Football
AFCON brings joy back to demoralised Egypt
10 years agoEgypt's goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary (C) celebrates with teammates at the end of the penalty shootout of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final football match between Burkina Faso and Egypt at the Stade de l'Amitie Sino-Gabonaise in Libreville on February 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS
The Africa Cup of Nations has proved a welcome relief to the ordinary and football-mad people of Egypt living through tough times of austerity and economic crisis.