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BRENDAN RODGERS TO SAUDI: EX-CELTIC BOSS TAKES LUCRATIVE AL-QADSIAH MANAGER JOB
Brendan Rodgers has been appointed head coach of Saudi Pro League side Al-Qadsiah, backed by Aramco. This move follows his acrimonious departure from Celtic and marks his first job outside the UK.
Brendan Rodgers is now the manager for Al-Qadsiah, a team in Saudi Arabia, after his time at Celtic ended dramatically.
Since leaving Glasgow in October, the ex-Liverpool boss has been without a job. His departure led to some harsh words from shareholder Dermot Desmond.
Even though there were rumours about Rodgers possibly taking on roles in the Premier League or Championship, he's now officially the head coach of the Saudi Pro League team.
Based in Khobar, Al-Qadsiah is currently fifth in the league. They recently fired their manager, Michel, and are owned by the Saudi oil company Aramco.
Rodgers will be working with a team that doesn't have many big-name superstars. The most well-known players are former Madrid defender Nacho Fernandez and Italian striker Mateo Retegui, who scored 28 goals in 49 games for Atalanta.
Al-Qadsiah’s CEO, James Bisgrove, mentioned that hiring Rodgers is a big step for the club. He believes Rodgers' experience and winning history show their goal of making Al-Qadsiah a leading club in Asia.
This job is the first time Rodgers has managed outside the UK. He began his career with Chelsea's reserves. In 2008, he managed Watford but struggled at first, only winning two of his first 10 league games. The team was close to being relegated but improved to finish 13th.
He then went to Reading, where he used to play, in 2009. He left after only six months by mutual agreement.
Rodgers had better luck at Swansea, where he helped the Welsh team get into the Premier League.
His success at Swansea led to him getting the Liverpool job. He almost became the first manager to win the Premier League with Liverpool, but his team, led by Luis Suarez, finished just two points behind Manchester City.
Unfortunately, Rodgers couldn't keep up that level of success, and he was fired in October 2015, with Jurgen Klopp taking his place.
After Liverpool, Rodgers moved to Celtic and had immediate success. He won a domestic treble in his first season and remained unbeaten. He won the league again in the 2017-18 season but left during the following season to join Leicester.
Returning to the Premier League, Rodgers nearly led Leicester to the Champions League but missed out. He did, though, win the club's first FA Cup, defeating Chelsea in 2021.
After a tough 2022-23 season, he left in April, and the club was later relegated.
Rodgers then went back to Scotland and Celtic after Ange Postecoglou moved to Spurs. After patching things up from his previous departure, Rodgers secured two more league titles but disagreed with the board about summer transfer plans for 2025.
He resigned after a 3-1 loss to Hearts, the league leaders. At that time, major shareholder Dermot Desmond accused Rodgers of divisive actions that created hostility.
AFCON: SOUTH AFRICA MUST BREAK TWENTY ONE YEAR CURSE AGAINST EGYPT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
South Africa has only beaten two teams in the group stages since 2004 as they prepare for a massive Egypt test.
Bafana Bafana is looking to keep its momentum going at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. They're playing Egypt in their second Group B game in Agadir this Friday, which will really test both teams' title hopes.
Both Bafana and the Pharaohs won their first games 2-1, against Angola and Zimbabwe, but their wins weren't as convincing as they wanted.
Now, they're facing off in what will probably decide who gets first place in the group. The winner, if there is one, will get a big confidence boost.
But here's a statistic that might worry Bafana fans before the game.
It's been 21 years and 21 group stage games since Bafana beat Benin in their first match at the 2004 Cup of Nations finals. Since then, they've only managed to beat two teams in the group stages.
If you asked any Bafana fan if that's true, they'd probably question it, despite the team's problems recently.
The only wins the team has had in group play since then are a couple of wins against Angola (2013, & 2025) and Namibia (2019, & 2023).
They've played 13 different teams during that period and haven't been able to beat 11 of them.
There have been seven draws and 10 losses, which is way too many losses in what's supposed to be the easiest part of the competition.
They haven't managed to win back-to-back group games during that time (in fact, the Benin win was the last time they did), and their biggest win in the group stages happened in the last edition when they beat Namibia 4-0.
That being said, this bad stretch started with their worst defeat ever, a 4-0 loss to Nigeria in 2004.
But there's reason to believe that this 2025 team, which has grown into a skilled team, can turn things around. If not against Egypt (where a draw would be good), then for sure in their final group match with Zimbabwe on December 29.
Looking at all group matches at the finals since their successful debut in 1996, the record is more balanced. Bafana Bafana has 11 wins, 11 losses, and 12 draws in 34 games, scoring 37 goals and letting in 34.
They've had 12 clean sheets during that time and haven't scored in 12 games.
THE MASSIVE EGYPTIAN RECORD MOHAMED SALAH JUST SMASHED DURING THE ZIMBABWE OPENING MATCH
Mohamed Salah becomes the first Egyptian to score in five straight Afcons after a 91st minute winner against Zimbabwe.
In their opening Africa Cup of Nations match, Mohamed Salah scored in the 91st minute, giving Egypt a win against Zimbabwe.
Salah has now scored in five straight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, a first for an Egyptian player.
Up next, Egypt will play South Africa and then Angola in their last group stage match.
With a late goal in Monday's 2-1 victory over Zimbabwe, Mohamed Salah became the first Egyptian player to score in five straight African Cup of Nations competitions.
After being benched for four games at Liverpool, Egypt's captain started and scored with his left foot in the 91st minute. This gave the seven-time champions a late victory and a good start in Morocco for Hossam Hassan's team, plus set a record for Egypt.
The Egyptian FA shared on X that national team captain Mohamed Salah is the first Egyptian player to score in five Africa Cup of Nations in a row.
Liverpool's star, who has had trouble getting into the Reds' lineup this season, scored in the 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and now 2025 competitions. He joins Didier Drogba, Abdoulaye Traore, and Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast, and Youssef Msakni, a Tunisian winger, in achieving this.
Salah could score even more since there are two AFCON tournaments scheduled in the next three years, in 2027 and 2028.
If he scores in each one, he'll beat the record held by Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), and Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan (Ghana).
The 33-year-old has scored eight goals in 20 AFCON games. That's four fewer than Hassan El-Shazly, who has the most goals for Egypt in the tournament, and three fewer than his current coach, Hassan.
Egypt plays South Africa on Friday and Angola on December 29. Salah hopes to finally win the Africa Cup after losing in the finals in 2017 and 2021.
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