By Amr Shaheen BBC Sport, Cairo

Veteran Hossam Hassan will captain Egypt's squad

Egypt manager Marco Tardelli has selected veteran Hossam Hassan as the captain of the side, ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Sudan on 6 June.

The 38-year-old striker is one of the 25 players invited to prepare for the match which will be played in Khartoum, Sudan's capital.

Two preparatory games will be played against Zimbabwe's Warriors and Gabon's Azingo Nationale, on the 24 and 25 of May, in order to put the team in a state of match readiness.

Ahmed 'Mido' Hossam is the notable absentee from the squad.

The Marseille striker, who had asked to be excused from the tie, is currently suffering from a knee injury that forced him to watch his French club lose to Valencia of Spain in the Uefa Cup final.

Mido's injury could also keep him from participating in his country's decisive World Cup qualifier against Ivory Coast on 18 June.

Tardelli summoned only three Europe-based players and 10 players from the newly crowned champions, Zamalek.

The Pharaohs are in group 3 alongside Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Libya, Sudan and Benin.