After Remarkable Rise, Mohamed Salah Shoulders Egypt`s World Cup Hopes
(World News Egypt)

Surprises, by and large, almost never occur at soccer´s highest levels anymore. A coterie of the richest eight European clubs invariably hoards the most important titles. The same two men, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, have been the sport´s preeminent players for 11 years and counting. Just eight nations have won the men´s World Cup, and three of them-Brazil, Germany and Italy-have combined to raise 13 of the 20 trophies. Yet the hegemony of the 1% only makes that very rare surprise even sweeter, an affirmation of our tightly held belief that in sports, everyone has a chance. That´s why Leicester City´s run to the 2015-16 English Premier League title (at 5,000-to-1 odds) was so...