Egypt forward Mohamed Salah might have had a forgettable 26th birthday as his team lost to Uruguay in their World Cup opener on Friday, but a group of fans from Chechnya brought a smile to his face ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Mohamed Salah celebrated his 26th birthday with a Chechen cake and the news that he will play in Egypt's next World Cup match. A statement from the Egyptian soccer ...

GROZNY, Russia – Fans and Chechnya's leadership have presented Egypt striker Mohamed Salah with a giant cake to mark his 26th birthday, the Egyptian soccer association's spokesman said Saturday. A ...

Describing the explicit images as 'forbidden by Sharia and criminalised by law', the edict said the cakes were an 'assault on the value system' in the Muslim country. A baker was arrested in Egypt ...

The Egyptian soccer association’s spokesman, Osama Ismail, said the cake was meant as a surprise for Salah, whose birthday fell on Friday, when Egypt lost 1-0 to Uruguay in the opening match of its ...

It was the scandal du jour at Cairo’s famous, upscale Gezira club, a verdant but fading old-world members-only enclave in the city’s Zamalek district. A group of grand dames at lunch opened up a box ...