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  • Wenger: Barcelona less dominant nowadays

    Date: 2014-02-17 16:04:19 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:117 - ID:560770

    LONDON, Feb 17 (MENA) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that Barcelona are weaker than in previous season but thinks they, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid are among the biggest threats in the Champions League this season, reported Goal.com ....

  • Celebrations at Luxor Taekwondo tournament called off after death of Turkish athlete

    Date: 2014-02-16 23:02:33 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:184 - ID:559284

    LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) - Celebrations to honor the winners of a Taekwondo tournament have been canceled by organizers after the death of one of the contestants of a heart attack. The body of the Turkish Taekwondo athlete who died during the ....

  • Brazilian football legend Pelé voices happiness for visiting Egypt

    Date: 2014-02-16 22:21:42 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:177 - ID:559232

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Brazilian Football megastar Pelé expressed pleasure for visiting Egypt. During a press conference held Sunday marking the launch of Copa Coca-Cola in Egypt, the Brazilian maestro praised the Egyptian people's strength. Pelé ....

  • Body of dead Turkish Taekwondo athlete to be flown home

    Date: 2014-02-16 21:59:46 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:172 - ID:559266

    LUXOR, Egypt, Feb 16 (MENA) - The body of a Turkish Taekwondo athlete who died during a tournament in Luxor will be flown home. The decision comes at the request of the head of the Turkish martial arts federation, Egyptian sports officials said ....

  • Zamalek beat Niger's Douanes again to reach last 32 of African Champions League

    Date: 2014-02-16 21:00:43 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:164 - ID:559180

    NIAMEY, Feb 16 (MENA) - Zamalek eased into the last 32 of the African Champions League after claiming a 1-0 win away to Niger's AS Douanes to complete a 3-0 aggregate victory on Sunday. Winger Hazem Emam, who came on as a second-half substitute, ....

  • Egypt beat Brazil 4-0 in Copa Coca-Cola championship

    Date: 2014-02-16 20:32:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:158 - ID:559169

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Egypt's national under-16 football team beat the Brazilian under-16 team 4-0 on Sunday in the opening of the Copa Coca-Cola championship. Brazilian football legend Pelé has attended the match. Minister of Sports Taher ....

  • Pelé kicks off 2nd season of Copa Coca-Cola

    Date: 2014-02-16 20:04:53 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:153 - ID:559110

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Brazilian football legend Pelé blew the whistle of the second season of Copa Coca-Cola in a significant celebration in the Pyramids area with a host of ministers in attendance. The event was also attended by a raft of clubs' ....

  • Gov't to issue sports bill soon - spokesman

    Date: 2014-02-16 11:26:24 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:47 - ID:557985

    CAIRO, Feb 16 (MENA) - Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy Sunday received Minister of Sports Taher Abu-Zeid and Head of the Egyptian Olympic Committee Khaled Zein for talks on the latest developments in the sports sector. Beblawy stressed that the ....

  • Putin, Medvedev congratulate Russian athletes on victory in short track

    Date: 2014-02-15 18:36:29 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:117 - ID:557245

    MOSCOW, Feb 15 (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Russian athletes Viktor Ahn and Alexander Grigoyev on their victory in men’s 1,000 m short track event in the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, ....

  • Manpower min. urges to work on to end ESWC workers' strike

    Date: 2014-02-15 17:24:34 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:100 - ID:557086

    CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) – Egypt’s Minister of Manpower Kamal Abu-Eita urged head of manpower department in Gharbia to work on ending the Egyptian Spinning & Weaving Company worker’s strike. In a press release on Saturday, he condemned statements ....

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