{"id":38766,"date":"2026-07-04T08:22:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38766"},"modified":"2026-07-04T08:22:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:22:05","slug":"egypt-make-history-by-reaching-world-cup-round-of-16","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/egypt-make-history-by-reaching-world-cup-round-of-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt make history by reaching World Cup Round of 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt have made history by becoming the second African nation to seal a place in the round of 16 at the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Pharaohs edged out Australia 4-2 on penalties after a grueling Friday night encounter ended 1-1 after extra time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Egypt took an early lead in the 13th minute courtesy of a strike from Emam Ashour. However, the Socceroos found a lifeline ten minutes into the second half when a Mohamed Hany own goal drew them level, eventually forcing the match into extra time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When it came down to sudden death, the Pharaohs were flawless from the spot, converting all four of their penalties. Australia faltered under the pressure, missing two of their spot-kicks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks a monumental milestone for Egypt, who are celebrating their first-ever appearance in the knockout stages of a FIFA World Cup, while Australia head home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC\/ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":38767,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[305,20],"class_list":["post-38766","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-special-projects","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Australia knocked out as Egypt seal first-ever World Cup last-16","published_date":"2026-07-04 08:21:09","news_description":"Australia knocked out as Egypt seal first-ever World Cup last-16","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38768,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/38766\/revisions\/38768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=38766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}