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Egypt cancels Arab Gymnastics championship
Date: 2014-12-20 18:51:50 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:98 - ID:1577893
CAIRO, Dec 20 (MENA) - Egypt has decided to cancel this year's Arab Gymnastics championship because only two states have agreed to partake. Tunisia, Morocco and Qatar had initially approved to take part but Tunis and Rabat apologized later, ....
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Leicester manager banned for fan abuse
Date: 2014-12-19 22:31:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:129 - ID:1572773
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson has been given a one-game touchline ban and fined £10,000 for insulting a fan, the BBC reported. It comes after Pearson accepted a Football Association charge following an incident with a ....
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Former France defender Éric Abidal retires due to personal reasons
Date: 2014-12-19 13:24:30 GMT - Greece - Sports - SN:56 - ID:1570561
ATHENS, Dec 19 (MENA) - Former French Defender Éric Abidal, who returned to playing after undergoing a liver transplant in April 2012, announced on Friday he was ending his career for personal reasons, The Guardian reported. Abidal, 35, made 67 ....
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Zambia players injured, some 'fatalities' in minibus crash
Date: 2014-12-15 15:11:39 GMT - Zambia - Sports - SN:110 - ID:1543121
LUSAKA, Dec 15 (MENA) - A trio of leading Zambia players have been involved in a road accident, Euro Sport quoted the country's Football Association as saying on Monday. Nyambe Mulenga of Zesco United, Changwe Kalale of Power Dynamos and Satchmo ....
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Chelsea set to reward captain John Terry with new contract
Date: 2014-12-13 17:16:53 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:95 - ID:1530045
LONDON, Dec 13 (MENA) - Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho has hinted captain John Terry could be in line for another contract extension with the Blues, Metro reported on Saturday. Terry's current deal, signed last summer, expires at the end of the ....
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Jordan invited to partake in Arab Volleyball Championship in Egypt
Date: 2014-12-08 21:08:47 GMT - Jordan - Sports - SN:176 - ID:1498601
AMMAN, Dec 8 (MENA) - The Jordan Volleyball Federation has received an official invitation to take part in the Arab Volleyball Championship, which will be held in Egypt on February 14-24. The federation will consider the invitation and distribute ....
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Masry coach steps down
Date: 2014-12-08 20:34:26 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:170 - ID:1498393
PORT SAID, Egypt, (MENA) - Coach of Egyptian football team Al-Masry Tarek Yehia has resigned from his post citing inability to continue after the team's third defeat in a row and the fifth this season. Meanwhile, the club's board refused Yehia's ....
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CAF chooses Egypt's referees for 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
Date: 2014-12-08 19:34:17 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:162 - ID:1498329
CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) – The Confederation of African Football's (CAF) referees committee, under Sudanese Magdi Shams al-Din, chose Egyptian international referee Gihad Grisha and international assistant referee Tahseen Abul-Sadat to officiate matches ....
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IOC approves flexible Olympic sports program
Date: 2014-12-08 15:23:19 GMT - France - Sports - SN:101 - ID:1496285
MONACO, Dec 8 (MENA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved a more affordable bidding process, the creation of an Olympic television channel and a more flexible sports program that could lead to the inclusion of baseball and ....
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Adhly denies taking any decisions against coach Manuel Jose
Date: 2014-12-08 06:03:42 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:6 - ID:1491525
CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Al Ahly football club denied reports that that the board has issued any decisions against Portuguese football manager Manuel Jose, who coached the team from to 2003 to 2009 then from 2012 to 2013, over his statements prior to ....
