Football: Victorious Egypt revive World Cup hopes

JOHANNESBURG: Egypt revived hopes of appearing at the World Cup for the first time in 20 years with a 3-0 triumph over Rwanda in Cairo on Sunday. It was a must-win game for the "Pharaohs" and midfielders Mohamed Aboutrika (two) and Hosny Abd Rabou scored in the second half for a team that troubled Brazil and beat world champions Italy last month at the Confederations Cup. Victory lifted reigning African champions Egypt from last place on the Group C table to second, level on four points with Zambia and three adrift of Algeria at the halfway stage of the final qualifying phase. Rwanda have only one point in the race to finish first and qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the first time the world football showpiece will be staged in Africa. The matches double as eliminators for the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola... [read full story]                    

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