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Egypt football team in Gabon for African Cup of Nations

Date: 2017-01-13 22:12:13 GMT - Gabon - Sports - SN:77 - ID:6327801

PORT GENTIL, Gabon, Jan 13 (MENA) - Egypt's national football team arrived on Friday in the Gabonese city of Port Gentil to take part in the 2017 African Cup of Nations, slated for January 14 to February 5. Egyptian Ambassador in Libreville Ahmed ....

Egypt's consul in Paris congratulates handball team on win over Qatar

Date: 2017-01-13 17:29:52 GMT - France - Sports - SN:68 - ID:6327105

PARIS, Jan 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Consul General in Paris Serenad Gamil on Friday congratulated the national handball team on achieving a valuable 22-20 victory over Qatar (the 2015 World Championship runners-up) in their World Handball Championship ....

Hayatou, Madagascar FA head to vie for CAF presidency

Date: 2017-01-13 16:46:28 GMT - Gabon - Sports - SN:65 - ID:6326545

LIBREVILLE, Jan 13 (MENA) - President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou is seeking another four-year term in office to extend his grip on a position he has held since 1988, the organisation said in a statement ....

Egypt beat Qatar in handball World Cup opener

Date: 2017-01-13 16:34:00 GMT - France - Sports - SN:62 - ID:6326525

PARIS, Jan 13 (MENA) - Egypt national handball team achieved a valuable 22-20 victory over Qatar (the 2015 World Championship runners-up) in their World Handball Championship opening match in Paris Friday. The Egyptians were able to top the ....

FIFA announce 2016 world team

Date: 2017-01-09 20:28:18 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:60 - ID:6301953

ZURICH, Jan 9 (MENA) - FIFA have announced their official 2016 World XI that gathers five players from La Liga's Real Madrid and four others from their rivals Barcelona. FIFA team of the year gathers Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, along ....

Sisi meets Egypt's winger Mohamed Salah

Date: 2017-01-09 18:06:00 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:48 - ID:6300965

CAIRO, Jan 9 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday received winger of the Egyptian national team and Serie A's AS Roma Mohamed Salah. Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz take part in the meeting. Presidential spokesman Alaa ....

Egypt's national handball team leaves for Denmark

Date: 2017-01-04 06:48:45 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:12 - ID:6269429

CAIRO, Jan 4 (MENA) - Egypt's national handball team left for Denmark on Wednesday to take part in an international friendly ahead of the 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship in France to take place January 13. As many as 24 teams from ....

Mohamed Helmi continues as White Knights coach

Date: 2017-01-04 05:45:46 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:4 - ID:6269221

CAIRO, January 4 (MENA) - Captain Mohamed Helmi will continue as Al Zamalek football coach as announced by club chairman Mortada Mansour. Helmi will not leave and agreed to continue leading the team within the coming period, Mansour added. In ....

Egypt defeats UAE at Arab Nations Basketball Championship

Date: 2017-01-02 20:25:42 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:70 - ID:6262229

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) - The Egyptian basketball team on Monday achieved a 86-64 valuable victory on the UAE at the Arab Nations Basketball Championship, currently taking place in Cairo. The national team collected five points after two victories ....

Roma fans choose Egypt's Salah player of 2016

Date: 2017-01-01 16:24:20 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:50 - ID:6254677

ROMA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Egypt's right wing Mohamed Salah was chosen as Roma's "Player of the Year", the official website of the Serie A club announced Sunday. Salah has claimed the award after a one-week vote by Roma fans worldwide. The shortlist of ....