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Salah and Morgan named to Time’s 100 most influential people list

Mohamed Salah and Alex Morgan have each been named to Time Magazine’s "100 Most Influential People of 2019" list.

The two strikers are both coming off award-winning seasons, with Salah named the 2017-18 PFA Players' Player of the Year and Morgan winning the 2018 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.

Both were a part of the "Titans" section of the list, alongside other sports stars LeBron James and Tiger Woods, and non-sports figures like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Salah's section was written by television host John Oliver, who said of the Liverpool and Egypt star: "Mo Salah is a better human being than he is a football player.