Al-Ahly extends El-Shenawy’s contract until 2028, and Palestine wins over Tajikistan 4-2

The Egyptian Al-Ahly club announced, on Monday, the extension of the contract of Mohamed El-Shenawy, the team’s goalkeeper and captain.

Al-Ahly indicated in a statement on its official website that El-Shenawy’s contract was extended until the end of the 2027-2028 season, during a session he held with Essam Serage El-Din, head of the contracting sector, and Wael Gomaa, director of football.

El-Shenawy expressed his great pride in the appreciation of the club and its management, and his deep gratitude for the support of Al-Ahly’s loyal fans, which he described as “the back and support” of the club and its players.

El-Shenawy added in the official statement that he and his colleagues are lucky to have these fans who always push them to double their efforts and achieve more victories and championships.

It is noteworthy that Mohamed El-Shenawy is one of Al-Ahly’s juniors, and he left the team to have other experiences with the Haras El-Hodoud, Tala’ea El-Geish and Petrojet clubs, from which he returned again to the ranks of Al-Ahly in the summer of 2016.

El-Shenawy was the main goalkeeper for Al-Ahly in recent years, but he lost his place in the last two seasons to his colleague Mostafa Schubert, who also became the first goalkeeper for the Egyptian national team since the 2026 World Cup finals.

The Palestine national team achieved a major victory over Tajikistan with a score of 4/2, on Monday, as part of a friendly international tournament held in the Chinese city of Chongqing.

The Tajik national team took the lead with an early goal scored by Sheridin Popoev after four minutes, and Asad Al-Hamalawi equalized for Palestine in the 21st minute.

Tajikistan took the lead again with a goal by Nazim Babajanov in the 24th minute, before El Hamalawi scored the second goal for himself and his country in the third minute of stoppage time, ending the first half in a 2/2 draw.

In the second half, Al-Fedayi decided the match in their favor with goals from Aladdin Hassan and Uday Al-Dabbagh in the 46th and 74th minutes.

The Palestinian national team is preparing to compete in the 2027 Asian Nations Cup, where it was drawn into Arab confrontations in the first group, which includes the Saudi national team, the organizer of the tournament, the Sultanate of Oman, and Kuwait.

Youssef Al-Nasrawi, the Iraqi national team player, confirmed the readiness of the “Lions of Mesopotamia” for the next confrontation, indicating that the team will work to analyze its opponent and prepare in the best way in order to achieve victory.

Al-Nasrawi said in an interview with the media: “We had a training session yesterday, and today we have a very important session, during which we will analyze the opponent, and we will enter tomorrow’s match with the goal of achieving victory.”

After the Iraqi media asked him to send a message to the fans in Arabic, after he began his speech in English, Al-Nasrawi said: “Thank you. We are always happy to have you with us in the matches, and God willing, we will achieve victory tomorrow.”

Regarding his participation in the last match and his aspirations for the next match, he said: “This is my goal in every match. I want to show my potential and help the team.”