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Sports minister meets Danish PM
Date: 2015-12-20 23:13:28 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:123 - ID:3967029
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) – Youths and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz met with Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen at the final of the World Women's Handball Championship held in the Danish city of Herning. The Egyptian minister had left for ....
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Hiddink appointed first-team manager - Chelsea confirms
Date: 2015-12-19 17:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:85 - ID:3959801
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Chelsea confirmed Guus Hiddink has been appointed first-team manager until the end of the season. Hiddink's appointment follows Chelsea's decision to sack manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday, after the club's worst start to ....
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Amir of Kuwait inaugurates Jaber stadium
Date: 2015-12-18 18:21:07 GMT - Kuwait - Sports - SN:92 - ID:3954509
KUWAIT CITY, Dec 18 (MENA) – Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad officially opened the multi-purpose Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Friday. The event was attended by Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, National Assembly ....
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Ahly fines players after shocking defeat in Smouha game
Date: 2015-12-18 15:01:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:68 - ID:3953157
CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The technical board of Al Ahly Club has fined players 50,000 pounds each after their shocking 3-0 defeat in the match against Alexandria's Smouha Club in the eighth week of the Premier League on Thursday. The Red Devils, ....
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South Africa qualify for Rio Olympic Games
Date: 2015-12-12 22:17:09 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:118 - ID:3915037
DAKAR, Dec 12 (MENA) - South Africa U-23 team qualified for the Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games after edging Senegal 3-1 on penalties in the U-23 Cup in third place playoff in Dakar on Saturday. The two sides failed to break the deadlock during ....
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Nigeria defeat Algeria, win U-23 AFCON title
Date: 2015-12-12 22:12:17 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:117 - ID:3915025
DAKAR, Dec 12 (MENA) - Nigeria won the CAF U-23 Cup with a 2-1 victory over Algeria in the final match in Dakar on Saturday. Oghenekaro Etebo scored Nigeria's two goals after 14 and 40 minutes of the kick off, while his teammate Segun Oduduwa ....
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Euro 2016 draw takes place, with hosts France on top of Group A
Date: 2015-12-12 20:02:21 GMT - France - Sports - SN:102 - ID:3914561
PARIS, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Euro 2016 draw took place in Paris on Saturday, with hosts France on top of Group A. A new format features 24 teams, an increase from the 16 to have competed in previous editions. Romania drawn in Group A with ....
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Muhammad Ali condemns Trump's call to ban Muslims
Date: 2015-12-10 05:45:20 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:4 - ID:3897633
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Boxing great Muhammad Ali on Wednesday criticized Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling on Muslims "to stand up to those who use Islam to ....
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Egypt's Olympic team returns home
Date: 2015-12-07 07:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:10 - ID:3875545
CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Egypt's U-23 football team returned home on Monday after losing in the group stage of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. The Young Pharaohs experienced a 1-0 loss to already-eliminated Mali Saturday that left them at ....
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Egypt U-23 football team lose to Mali, fail to reach Rio Olympic Games
Date: 2015-12-05 20:16:53 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:102 - ID:3868558
DAKAR, Dec 5 (MENA) - Egypt's U-23 football team wasted their last chance to reach Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games after a 0-1 loss to Mali in the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, currently taking place in Senegal. The result left the national ....