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Valencia complete €30m Rodrigo Moreno deal

Date: 2015-06-15 17:43:29 GMT - Spain - Sports - SN:88 - ID:2803481

VALENCIA, Spain, June 15 (MENA) - The Spanish Valencia football club confirmed Monday a €30 million signing of Rodrigo Moreno from Benfica on a four-year deal. The 24-year-old spent last season on loan at the Mestalla and has impressed enough to ....

Pharaohs start AFCON qualifying with victory

Date: 2015-06-14 19:57:26 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:109 - ID:2797293

ALEXANDRIA, June 14 (MENA) – Egypt got their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign off to the best possible start as they beat Tanzania 3-0 on Sunday. Egypt was firm favorites for the game but struggled to find a way past their opponents ....

Espérance to arrive in Cairo on June 25 for Ahly match

Date: 2015-06-12 19:05:51 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:88 - ID:2784445

CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Ahly Club received a letter from Espérance Sportive club saying that the Tunisian football team will arrive in Cairo on June 25. Espérance Sportive team will meet Ahly on June 28 in Suez Stadium in the CAF Confederation ....

Court of Arbitration for Sport rejects Mamdouh Abbas lawsuit to dissolve Zamalek board

Date: 2015-06-12 16:42:52 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:79 - ID:2784161

CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected on Friday a lawsuit filed by former board chairman of Egypt's Zamalek Club Mamdouh Abbas to dissolve the club's incumbent board of directors led by Mortada ....

Interpol suspends €20m FIFA partnership

Date: 2015-06-12 13:47:07 GMT - France - Sports - SN:63 - ID:2783337

LYON, June 12 (MENA) - Interpol has suspended a joint anti-match-fixing programme with FIFA over allegations of corruption against the football governing body. The international police agency is freezing the €20 million (£14m) donated by FIFA in ....

EU Parliament urges Blatter to quit FIFA immediately

Date: 2015-06-12 07:22:27 GMT - France - Sports - SN:12 - ID:2780725

STRASBOURG, June 12 (MENA) - The European Parliament called on Sepp Blatter Thursday to step down immediately as FIFA president and allow for an interim leader to reform football's governing body, which is engulfed in a massive corruption scandal, ....

Egypt defeats England 6-5 in beach soccer championship

Date: 2015-06-11 07:37:50 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:18 - ID:2773969

CAIRO, June 11 (MENA) – Egypt beach soccer national team defeated on Thursday its English counterpart 6-5 in which the Egyptian team led the first group in the international championship. The win raised the Egyptian team's points to six. The ....

Raneem el Weleily wins Alexandria International Squash Open

Date: 2015-06-11 06:07:16 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:4 - ID:2773793

ALEXANDRIA, June 11 (MENA) - Champion Raneem el Weleily, world number 2, won Alexandria International Squash Open after defeating Omeniya Abdel Kawi 3-0. A glass court has been built on the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Plaza in accordance with ....

Egypt beat Malawi in friendly game

Date: 2015-06-08 20:54:14 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:131 - ID:2757677

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 8 (MENA) - Egypt defeated Malawi 2-1 in a friendly game on Monday. The match came as Egypt prepares for a qualifier for the 2017 CAF Nations Cup. The Pharaohs will face Tanzania on June 14.(MENA) A H E/R G E ....

Ahly mission leaves Tunisia

Date: 2015-06-08 11:05:35 GMT - Tunisia - Sports - SN:37 - ID:2753001

TUNIS, June 8 (MENA) - Al Ahly football mission left Tunis on way back home on Monday after defeating Tunisia's Club Africain at Rades Stadium in the return leg and qualifying for African Confederation Cup group stage. Reigning CAF Confederation ....