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  • UEFA Champions League: Barcelona Drawn with Paris Saint-Germain

    Date: 2014-08-28 18:09:00 GMT - France - Sports - SN:108 - ID:896052

    MONAKO, Aug 28 (MENA) - The initial challenge for the Road to Berlin has been set, and FC Barcelona were drawn into Group F with Paris Saint-Germain FC, AFC Ajax and APOEL FC. The Champions League Group Stage draw was held on Thursday at the ....

  • Senegal clash in 2015 CAN qualifiers 'not easy': Egypt coach

    Date: 2014-08-28 12:47:04 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:67 - ID:895474

    ASWAN, Aug 28 (MENA) - Egypt manager Shawki Gharib has said the first match of 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) qualifiers against Senegal will be difficult, especially it will be played away. "We will play to win this match," he told MENA, ....

  • Egypt's Karate team leaves for Arab championship in Jordan

    Date: 2014-08-27 08:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:33 - ID:893421

    CAIRO, Aug 27 (MENA) - Egypt's Karate team left for Jordan on Wednesday to take part in the Arab Championship for Seniors to start later in the day. The Egyptian mission includes 21 players and administrative staffers. Ten Arab teams are ....

  • Congo want to relocate Nigeria match

    Date: 2014-08-26 11:55:17 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Sports - SN:69 - ID:892113

    KINSHASA, Aug 26 (MENA) - Congo have requested CAF to relocate their 2015 Orange AFCON qualifiers’ opening match against the Super Eagles outside Nigeria due to the Ebola outbreak, StarAfrica reported on Tuesday. The game is scheduled on ....

  • EFA denies sending official request to CAF to host African Cup of Nations

    Date: 2014-08-26 10:32:11 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:45 - ID:891898

    CAIRO, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has denied news that it submitted an official request to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for Egypt to host the African Cup of Nations in 2017 or 2019. The issue has not ....

  • EFA says yet to receive Interior Ministry approval on premier league

    Date: 2014-08-25 19:37:12 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:125 - ID:891181

    CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) – The media official of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) denied on Monday that he said that the Interior Ministry agreed that the kick-off of the premier league will be on September 14. In statements to MENA, Azmi ....

  • Di Maria leaving Real, says Ancelotti

    Date: 2014-08-24 16:57:07 GMT - Spain - Sports - SN:116 - ID:889293

    MADRID, Aug 24 (MENA) - Carlo Ancelotti says Angel Di Maria is leaving Real Madrid - so a move to Manchester United for around £64 million is now likely to be completed in the coming days. Di Maria did not take part in training at Real's Valdebebas ....

  • Theresa May considering banning orders to combat British extremism

    Date: 2014-08-23 20:36:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:99 - ID:888003

    LONDON, Aug 23 (MENA) - The home Office is poised to bring in laws to tackle British extremists in the wake of the killing of US journalist James Foley by a jihadist with an English accent. Home secretary Theresa May said that Britain must ....

  • Morocco reconfirmed as FIFA Club World Cup venue

    Date: 2014-08-21 15:13:43 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:112 - ID:885091

    ZURICH, Aug 21 (MENA) - The 11th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup will be held, as scheduled, from 10-20 December in Morocco, said the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), following rumors that had mentioned, a few days ago, a ....

  • Nigerian Football Federation headquarters on fire

    Date: 2014-08-20 12:39:10 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:68 - ID:883014

    ABUJA, Aug 20 (MENA) - The headquarters of the Nigeria Football federation [NFF] in the Wuse Zone 7 District of Abuja has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time but the Federation’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, ....

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