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Zamalek president meets UAFA chairman, Saudi amb. in Cairo

Date: 2017-05-06 21:09:19 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:75 - ID:6799904

CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) – Zamalek president Mortada Mansour met on Saturday with Chairman of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) Turki bin Abdul Aziz and Saudi Ambassador in Cairo Ahmed al Qatan at the headquarters of Zamalek football ....

Football players Salah, Nainggolan, De Rossi receive death threats

Date: 2017-05-05 17:02:01 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:53 - ID:6798334

ROME, May 5 (MENA) - ROMA are on high alert after death threats aimed at their players were left by the Coliseum alongside hanging effigies of three players, according to the SUN. A dismal 3-1 defeat in the derby on Sunday has left fans ....

Shehata dismisses reports on intention to retire from coaching

Date: 2017-05-04 16:55:57 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:67 - ID:6796818

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Former Egyptian football team coach Hassan Shehata said he does not think about retirement, refuting media reports on his intention to retire from coaching. In statements to MENA, Shehata added that he received offers to ....

Egypt ranked 19th in FIFA global football rankings

Date: 2017-05-04 11:18:00 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:33 - ID:6796375

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Egypt's national football team kept their position for the fourth month in a row in the April FIFA global football rankings published Thursday. The Pharaohs kept their position at number 19, still leading the African ....

Global/PRNews(1): Fun Fridays with MoneyGram's 3on3 Basketball Championship

Date: 2017-05-03 06:07:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Sports - SN:2 - ID:6794417

MoneyGram launches its first structured basketball tournament for Filipino community in Jeddah, and promises it's more than sport JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/MENA/ -- MoneyGram keeps engaging with the Filipino community in ....

Egypt win 2 int'l shooting championships

Date: 2017-05-02 21:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:94 - ID:6794275

CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - The Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Women's International Shooting Championship and the 13th African Shooting Championship were concluded in Cairo Tuesday. The Egyptians topped the tournaments by collecting 47 various medals, ....

German amb. in Cairo expresses happiness over Al Ahly Club's approval to host embassies football tournament

Date: 2017-04-30 13:35:47 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:35 - ID:6790905

CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) - German Ambassador here Julius Georg Luy lauded the attendance by the Head of Al Ahly Club Mahmoud Taher of the conference on the embassies football tournament organized by the German Embassy to Cairo. The tournament will ....

UAE ambassador honors winners in int'l shooting championship

Date: 2017-04-29 19:51:26 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:80 - ID:6790139

CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) - UAE Ambassador in Cairo Juma Mubarak Al Junaibi on Saturday honored winners in the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Women's International Shooting Championship. The contest, held in parallel with the 13th African Shooting ....

Zamalek allocates 350 extraordinary memberships for journalists

Date: 2017-04-29 16:03:06 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:61 - ID:6789985

CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) - Zamalek Chairman Mortada Mansour on Saturday approved the allocation of fresh 350 extraordinary memberships for journalists of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) and other media outlets, bringing the total number of ....

UAE parliament speaker hails security in Egypt

Date: 2017-04-28 14:25:55 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:55 - ID:6788583

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - Speaker of the UAE Federal National Council (FNC) Amal al Qubaisi on Friday hailed the hosting enjoyed by missions taking part in the Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Women's International Shooting Championship and the 13th ....