Mohamed Salah is one of the covers stars for the Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.
Music artist Taylor Swift, actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, actress Sandra Oh, journalist Gayle King, and politician Nancy Pelosi were on the other covers.
NBA‘s LeBron James, U.S. soccer’s Alex Morgan, tennis player Naomi Osaka, middle-distance runner Caster Semenya, golfer and pro gamer ‘Ninja’ (Richard Tyler Blevins) were also named in the top 100.
Masters winner, Tiger Woods, has featured three times and La Lakers’ James has been on the list four times.
Osaka, Morgan and Semenya are among a record 48 women to be named in the top 100.
In an interview with the Time, Salah said football fans in the Middle East herald him like a son.
He said: ‘To be the first Egyptian in [this] situation and no one has done this before … it’s something different.
‘I just live my life normal. Most of the time I stay at home, I don’t like to go out.
