The airwaves last night were still buzzing with news that Egypt would be going to the FIFA World Cup next year for the first time since 1990.

Yahduth fi Misr’s Sherif Amer discussed the return of football fans to the stadiums with House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Soliman Wahdan, who said that the crowds’ “good behavior” during Sunday night’s game is a sign that it’s time to lift the ban and return to “normal measures.”

On Kol Youm, Amr Adib covered President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s congratulatory statement to the national football team. He also spoke to veteran footballer Magdy Abdel Ghany, who is famed being the only Egyptian player to have ever scored a goal in the World Cup (back in ‘90) — and who has never since let us forget it since (watch, runtime 4:32).

Riyadh’s ambassador to Cairo, Ahmed Al-Qattan, also phoned-in to congratulate Adib on Egypt’s success. He said he hopes to “congratulate Tunisia, Syria, and Morocco soon as well” (watch, runtime 3:00).

Adib broke briefly from football to talk about businessman Mohamed El Morshedy’s EGP 10 mn donation to the families of police and military service members killed in terror attacks (watch, runtime 3:03) and also to comment on the inauguration of new convention centers in New Cairo (watch, runtime 18:15).

Over on Hona Al Asema, Lamees Al Hadidi spoke to Egyptian Football Association member Karam Kordy, who confirmed that Argentine coach Hector Cuper will continue managing the team through the 2018 World Cup (watch, runtime 7:58).

El Hadidi moved on to speak to Egypt’s candidate for UNESCO leadership, Moushira Khattab, who came in third in the first round of votes yesterday. Apparently, lobbying of African countries for their support hasn’t been terribly fruitful (watch, runtime 4:45).

Qatari bribery? The UNESCO election was also the topic of the day for Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hosary, who spoke to Khattab’s campaign director, ambassador Mohamed El Oraby. The diplomat confirmed that some African leaders backtracked on their promise to support Egypt when push came to shove. He also implied Qatar “relied on its financial strength” (read: tossed around bags of cash) to sway the odds in its favor (watch, runtime 6:47).