Egyptian striker Mohamed Salah completed a memorable day for Egyptian football by retaining his African Footballer of the Year award in Senegal on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Liverpool star beat fellow nominees, Liverpool team mate Sadio Mane and Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
He edged the same two players last year in a vote decided by the technical directors and head coaches of 56 CAF member associations.
Earlier in the day, Egypt crushed sole rivals South Africa 16-1 in a CAF executive committee vote in Dakar to decide which country would succeed Cameroon as 2019 Cup of Nations hosts.
Mohamed Salah is the African Player of the Year 2018. For the second time in a row #AiteoCAFAwards18 pic.twitter.com/iLKIFDnZqB
— CAF (@CAF_Online) January 8, 2019
