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  • Chelsea offers £11 million to scupper Egyptian Salah's move to Liverpool

    Date: 2014-01-23 09:11:12 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:36 - ID:514934

    LONDON, Jan 23 (MENA) – Chelsea are reportedly going head to head with Liverpool for the services of FC Basle forward Mohamed Salah, according to The Mirror. Talks between the Egypt international and the Anfield outfit were believed to be at an ....

  • Sports minister checks on handball mission in Algeria

    Date: 2014-01-22 15:34:03 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:134 - ID:513898

    CAIRO, Jan 22 (MENA) – Egypt's Minister of State for Sports Taher Abu Zeid checked Wednesday on the condition of the national handball team, which is currently in Algeria to participate in the African Cup of Nations, during a phone call to head of ....

  • US offers Russia anti-terrorism technology for Sochi olympics

    Date: 2014-01-22 14:46:11 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:115 - ID:513873

    WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (MENA) – The United States and Russia discussed using US technology to combat terrorism at next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi amid concerns that extremists could target the games, the Pentagon’s news service reported. US ....

  • Libya sneaks into ANC quarters

    Date: 2014-01-22 12:24:15 GMT - Libya - Sports - SN:69 - ID:513321

    TRIPOLI, Jan 22 (MENA) – Libya's national football team qualified for the second round of the African Nations Championships (ANC) for local players after its draw with Congo 2-2. The Libyan team qualified after finishing second in Group C with 5 ....

  • Azarenka crashes out in Australia

    Date: 2014-01-22 11:56:08 GMT - Australia - Sports - SN:62 - ID:513322

    MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (MENA) – Fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska defeated women's defending champion Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 to progress to her first Australian Open semi-final. She will meet Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova, who also reached her ....

  • FIFA warns Brazil over delayed venue

    Date: 2014-01-22 11:24:40 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:50 - ID:512979

    ZURICH, Jan 22 (MENA) – FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke is giving Brazilian organisers only four weeks to show that the stadium in Curitiba will be ready in time for the World Cup, ESPN.co.uk reported. Valcke showed real concern about the ....

  • Nadal into Australian Open semi-finals

    Date: 2014-01-22 11:08:20 GMT - Australia - Sports - SN:47 - ID:512996

    MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (MENA) –Rafael Nadal avoided becoming the latest victim of an Australian Open upset with a battling four-set win over Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday. With a severe blister on his racquet hand, the world number one saved three set ....

  • ERTU has sole right to air matches of general league -- chairman

    Date: 2014-01-21 16:46:53 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:146 - ID:512173

    CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - The Egyptian Radio and TV Union is the only party with the right to broadcast matches of the general league, ERTU chairman Essam el-Amir said Tuesday. ERTU is committed to articles of a contract it had signed with the ....

  • Al-Masry manager sacked after two defeats

    Date: 2014-01-20 18:04:46 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:155 - ID:510332

    PORT SAID, Egypt, Jan 20 (MENA) – The board of Al-Masry sporting club decided to sack the manager of the club's football team after its second defeat in the premier league. Coach Mohamed Salah, who currently trains a Saudi second-class team, ....

  • Farouk Gaafar appointed football director of Egyptian football association

    Date: 2014-01-19 17:01:35 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:160 - ID:508214

    CAIRO, Jan 19 (MENA) – The board of the Egyptian Football Association on Saturday decided to appoint Farouk Gaafar as football director of the association as of the beginning of March. Gaafar was the football director of Ghazl Al Mahallah ....

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