Sports

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Sports
  • Egypt's Omar Assar loses in table tennis world cup

    Date: 2017-10-21 13:38:21 GMT - Belgium - Sports - SN:55 - ID:7050915

    BRUSSELS, Oct 21 (MENA) - Egyptian table tennis player Omar Assar lost 4-1 to his Chinese component Ma Long in the round of 16 of the 2017 ITTF World Cup. Assar is ranked 21st in the table tennis world ranking, the best ranking ever for an Arab ....

  • Egypt wins 3 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze medals in Arab Kickboxing Championship

    Date: 2017-10-20 22:13:22 GMT - Jordan - Sports - SN:91 - ID:7049977

    AMMAN, Oct 20 (MENA) - Egypt has collected eight different medals; three gold, three silver, and two bronze, in the 9th Arab Kickboxing Championship, concluded in Amman Friday. More than 100 athletes from nine Arab countries; Algeria, Libya, ....

  • 3 Egyptian players qualify for preliminary stage of World Fencing Championships

    Date: 2017-10-20 13:38:49 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:43 - ID:7049307

    CAIRO, Oct 20 (MENA) – Three Egyptian players on Friday qualified for the preliminary stage of the 2017 World Fencing Championships, which kicked off in Cairo today. Mohamed Hamza has made his way into the round of 64 as he secured the 44th ....

  • Russian diplomat says temporary checkpoints may appear on border with Belarus

    Date: 2017-10-20 13:20:18 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:40 - ID:7049308

    MOSCOW, Oct 20 (MENA) - The Russian government has discussed establishment of temporary checkpoints on the Russian-Belarusian border in advance, Russian First Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Gorovoy said at Friday’s Federation Council meeting, ....

  • EBSA head says to discuss setting up African blind sports federation in Egypt

    Date: 2017-10-19 22:27:05 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:96 - ID:7048640

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Oct 19 (MENA) – A meeting grouping delegations to the Goalball African Championships in Sharm el Sheik will be held on Friday to discuss the establishment of an African blind sports federation in Egypt, an official said on ....

  • AFP chairman congratulates Abu Reida on Egypt World Cup qualifying

    Date: 2017-10-17 16:27:12 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:74 - ID:7044237

    CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Visiting chairman of Agence France-Presse (AFP) Emmanuel Hoog congratulated president of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Hani Abu Reida on Egypt’s qualifying for the World Cup 2018 in Russia. During a meeting on ....

  • Ali Farag wins US Open Squash Championship

    Date: 2017-10-15 07:34:06 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:11 - ID:7039866

    PHILADELPHIA, Oct 15 (MENA) - Egyptian squash player Ali Farag won US Open Squash Championship that took place at the Drexel University in Philadelphia. Farag saw off his fellow squash player Mohamed Shourbagy, 2016 title holder after defeating him ....

  • Nour el Tayeb 1st Egyptian to win US Open Squash Championship title

    Date: 2017-10-14 22:29:25 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:90 - ID:7039748

    PHILADELPHIA, Oct 14 (MENA) - Nour el Tayeb has become the first Egyptian to win the title of the US Open Squash Championship that took place at the Drexel University in Philadelphia. She defeated her fellow Raneem El Welily 3-2 in the final ....

  • Egypt's women volleyball team wins bronze medal in African championship

    Date: 2017-10-14 17:43:29 GMT - Cameroon - Sports - SN:68 - ID:7039455

    YAOUNDE, Oct 14 (MENA) - Egypt's women national volleyball team won the bronze medal after reaching third place in the African volleyball championship held in the Cameroonian capital Yaounde. The Egyptian women national team defeated its ....

  • Interior Ministry approves upping fans due to attend Al Ahly - Étoile du Sahel match to 50,000

    Date: 2017-10-14 13:12:40 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:36 - ID:7039025

    CAIRO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry notified Al Ahly Club of its approval to up the number of fans due to attend Ahly and Étoile du Sahel match to 50,000, Al Ahly top official said. Executive Director of Al Ahly Club Sherin Shams said ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD