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Ahly beat Somoha in premier league

Date: 2014-01-04 17:38:04 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:108 - ID:479353

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan 4 (MENA) - Cairo's Al-Ahly beat Somoha of Alexandria 2-0 in the third round of the first group of the premier league of Egypt on Saturday. Abdullah el-Said scored twice for Ahly in minute 14 of the first half and minute 8 ....

EFA explains details of contract with Egyptian TV

Date: 2014-01-02 17:37:20 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:122 - ID:475792

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – Egyptian Football Association (EFA) held a press conference Thursday to explain details of the contract inked between the association and Egypt Radio and TV Union (ERTU) to broadcast matches of the Egyptian Football Premier ....

World Soccer: Aboutrika one of people of year

Date: 2014-01-02 09:46:18 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:39 - ID:474759

CAIRO, Jan 2 (MENA) – The World Soccer magazine chose Al-Ahly and Egyptian playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika as one of the people of year. It said Aboutrika’s roll-call of honors alone would place him among the continent’s greats: five African ....

Egyptian TV to air matches of General League tomorrow

Date: 2014-01-01 13:27:45 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:85 - ID:473403

CAIRO, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian television will be airing matches of the General League on Thursday, The matches will be aired on main, satellite and regional channels, as well as Nile Sports. (MENA) MA/RE ....

Armed forces players win all athletics competitions in republic championship

Date: 2013-12-30 11:55:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:68 - ID:469524

CAIRO, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Armed Forces players won all athletics competitions that were held as part of the republic championship at the end of season 2013. They snatched 14 medals, including 8 in the first rank, 3 in the second and 3 in the ....

Sports minister refers new violation against ex-Zamalek head to public prosecution

Date: 2013-12-29 19:40:05 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:145 - ID:468607

CAIRO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Sports Minister Taher Abou Zeid referred a new violation against Mamdouh Abbas, the former Zamalek club president, to the public prosecution. He accused Abbas of squandering funds that the ministry earmarked for the club, ....

Borussia Dortmund fairytale not over yet - CEO

Date: 2013-12-28 15:07:42 GMT - Germany - Sports - SN:72 - ID:466405

DORTMUND, Germany, Dec 28 (MENA) – Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans Joachim Watzke says the club’s fairytale is far from over despite the financial superiority of Bayern Munich. BVB rose from the ashes of financial difficulty during the mid-2000’s to ....

Cairo governor honors national Karate team

Date: 2013-12-26 12:41:39 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:63 - ID:462663

CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) – Governor of Cairo Galal Mustafa honored on Thursday Egypt's national Karate team after winning the World Championship in Spain last November. The governor hailed the Egyptian team's achievement for the second time in a row. ....

Germany's Bayern Munich win Club World Cup

Date: 2013-12-21 22:26:41 GMT - Morocco - Sports - SN:106 - ID:454485

RABAT, Dec 21 (MENA) - Bayern Munich won Saturday the Club World Cup after beating Morocco's Raja Casablanca 2-0. Dante scored the first goal in the seventh minute of the first half deflating the Moroccan hosts at Marrakech stadium. Thiago ....

FIFA to use 'vanishing spray' in games

Date: 2013-12-20 17:15:27 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:83 - ID:452643

LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA)- Players slowly edging forward in the wall during free-kicks are set to become a thing of the past – with Fifa confirming plans to fully introduce vanishing spray, a British paper said on Friday. The recently developed spray ....