Reports currently gathered from the world of football indicates that the Africa Cup of Nations popularly known as “AFCON”, has got the main trophy stolen from the Egyptian Football Association “EFA” headquarters in the capital Cairo.
Former “EFA” vice-president, Ahmed Shobeir, confirmed the AFCON trophy disappeared from the headquarters of the association.
This is what Hassan had to say; “The EFA started looking for some trophies as they aim to put them in a notable museum inside the EFA. However, the EFA was surprised to find out that the AFCON trophy was lost and decided to open an investigation”.
“They were informed by an employee inside the association that it was held by former captain Ahmed Hassan who refuted the claim. Nobody knows where is the trophy at the time being”.
Hassan further disclosed that he actually kept the trophy at home after winning the AFCON in 2010 and later gave it back to the EFA somewhere in 2011.
Source: TheBBCghana.Com
