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  • Zamalek beat Niger's Douanes to take first-leg advance

    Date: 2014-02-09 19:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:122 - ID:546306

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Zamalek, enjoying a feverish atmosphere at a vibrant Cairo Stadium, claimed an easy 2-0 win at home to Niger's AS Douanes to take a first-leg advantage in the African Champions League preliminary round on Sunday. Attacking ....

  • Austria clinches gold medal in Sochi Olympics

    Date: 2014-02-09 14:09:53 GMT - Austria - Sports - SN:74 - ID:545708

    MOSCOW, Feb 9 (MENA) – Austrian Matthias Mayer stormed to victory in the men's Olympic downhill as favourites Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal missed out on a medal, the BBC reported. Mayer, 23, competing in his first Olympics, went one better ....

  • Tourism Ministry to sponsor int'l horse riding championship on Feb 20-22

    Date: 2014-02-09 13:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:64 - ID:545487

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - The Tourism Ministry will sponsor an international horse riding championship,which will be organized by the Egyptian Equestrian Federation on February 20-22. Head of the Egyptian Tourism Authority Nasser Hamdy said on Sunday ....

  • Russian Deputy PM says can guarantee Games safety

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:31:48 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:112 - ID:541053

    MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) – A top Russian official said Thursday that the threat of a terror attack at the Sochi Winter Olympics is no greater than anywhere else in the world. “There is no reason to believe that the level of danger in Sochi is greater ....

  • Egypt's PM meets Minister of Youth

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:23:06 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:108 - ID:540953

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) – Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy received on Thursday Minister of Youth Khalid Abdul Aziz, where the latter briefed El-Beblawy on the details of his meetings with Al-Ahly club and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) ....

  • Al-Ittihad, Smouha held to 1-1 draw in league

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:54:52 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:100 - ID:540957

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 5 (MENA) – Al-Ittihad of Alexandria held to a 1-1 draw against Smouha on Thursday in Alexandria Stadium within the framework of the eighth round matches of the second group of the Egyptian Premier League. The draw pushed Ittihad ....

  • Petrojet defeat Police 1-0 in domestic league

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:99 - ID:540952

    SUEZ, Egypt, Feb 5 (MENA) – Petrojet defeated on Thursday the Police Union 1-0 in the Army Stadium in Suez governorate within the framework of the eighth round matches of the second group of the Egyptian Premier League. Petrojet victory came ....

  • Heads of state who decline attend Olympics reject IOC, not Russia – Lavrov

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:50:05 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:97 - ID:540848

    MOSCOW, Feb 5 (MENA) – "Heads of the countries, who had decided not to come to the Olympics, rejected the invitation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), not Russia," Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday. ....

  • US issues toothpaste tube terror warning

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:03:18 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:88 - ID:540825

    WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - The United States has warned airlines that terrorists looking to disrupt the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, could conceal bomb-making components in toothpaste tubes or skin care product containers. The worry is that ....

  • Kroos hints at Man. United transfer after rejecting new Bayern Munich deal

    Date: 2014-02-06 11:45:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:65 - ID:540271

    MANCHESTER, Feb 6 (MENA) – Toni Kroos has put Manchester United on red alert after admitting he turned down a new contract with Bayern Munich, ABC news reported United have been strongly linked with a move for Kroos at the end of the season, amid ....

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