Egypt will complete preparations for next year's African Cup of Nations with a friendly warm-up game against Angola on January 13th, one week before kick off. "Angola accepted our friendly proposal, and we should face them on 13 January in Portugal," Egyptian FA chairman Samir Zaher told FilGoal.com. The African champions will also face Namibia on January 5th in Cairo, before flying to Abou Dhabi to meet Mali five days later. Egypt will compete with Cameroon, Zambia and Sudan in Group C, while Angola have to overcome Tunisia, Senegal and South Africa in Group D.
Shikabala Shikabala Conflict On the other hand, Zaher revealed that EFA board members gave separate views regarding Hassan Shehata's plea to lift the one-year ban imposed on Mahmoud Abdul-Razeq' Shikabala. The Zamalek ace was slammed with the ban for his 'inappropriate behavior' during last summer's Pan African Games in Algeria, but Shehata wants him for the Ghana finals. "A section of the FA refuses to overrule the decision, while others accepted Shehata's appeal, we will reach an agreement in the upcoming few days," said Zaher. Shikabala was part of Egypt's 2007 Military World Games winning team, and the 21-year-old's behavior in India was though to be fine.