definitely one of the best defenders in the world , the only concern with this team is Klinsmann , he has never succeeded in any team after Germany National team , I don't believe in him returning this missing title to Korea since 1960 Iran is always a favorite , but they were much better in 2015 and 2019 with the same coach and yet they didn't win, so it would be a surprise if they win here Australia is another favorite , they were really good in last WC , they could have even turn tables on Argentina in R16 , but it's not a strong generation and definitely Japan and Korea has better Squad Saudi Arabia is always a team to follow , they hadn't done any good results since 2007 final and this crazy signings of world class players made a lot of players in Saudi National team prisoners of bench this season and actually some of them want to return back to Europe like Benzema and Firminio , the league hasn't been recognized globally , only Cristiano Fans watchins his matches and Sports' Media covering his news with Benzema maybe and that's it , so I guess this experiment didn't achieve any of its goals , even on technical side many of these old players except Ronaldo didn't provide any extra thing to Saudi Pro League Outsiders : last Editions has provided that even in Asia there are outsiders for the title with Iraq winning in 2007 and Qatar winning in 2019 , UAE was so close in 2015 , so yeah surprises happen even in Asia , as long as the tournament on Arabic Soil I predict this outsider to be an Arabic team so it can be Iraq , Qatar didn't prove anything since winning last edition so I doubt

I didn't say they should investigate or not , I don't give a shit , I'm just saying that I don't believe these rumors like u don't with Epstein Island , that's it

Messi dont need anyone to bribe for him , i don't buy this tbh and in 2023 they changed the period in voting process and added days before the end of the year so that people can vote for Messi , did Beckham bribed them this time also , I don't think so

There is no fraud people love Messi whether Footballers or journalists and thus he always wins , in 2021 it was his 1st major trophy with Argentina and thus people chose him over goalscoring machine this season Lewa , people want him to be the winner, like 2023 if it wasn't Messi in Argentinian team , Haaland would have won it , but because it's Messi he became the winner

Nadal is out of AO due to injury

These people were mentioned because of testimonies of Girls being abused , not only because they have connections with him

It even became a rich subject for memes

One of the most weirdest things i found recently in this crazy world is that Stephen Hawking is being involved in Jeffrey Epstein case where World Celebrities were raping or fu..ing Children there, how come and how possible

AFCON Prizes increased by 40 % :- Winner : 7M $ Runner-Up : 4M $ Semi Finalist : 2.5 M $ Quarter Finalist : 1.3 M $ https://www.cafonline.com/caf-africa-cup-of-nations/news/caf-increases-afcon-prize-money-by-40/

Today's Friendlies' Results

Nadal gets another victory in Brisbane and in straight sets , he moves to rank 451 in live rankings , next Jordan Thompson in quarters

Svitolina defeated Raducanu in ASB Classic 2nd Rd 2-1

10 days left

Egypt defeats Libya 87-62 to win Men's Basketball Arab Cup for 13th time

End of 1st half : Egypt 39 - Libya 38 - Final of Men's Arab Basketball Cup

Libya is coached by the very famous Lebanese coach Fouad Abou Shakra @MHSN i don't know if u remember this guy or not

1st quarter : 25-22 for Libya

Lebanon and Jordan didn't participate

the final of Men's Arab Cup between Egypt and Libya , Libya is having some really good days in team sports recently with their Senior Volleyball team and youth qualifying to WCHs respectively and now Basketball team reaching Arab Cup Final with teams like Tunisia , Morocco and Algeria participating , they defeated Both Tunisia and Algeria on their way to the final

Upset alert in Men's WTT Finals Doha R16