Egypt have called up 12 foreign-based players for a training camp ahead their match against Zimbabwe in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers on 26 March. Coach Bob Bradley has said the squad to play Zimbabwe will be announced two or three days before the match date. The training camp will begin on 17 March and Egypt will play a friendly against Swaziland on 22 March. The winners of seven African Cup of Nations titles are bidding for their first World Cup since 1990. Egypt tops Group G in the qualifiers with six points from two games, three ahead of second-placed Guinea. Zimbabwe and Mozambique hold one point each. Egypt lost their fourth successive friendly to Qatar 1-3 after previously losing to Ghana 0-3, Ivory Coast 2-4 and Chile 1-2. Egyptian football has faced extraordinary circumstances since the Port Said disaster that left 72 Ahly fans dead in February 2012. The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) headquarters were torched on Saturday after the Port Said trial verdict.
