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Egypt wins silver medal at World Junior Bodybuilding Championships in Ecuador

Date: 2018-12-02 16:57:41 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:59 - ID:7696222

CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Egypt's bodybuilding team has clinched the silver medal in the World Junior Bodybuilding Championships hosted by Ecuador's capital, Quito, from Nov. 27 to Dec.1. After winning the medal, Chairman of the Egyptian Bodybuilding ....

Egypt's Bassem Amin achieves highest Arab, African chess ranking

Date: 2018-12-01 20:03:56 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:44 - ID:7695034

CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egyptian chess grandmaster Bassem Amin made a great achievement, reaching the 35th position on the monthly ranking issued by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Saturday. It is the highest ranking ever obtained by an Egyptian, ....

Raneem El Welily tops PSA December ranking

Date: 2018-12-01 18:23:17 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:39 - ID:7694987

LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Raneem El Welily topped anew the PSA Women's World Rankings for December released on Saturday. El Welily was the first Egyptian female in any sport to become World No.1 when she ended Nicol David's record nine-year ....

Egypt beat Tunisia, get closer to Basketball World Cup

Date: 2018-12-01 17:29:13 GMT - Angola - Sports - SN:35 - ID:7694907

LUANDA, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egypt defeated Tunisia 73-64 on Saturday in their second game of the final phase of the 2019 FIBA World Championships Africa qualifiers. Angola's Luanda is hosting the second leg of Group E of the World Cup qualifiers from ....

Ittihad Alexandria beat Zamalek, qualify for Zayed Champions Cup quarterfinals

Date: 2018-11-30 20:19:20 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:61 - ID:7693884

CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Ittihad of Alexandria snatched a 4-3 shootout win on Zamalek Friday to qualify for the quarterfinals of the 2018/2019 Zayed Champions Cup. The game was played at Cairo's Petro Sport Stadium. (MENA) M S H ....

Egypt beat Chad in Basketball World Cup qualifiers

Date: 2018-11-30 18:51:28 GMT - Angola - Sports - SN:56 - ID:7693839

LUANDA, Nov 30 (MENA) - Egypt beat Chad 85-58 Friday in their opener of the final phase of the 2019 FIBA World Championships Africa qualifiers. Angola's Luanda is hosting the second leg of Group E of the World Cup qualifiers from November 30 to ....

Cameroon stripped off Afcon hosting rights

Date: 2018-11-30 12:15:03 GMT - Ghana - Sports - SN:25 - ID:7693315

ACCRA, Nov 30 (MENA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) decided to strip Cameroon off the rights to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), the Daily Nation newspaper reported. The hosting of the Afcon was part of the agenda in ....

Egypt climbs 2 positions in FIFA ranking

Date: 2018-11-29 11:29:47 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:37 - ID:7691770

ZURICH, Nov 29 (MENA) - Egypt moved up two places in the FIFA monthly rankings for November to become the 56th globally. Egypt now ranks the eighth in Africa and third among Arab countries after Tunisia (26) and Morocco (40). Senegal (23) has ....

Egypt's Salah wins Arab Sports Personality Award for 2018

Date: 2018-11-26 12:17:17 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Sports - SN:56 - ID:7687090

ABU DHABI, Nov 26 (MENA) - Egypt and Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah on Sunday clinched the "Arab Sports Personality Award" for 2018. The Liverpool star was chosen as the 'Arab Sports Personality' during the 10th session of the Mohammed Bin Rashid ....

Egypt get gold medal at Lifesaving World Championships

Date: 2018-11-25 19:30:40 GMT - Australia - Sports - SN:83 - ID:7686196

ADELAIDE, Australia, Nov 25 (MENA) - Egypt’s national team on Sunday clinched a gold medal at the 2018 Lifesaving World Championships, hosted by Australia's Adelaide. With the 10th day of competition, Egypt's Ayman el Saeed, Ramy Shalaby, Mostafa ....