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Sports minister attends opening of Volleyball Men’s U23 World Championship

Date: 2017-08-18 18:41:36 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:75 - ID:6951126

CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) – Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz on Friday attended the opening ceremony of the Volleyball Men’s U23 World Championship which is held at Cairo International Stadium. The Egypt 2017 contest starts on Friday with ....

Sports min. congratulates scouts federation on winning vote to host 2020 world conference

Date: 2017-08-18 13:18:50 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:43 - ID:6950596

CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz congratulated the Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides on winning the vote to host the 42nd World Scout Conference and the 14th World Scout Youth Forum in 2020. As ....

Ahly beat Masry 2-1, win Egypt Cup

Date: 2017-08-15 21:15:14 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:75 - ID:6946735

ALEXANDRIA, Aug 15 (MENA) - Ahly snatched their first Egypt Cup title in 10 years after a 2-1 extra-time victory over El Masry at Alexandria's Borg El Arab Stadium Tuesday. El Masry appeared to be very close to the title when their attacking ....

Egypt's Youth Minister, Chinese Ambassador hold meeting

Date: 2017-08-15 12:22:22 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:45 - ID:6945811

CAIRO, Aug 15 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz met Tuesday with Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Song Aiguo and his accompanying delegation to discuss means to promote cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, ....

Security officials attend meeting to prepare for volleyball world cup's inauguration

Date: 2017-08-13 18:07:27 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:62 - ID:6943372

CAIRO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Chairman of Security Committee of the Volleyball World Cup major General Ismail Al Far said Sunday that the committee will hold a meeting within two days on the preparations of the tournament's inauguration ceremony. The ....

CR7 insists he will never play as a striker

Date: 2017-08-13 17:46:35 GMT - Portugal - Sports - SN:60 - ID:6943357

LISBON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo said Sunday he would never play as a center-forward. Ronaldo insisted he has never played as a striker, and will never do so. "I can assure you that I will never play center-forward. ....

Egypt’s Dina Meshref wins title of ITTF Nigeria Open

Date: 2017-08-13 17:35:29 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:56 - ID:6943334

ABUJA, Aug 13 (MENA) – Egypt’s Dina Meshref, clinched on Sunday the title of the Seamaster International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Nigeria Open. Meshref, ranked 1st in Africa, achieved a 4-0 victory over Russian Player Olga ....

Sports Min. congratulates national modern pentathlon team on winning bronze

Date: 2017-08-13 14:12:03 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:40 - ID:6942786

CAIRO , Aug 13 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel Aziz congratulated Sunday the women's national modern pentathlon team on winning the bronze medal in the under-19 modern pentathlon world cup in Hungary. The Egyptian team, which ....

Egyptian fencers win 11 medals at Arab championship

Date: 2017-08-12 19:15:53 GMT - Jordan - Sports - SN:70 - ID:6941935

AMMAN, Aug 12 (MENA) - Egyptian fencers have won three gold, four silver, and four bronze medals at the Arab Fencing Championship for juniors and cadets, that was concluded Saturday in Amman. Jordan topped the tournament with 30 medals, inducing ....

EgyptAir sponsors world junior squash champion Abdullah Amr

Date: 2017-08-11 13:49:44 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:33 - ID:6939968

CAIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Chairman and Managing Director of EgyptAir, the flag carrier of Egypt, Sherif Ezzat directed to offer all support for the under-13 World Squash Champion, Abdullah Amr. A protocol was signed between Head of EgyptAir's ....