Egypt U23 news

Late goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise made sure that France reached the final of the Olympic games, much to Thierry Henry's delight.

Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Michael Olise fired Thierry Henry's France to the final of the Olympic games with a win over Egypt.

La Roja beat Ivory Coast in extra time to ensure they progress to the final four, while Mexico trounced South Korea to set up a tie with Brazil

While the Pharaohs are likely to make life tough, Goal is backing Andre Jardine's team to prove too strong in their Olympic quarter-final in Saitama

El Tri beat France to a place in the final eight, while Brazil will take on Egypt in the next round

The Selecao will look to keep themselves on track for successive gold medals when they face Les Elephants in their second game

The defending Olympic champions kick off the defence of their title in Yokohama on Thursday

Whether they are established names, future stars or summer transfer targets, there are a host of intriguing players in action at the Games in Japan

All the squads as they are announced for the men's soccer tournament at the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer

The Reds were able to prevent their star forward from participating in the tournament in Japan

The forward is keeping in regular contact with his national team as they work to try and make sure he travels with the rest of the squad to Tokyo

The African nation haven't given up on securing the Reds forward's services for the Games later this summer

The Liverpool and Arsenal stars have been picked as overage players in the initial selection for their nation ahead of this summer's Games

Brazil, gold medallists in the men's tournament in 2016, will take on Germany in a mouth-watering group-stage clash