- Asian markets track Wall St rally on jobs data
- Family affair as LeBron, Bronny James make Lakers bow
- Cancer, cardiovascular drugs tipped for Nobel as prize week opens
- As Great Salt Lake dries, Utah Republicans pardon Trump climate skepticism
- Amazon activist warns of 'critical situation' ahead of UN forum
- Mourners pay tribute to latest victims of deadly Channel crossing
- Tunisia incumbent Saied set to win presidential vote: exit polls
- Phillies win thriller to level Mets series
- Yu bags first PGA Tour win with playoff win
- PSG held by Nice to leave Monaco clear at top of Ligue 1
- AC Milan fall at Fiorentina after De Gea's penalty heroics
- Lewandowski treble for leaders Barca as Atletico held
- Fresh Israeli strikes hit south Beirut
- Sucic stunner earns Real Sociedad draw against Atletico
- PSG draw with Nice, fail to reclaim top spot in Ligue 1
- Gudmundsson downs AC Milan after De Gea's penalty heroics for Fiorentina
- 'Yes' vote prevails in Kazakhstan nuclear plant vote: TV
- 'Difficult day': Oct 7 commemorations begin with festival memorial
- Commemorations begin for anniversary of attack on Israel
- Lewandowski hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- 'Nothing gets in way of team,' says Celtics' MVP hopeful Tatum
- India maintain Pakistan stranglehold as Windies cruise at Women's T20 World Cup
- 'We will win!': Mozambique's ruling party confident at final vote rally
- Tunisia voting ends as Saied eyes re-election with critics behind bars
- Florida braces for Milton, FEMA head slams 'dangerous' Helene misinformation
- Postecoglou slams 'unacceptable' Spurs after 'terrible' loss at Brighton
- Marmoush double denies Bayern outright Bundesliga top spot
- Rallies worldwide call for Gaza, Lebanon ceasefire
- Maresca hails Chelsea's 'fighting' spirit after draw with 10-man Forest
- New 'Joker' film, a dark musical, tops N.America box office
- Man Utd stalemate keeps Ten Hag in danger, Spurs rocked by Brighton
- Drowned by hurricane, remote N.Carolina towns now struggle for water
- Vikings hold off Jets in London to stay unbeaten
- Ahead of attack anniversary, Netanyahu says: 'We will win'
- West Indies cruise to T20 World Cup win over Scotland
- Arshdeep, Chakravarthy help India hammer Bangladesh in T20 opener
- Lewandowski's quickfire hat-trick powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Man Utd fire another blank in Aston Villa stalemate
- Lewandowski treble powers Liga leaders Barca to Alaves victory
- Russian activist killed on front line in Ukraine
- Openda strike briefly sends Leipzig top of Bundesliga
- Goal-shy Man Utd have to 'step up', says Ten Hag
- India bowl out Bangladesh for 127 in T20 opener
- Madueke rescues Chelsea in draw with 10-man Forest
- Beckett's belief rewarded as Bluestocking storms to Arc glory
- Trump on the stump, Harris hits airwaves in razor-edge US election
- Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand
- Kaur leads India to victory over Pakistan in Women's T20 World Cup
- Juventus held by Cagliari after late penalty drama
- In France's Marseille, teen 'stabbed 50 times' then burned alive
Cup of Nations showdown gives Mane rare chance to outshine Salah
Together Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have lifted the Premier League and Champions League for Liverpool, but only one can fulfil their dreams on the international stage on Sunday when they face off in the Africa Cup of Nations final.
Mane's Senegal are Africa's highest ranked side but have never been crowned continental champions.
By contrast, seven-time champions Egypt have won the tournament more times than any other nation, but their last success came before Salah's debut in 2011.
Egypt's greatest ever player said earlier in the tournament that lifting the trophy in Yaounde on Sunday as captain would mean even more than the success that has made him a world star at club level.
Salah would then have the international medal to go with scintillating goalscoring form this season to bolster his chances of being crowned the first African player to win the Ballon d'Or since 1995 and only the second of all time after Liberia's George Weah.
The Pharaohs have needed a sprinkling of Salah's star dust to liven up an otherwise uninspired run in Cameroon.
He scored and set up in the winner to beat Morocco 2-1 in the quarter-finals, either side of 0-0 draws with Ivory Coast and Cameroon decided on penalties.
Salah's 23 goals in 26 appearances for Liverpool this season have sparked clamour and fear among some at Anfield over his contractual situation with his deal set to run out in the summer of 2023.
However, the same applies to Mane, who not for the first time in his Liverpool career has a right to feel underappreciated given the attention focused on Salah.
Mane also has over 100 Liverpool goals since joining from Southampton in 2016 and was just as pivotal to Jurgen Kopp's men winning the Champions League and Premier League in back-to-back seasons in 2019 and 2020.
At times Mane's frustration at Salah's selfishness has boiled over.
After being substituted in a 3-0 win at Burnley in 2019, Mane had to be restrained by teammates as he raged at Klopp to reprimand Salah for not teeing him up with a simple chance moments earlier.
"I had been a little bit frustrated because it is football and I wanted to score more goals," said Mane afterwards. "It is forgotten and behind us."
Despite Salah's star status, there are divided loyalties for staff and fans on Merseyside given Mane's popularity.
"Now it's obviously not so easy because one will definitely be really happy after and the other one much less so," said Klopp on Friday. "But both have a good chance to achieve something really big."
Mane has not been at his best for the Reds this season, but has shone in an eventful run to the final for the Lions of Teranga.
He was forced off with a suspected concussion moments after scoring a sublime opening goal against Cape Verde in the last 16.
But he has not missed another minute as Aliou Cisse's men have hit form at the business end of the tournament with 3-1 wins over Equatorial Guinea and Burkina Faso.
Egypt pose a much tougher task, but the chance for Mane to put Salah in his shade for once would make victory all the sweeter for Senegal's icon.
Y.Kobayashi--AMWN