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Egypt restored regional, int'l role under Sisi: Sports min.

Date: 2023-07-16 13:43:09 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:55 - ID:10258031

CAIRO, July 16 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhy on Sunday said that Egypt has restored its pioneering regional and international role, thanks to effective efforts and serious steps adopted to reshape the state's foreign policy, ....

Egypt beat China in FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup

Date: 2023-07-16 13:24:15 GMT - Spain - Sports - SN:52 - ID:10258304

MADRID, July 16 (MENA) – Egypt’s team beat China 60-56 in the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2023. This was the second match played by the Egyptian team in the tournament, which is currently held in Spain. The first half saw China in ....

Player Tarek Sadek clinches bronze medal in World Modern Pentathlon Championship

Date: 2023-07-16 06:23:28 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:6 - ID:10257428

ALEXANDRIA, July 16 (MENA) - Tarek Sadek, player of the national modern pentathlon team, clinched a bronze medal in the World Modern Pentathlon Championship for Youth under 17 years. The tournament is hosted by the Arab Academy for Science, ....

Egypt's Farida Khalil crowned champion of U17 Pentathlon World Cup

Date: 2023-07-15 17:12:59 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:51 - ID:10257142

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, July 15 (MENA) - Egyptian pentathlete Farida Khalil clinched the gold medal of the UIPM U17 Pentathlon World Cup in Alexandria Saturday. With a top score of 1,338 points, Khalil claimed the title, 15 points more than Nadja ....

Tunisian Ons Jabeur loses Wimbledon final

Date: 2023-07-15 16:59:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:50 - ID:10257143

LONDON, July 15 (MENA) - Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon on Saturday, coming back in each set for a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in the final. Crowd favourite Jabeur, 28, carried the hopes of Tunisia, ....

Sobhi: Egypt's hosting of CONFEJES meetings underlines fruitful cooperation

Date: 2023-07-15 15:01:31 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:46 - ID:10257002

CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - Youth and Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhi witnessed the wrapping up of meetings of the technical committee of CONFEJES, the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of the Francophonie, aiming at promoting youth ....

2023 Arab Games conclude in Algeria

Date: 2023-07-15 14:45:30 GMT - Algeria - Sports - SN:44 - ID:10257006

ALGIERS, July 15 (MENA) - 2023 Arab Games concluded Saturday in Algeria. Hosts Algeria have racked up record-breaking 105 gold medals, with 253 various medals across multiple sports. Tunisia placed second with over 100 medals, while Morocco, ....

Sports min., Cairo gov. partake in Cairo Marathon to mark capital's anniversary

Date: 2023-07-14 14:56:20 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:37 - ID:10255432

CAIRO, July 14 (MENA) - Minister of Sports and Youth Ashraf Sobhi and Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal on Friday took part in the Cairo Marathon to mark the 1,054th anniversary of the capital's national day. Some 3,000 contestants participated in ....

Egypt listed in Group A at African World Cup 2026 qualifiers draw - 2 last Abidjan

Date: 2023-07-13 18:53:08 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Sports - SN:78 - ID:10254524

The African World Cup 2026 qualifiers draw conducted by the CAF has classified the teams as the following: Group A comprising: Egypt, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Group B including: Senegal, DR Congo, ....

Egypt listed in Group A at African World Cup 2026 qualifiers draw

Date: 2023-07-13 17:26:09 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Sports - SN:68 - ID:10254460

ABIDJAN, July 13 (MENA) - Egypt has been placed in Group A alongside Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Djibouti in the African World Cup 2026 qualifiers draw. The draw took place on Thursday in Abidjan, in Côte d’Ivoire, on ....