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Egypt's Ahly arrive in Dubai for Roma game
Date: 2016-05-18 16:53:12 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Sports - SN:87 - ID:4935329
DUBAI, May 18 (MENA) - Egypt's giant Al Ahly arrived in Dubai for a friendly game with Italian AS Roma on Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al-Ain. The game will kick off on Friday at 18:00 p.m. Al Ahly are the most successful Egyptian club in ....
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Zamalek win African Handball Championship of Cup Winners
Date: 2016-05-14 20:56:49 GMT - Morocco - Sports - SN:87 - ID:4908193
RABAT, May 14 (MENA) - Egypt's Zamalek won the African Championship of Handball Cup Winners after beating title holders Esperance ST 26-25 at a final game played on Saturday evening in Laayoune, Morocco. Tunisia's AS Hammamet had finished third ....
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FIFA appoints Fatima Samoura to be 1st female secretary general
Date: 2016-05-13 22:15:10 GMT - Mexico - Sports - SN:95 - ID:4902769
MEXICO CITY, May 13 (MENA) - FIFA named Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura of Senegal, a 21-year veteran of UN humanitarian programs, as its new secretary general on Friday, EURO Sport reported. The 52-year-old, currently the UN Development Program ....
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Ronaldo beats Messi as highest paid footballer
Date: 2016-05-13 12:44:15 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:54 - ID:4899981
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - Cristiano Ronaldo has again beaten longstanding rival Lionel Messi in the overall earnings stakes, maintaining his status as the highest paid footballer in the world. Overall, the Portuguese pocketed $82 million in ....
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Arsenal ready to make Mesut Ozil the club's first £200,000-per-week player
Date: 2016-05-13 12:15:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:52 - ID:4899969
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - Arsenal are prepared to make Mesut Ozil the club’s first £200,000-per-week player, the Daily Mail reported. Talks over a new contract for the Germany international are under way and both parties expect a positive ....
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Leicester City target Sporting’s £25m Islam Slimani to bolster forward line
Date: 2016-05-13 11:49:34 GMT - Portugal - Sports - SN:47 - ID:4899621
LISBON, May 13 (MENA) - Leicester City are interested in signing the Sporting forward Islam Slimani as the Premier League champions begin their preparations for the next campaign. Claudio Ranieri’s side has relied heavily on Jamie Vardy’s goals ....
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Haras El Hodood relegated from Egypt's Premier League
Date: 2016-05-12 17:06:40 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:92 - ID:4896165
IMSAILIA, May 12 (MENA) – Arab Contractors team beat Al Masry 2-1 in the 28th week of the Egyptian Premier League on Thursday. The win brings the Arab Contractors team to the 15th place with 31 points. Meanwhile, Wadi Degla won 2-0 against ....
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10,000 fans to be allowed in Egypt-Congo football match
Date: 2016-05-11 18:23:34 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:111 - ID:4889553
CAIRO, May 11 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry informed the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) its approval for the attending of 10,000 audience in the Egypt-Congo friendly on May 30. Speaking to MENA, EFA information director Azmi Megahed said ....
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Egypt's Nenny named in African team of week
Date: 2016-05-09 18:20:30 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:103 - ID:4874837
CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) - Arsenal defensive midfielder Mohamed El Nenny of Egypt has been named in Star Africa's team of the week for African players in Europe. Tunisian striker Hamdi Harbaoui, of Belgium's Lokeren, was also chosen in the ....
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Sports min. discusses Olympics preparations
Date: 2016-05-09 15:43:14 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:80 - ID:4874241
CAIRO, May 9 (MENA) – Youths and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz met with Chairman of the Egyptian Athletic Federation Walid Atta to discuss preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, to take place in Rio de Janeiro in August. Atta explained to ....