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Monday, 11 June 2018

Pharos lands in Chechnya, team mascot revealed

The Pharaohs landed in Chechnya (their training base) yesterday for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off on Thursday. Mo Salah was “given a hero’s send-off” by hundreds of Egyptian fans at the final training in Cairo Stadium before heading to Moscow, the Sun reports. Salah did not participate in the team’s first training session in Chechnya yesterday, appearing instead in the stands to greet fans, according to Sputnik. Egypt will play its first match in the tournament against Uruguay on Friday (the first day of Eid El Fitr) at 2 pm CLT. Egypt’s second match will be against host Russia at 8 pm on 19 June, followed by the country’s last match in the first round against Saudi Arabia at 4 pm on 25 June. Tap or click here for the full schedule.

Oh, and that thing creepily smiling at you up top there? That’s what the creative marketing geniuses have come up with as our mascot. They’re telling us it’s a Nile crocodile. But it reminds us of Kaa, the snake from Jungle Book.

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