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FIFA says developments in Qatar monitored

Date: 2017-06-11 15:47:49 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:49 - ID:6850220

GENEVA, June 11 (MENA) - FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Sunday the global football body is closely monitoring the developments in Qatar, which will host the 2022 World Cup. In an interview published in Swiss newspapers Le Matin Dimanche, ....

Sports minister to travel to Tunisia to attend African qualifier

Date: 2017-06-10 19:19:54 GMT - Tunisia - Sports - SN:55 - ID:6849128

TUNIS, June 10 (MENA) – Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz will travel to Tunisia on Sunday to support Egypt in its clash against Tunisia in the qualifiers of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. The game will be played at Rades ....

Egyptian national team ends camp in Alex. ahead of Tunisia clash Sunday

Date: 2017-06-09 18:43:16 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:56 - ID:6848095

ALEXANDRIA, June 9 (MENA) – The Egyptian national football team concluded their training camp at Borg El Arab stadium in Alexandria in preparation for the tricky game with Tunisia in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The pharaohs will ....

FIFA president congratulates Al Ahly on winning Premier League

Date: 2017-06-08 13:31:33 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:55 - ID:6846619

CAIRO, June 8 (MENA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino congratulated Al Ahly club on winning its 39th title of the 2016/2017 Premier League. Infantino's remarks were made as part of a telegram sent to Egyptian Football Association's President ....

EFA boycotts Qatari sport channels

Date: 2017-06-05 21:51:32 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:98 - ID:6842833

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) on Monday decided to boycott all Qatari sport channels. In a statement, EFA said that all forms of cooperation with the Qatari channels would not be allowed in the coming period, in a ....

Zamalek Club boycotts Bein Sports channel: Mortada Mansour

Date: 2017-06-05 17:58:03 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:84 - ID:6842543

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Zamalek Club Chairman Mortada Mansour announced on Monday that his club would boycott the Qatar-based Bein Sports channel. Under the decision, the correspondents of the Qatari channel will be barred from entering Zamalek ....

Ahly boycotts BEIN Sports

Date: 2017-06-05 16:21:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:80 - ID:6842502

CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) - Board of Al Ahly Sports Club, under Mahmoud Taher, on Monday, decided to boycott BEIN Sports. In a statement, the club said that all forms of cooperation with the Qatari group and its correspondents in Egypt would not be ....

Egypt gain three gold medals in African karate tournament

Date: 2017-06-02 21:17:48 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:62 - ID:6838644

CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - Egypt's karate athletes managed to win three gold medals at the end of the first round of the African karate championship, currently held in Cameroon. The three winners are Taha Tareq Mahmoud, Nour Ashraf and Seif Ehab, ....

AFCON 2017: 40,000 fans allowed to attend Egypt-Tunisia qualifier

Date: 2017-06-02 18:50:30 GMT - Tunisia - Sports - SN:53 - ID:6838579

TUNIS, June 2 (MENA) - A total of 40,000 spectators will be allowed to attend the AFCON 2017 Group J day-1 qualifier pitting Tunisia’s national soccer team against Egypt’s on June 11 in Rades, the Tunisian Football Federation announced on Friday on ....

Egypt remains on top of African teams in FIFA rankings

Date: 2017-06-01 16:46:44 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:53 - ID:6837049

CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Egypt’s national team remained on top of African national teams in the FIFA rankings for the fifth consecutive month, despite dropping one position to occupy the 20th place in June. The Pharahos’ ranking slightly changed ....