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Talaat Youssef to officially become Ittihad coach
Date: 2014-07-07 20:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:156 - ID:816584
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 7 (MENA) - Talaat Youssef is to officially take over as the coach of Ittihad of Alexandria Club during the coming season. The Alexandria-based club was established in 1906, and has won the Egypt Cup six times. They have ....
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Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon 2014 after beating Roger Federer
Date: 2014-07-06 17:53:45 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:108 - ID:814628
LONDON, July 6 (MENA) - Novak Djokovic ended Roger Federer’s hopes of a record-breaking eighth Wimbledon title on Sunday as he edged out the Swiss with a 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4 victory to claim the title for a second time, The Guardian ....
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Petra Kvitova thrashes Eugenie Bouchard final in Wimbledon
Date: 2014-07-05 14:56:13 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:67 - ID:812901
LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - Petra Kvitova swept past Canada's Eugenie Bouchard with a stunning performance of controlled power to win her second Wimbledon title, the BBC Sport reported. The Czech sixth seed reclaimed the title she first won in 2011 ....
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Colombia gives workers time off to watch World Cup match
Date: 2014-07-03 15:23:18 GMT - Colombia - Sports - SN:107 - ID:810002
BOGOTA, July 3 (MENA) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has given government workers Friday afternoon off to watch the national team play Brazil in the quarter-finals of the football World Cup. The president will fly to Brazil to watch the ....
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Egypt, Palestine youth ministers discuss ways of boosting mutual cooperation
Date: 2014-07-03 11:58:13 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:53 - ID:809631
CAIRO, July 3 (MENA) – Egypt's Youth Minister Khaled Abdel-Aziz and his Palestinian counterpart Jibril Rajoub, who currently visits Egypt, have discussed ways of fostering the bilateral cooperation in the fields of youth and sports during the ....
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PM to honor Egyptian players for winning African Youth Games
Date: 2014-07-01 13:26:28 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:53 - ID:806657
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab, Youth and Sports Minister Khaled Abdel Aziz, and Olympic Committee President Khaled Zein are scheduled Wednesday to honor Egyptian players who won 2014 African Youth Games in Botswana. Egypt's ....
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Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi resigns after world cup xit
Date: 2014-07-01 07:19:12 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:6 - ID:805923
ABUJA, July 1 (MENA) - Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has stepped down from his position after the Super Eagles' exit from the World Cup in Brazil, BBC Sport reported. France scored twice in the last 11 minutes in Brasilia on Monday to reach the ....
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Egypt wins Africa Championship for Table Tennis in Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-29 08:55:09 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:25 - ID:803093
ABUJA, June 29 (MENA) - Egyptian player Dina Meshref won the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-Africa Cup for Women that was held late Saturday in Lagos, Nigeria's capital. Head of the Egyptian Federation of Table Tennis Alaa Meshraf ....
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Nigeria players pay tribute to bomb blast victims
Date: 2014-06-19 16:04:53 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:86 - ID:787202
ABUJA, June 19 (MENA) - Nigeria's footballers have said that a bomb attack that killed at least 21 people watching a World Cup game in their country gives them added determination to do well in Brazil. The bomb exploded in the midst of a crowd ....
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Egypt's amb. to Ethiopia hosts sports meeting
Date: 2014-06-18 22:06:24 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:159 - ID:785863
CAIRO, June 18 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idris host a meeting between Egyptian and Ethiopian boxes Ahmed Saeed and Sammy Retta respectively in presence of a number of local and foreign media outlets. A press conference was ....