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Youth, sports ministry issues new regulations for foreign coaches

Date: 2016-10-23 12:44:28 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:43 - ID:5822073

CAIRO, Oct 23 (MENA) - The Youth and Sports Ministry issued on Sunday new regulations governing the work of foreign coaches in Egypt. Under the new regulations, any Egyptian sporting union seeking to sign or renew contracts with foreign coaches ....

Alexandria to host 1st edition of Arab football club championship in 2017

Date: 2016-10-22 22:41:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:83 - ID:5819649

CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Head of the Union of Arab Football Associations Turki bin Khalid bin Faisal revealed Saturday the first edition of a new championship for the top Arab football clubs would be staged in Egypt's Alexandria in 2017. In a press ....

CAF chief arrives in Cairo for CL Final

Date: 2016-10-22 21:11:49 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:78 - ID:5819325

CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou arrived in Cairo Saturday to attend the African Champions League's Final. The match is due to be played Sunday at Borg El Arab Stadium between Egypt's ....

Security, traffic plan developed to secure CAF CL Final in Alexandria stadium

Date: 2016-10-22 13:25:54 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:50 - ID:5817217

ALEXANDRIA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Alexandria security bodies have been put on high alert to secure the CAF Champions League's final match, scheduled Sunday at Borg El Arab Stadium between Egypt's Zamalek and South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns. Upon ....

Egypt with Ghana, Uganda, Mali in 2017 CAF Cup of Nations

Date: 2016-10-19 19:22:19 GMT - Gabon - Sports - SN:78 - ID:5802597

LIBREVILLE, Oct 19 (MENA) - Egypt will compete along with Ghana, Mali and Uganda in Group D in the 2017 CAF Cup of Nations in Gabon. The draw for the championship was held in Libreville on Wednesday. The top seeds before the draw were Gabon, ....

Zamalek's handball team leaves for African Champions League in Burkina Faso

Date: 2016-10-19 06:33:21 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:7 - ID:5796301

CAIRO, Oct 19 (MENA) - The nine-time Zamalek handball champions left for Burkina Faso on Wednesday to take part in the 38th African Handball Champions League, to kick off Friday and continue till October 30. The mission includes 18 players, ....

Youth, sports minister meets Portuguese amb. in Cairo

Date: 2016-10-17 16:43:18 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:82 - ID:5787473

CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) – Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz on Monday met with Portuguese Ambassador in Cairo Madeleine Fischer. The meeting dealt with ways of boosting relations between Egypt and Portugal in youth and sports fields. ....

Zamalek Club team returns home after defeat from Sundowns

Date: 2016-10-17 07:02:29 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:10 - ID:5782537

CAIRO, Oct 17 (MENA) - Zamalek Club team returned home Monday after suffering a defeat from South Africa's Sundowns by 3-0 in the third round of the CAF Champions League Group B fixtures on Sunday. The team arrived on board EgyptAir Johannesburg ....

South Africa's Sundowns down Zamalek in first leg of CL Final

Date: 2016-10-15 18:23:16 GMT - South Africa - Sports - SN:63 - ID:5774797

PRETORIA, Oct 15 (MENA) - Egyptian Zamalek football team on Saturday suffered a 3-0 defeat to the South African Sundowns in Pretoria at the CAF Champions League final. The goals were marked by Anthony Laffor and Tebogo Langerman, along with an ....

CAF approves Zamalek request to carry out doping test following Sundowns game

Date: 2016-10-14 15:48:02 GMT - South Africa - Sports - SN:51 - ID:5769281

PRETORIA, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) approved on Friday a request by Zamalek team to carry out a doping test following a game with South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns in the first leg of the CAF Champions League final. ....