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Al-Ahly is 2013 king of Africa – French magazine

Date: 2014-01-19 14:36:04 GMT - France - Sports - SN:115 - ID:507846

PARIS, Jan 19 (MENA) – Egyptian giant Al-Ahly club, winner of the African Champions League, is the best 2013 African team, according to French Jeune Afrique magazine. Tunisia's Sfaxien club, the winner of the African Confederation Cup, came ....

Taher Abou-Zeid denies resigning as sports minister

Date: 2014-01-19 13:45:10 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:96 - ID:507796

CAIRO, Jan 19 (MENA) - Sports Minister Taher Abou-Zeid denied that he has tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy. "I did not resign and did not change my decision," Abou-Zeid said in reference to his decision to dissolve the ....

Ahly hails PM suspension of sports minister decision

Date: 2014-01-18 21:48:46 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:140 - ID:506721

CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) – Al-Ahly club chairman Hassan Hamdy hailed on Saturday a decision by Prime Minister Hazim Beblawi to freeze Sports Minister Taher Abu-Zeed's order to dissolve the Cairo club's board. "The premier has fairly addressed a ....

PM freezes sports minister's decision on Ahly board

Date: 2014-01-18 18:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:118 - ID:506506

CAIRO, Jan 17 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazim Beblawi decided on Saturday to freeze a decision taken by Sports Minister Taher Abu-Zeed to dissolve the board of Al-Ahly club for further consideration. The premier is entitled to take such decisions ....

Egypt's sports minister appoints new board for Al-Ahly club

Date: 2014-01-18 13:55:00 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:67 - ID:506009

CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) – Minister of State for Sports Taher Abu Zeid appointed on Saturday a new board of Al-Ahly Club, headed by Adel Hikal and Taher el-Sheikh as his deputy to take over the management of the club until the date of the ....

Chelsea confirm Bruyne has completed switch to German Wolfsburg

Date: 2014-01-18 13:36:58 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:58 - ID:505890

LONDON, Jan 18 (MENA) – Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has completed his move to VFL Wolfsburg for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £17million, mirror.co.uk reported. The Belgian international, who joined the Blues from ....

Putin promises secure Sochi Olympics

Date: 2014-01-17 18:33:07 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:111 - ID:504746

MOSCOW, Jan 17 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed his government “will do whatever it takes” to prevent a terror attack during next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, the ABC News reported Friday. “If we allow ourselves to be weak, ....

Xavi should end career here- Martino

Date: 2014-01-17 15:27:16 GMT - Spain - Sports - SN:80 - ID:504458

BARCELONA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Tata Martino believes Xavi Hernandez should finish his career at Barcelona after the midfielder made his 700th appearance, Football Espana reported Friday. Xavi was brought on as a second-half substitute in the 2-0 Copa ....

Inter, Juventus ready to gatecrash Arsenal's interest in Alvaro Morata

Date: 2014-01-17 15:26:31 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:79 - ID:504455

LONDON, Jan 17 (MENA) - Arsenal club is worried about missing out on Alvaro Morata with Inter and Juventus after both declared their interest to purchase the player, Daily express reported Friday. The Gunners have been heavily linked in recent ....

Manchester midfielder Anderson heads to Fiorentina

Date: 2014-01-17 15:25:23 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:78 - ID:504456

FLORENCE, Jan. 17 (MENA) - Manchester United supporters won't have Anderson to kick around for much longer, after the 25-year-old underwent a medical with Fiorentina on Friday. The Serie A club's official Twitter account provided news of ....