Africa’s Finest – Egypt Look to Heal a Century of Hurt

Egypt enter the first 48-team World Cup as Africa’s fourth best side in the Fifa rankings. In the fifth of a nine-part series on African squads at the tournament, RFI looks at a nation making its fourth appearance in nearly 100 years.

A team from Egypt was signed up for the inaugural World Cup in Uruguay in 1930.

But the ship taking the players and coaches on the first leg of their journey was held up by a storm in the Mediterranean, and the connecting mail ship steamed away without them from…