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  • Egypt wins second bronze medal in weightlifting in Rio Games

    Date: 2016-08-11 05:54:17 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:2 - ID:5408465

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 11 (MENA) - Egyptian weightlifter Mohamed Ihab won Egypt’s second bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the 77kg men’s weightlifting event. Ihab, who managed to lift 361kg, came in third place, scoring Egypt’s second bronze ....

  • Sarah Samir wins weightlifting bronze; Egypt's 1st in Rio 2016

    Date: 2016-08-10 20:33:41 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:72 - ID:5408041

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Sarah Samir secured on Wednesday Egypt's first medal in Rio 2016. Samir won the bronze in Women's 69kg Weightlifting. She lifted 255 kg in total. China's Xiang Yanmei and Kazakhstan's Zhazira Zhapparkul got gold ....

  • Egypt beats Sweden in hand ball match 26-25

    Date: 2016-08-10 07:12:07 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:11 - ID:5402873

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 10 (MENA) – The Egyptian handball team won on Wednesday its match againsrt Swedish team 26-25 as part of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 Group B. The Swedish team was advancing in the first half of the match 12-13. In the second ....

  • Egypt stuns Cuba in volleyball victory at Rio Olympics

    Date: 2016-08-10 06:17:16 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:2 - ID:5402821

    RIO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The Egyptian volleyball team achieved their first victory in men’s volleyball at the Rio 2016 Olympics early Wednesday. Egypt defeated Cuba 3-0 after having lost to Poland 3-0 earlier in the preliminaries. The Egyptians ....

  • Egypt's Judoka Abdelaal advances to round 16 in Rio 2016

    Date: 2016-08-09 17:27:43 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:78 - ID:5401093

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 9 (MENA) - Egypt's Judoka Mohamed Abdelaal (81Kg) advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Mongolia's Judoka Uuganbaatar Otgonbaatar in the round of 32 of the Judo-Men's 81kg in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Abdelaal will face ....

  • Zamalek beat Al-Ahly, win 4th Egypt Cup in a row

    Date: 2016-08-08 21:27:17 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:95 - ID:5396201

    ALEXANDRIA, Aug 8 (MENA) - Zamalek were able to achieve a 3-1 victory on arch rivals Ahly to secure their fourth Egypt Cup in a row. Zamalek's striker Bassem Morsi opened the scoring just after 19 minutes when he escaped the attention of Ahly ....

  • Security tightened ahead of Ahly-Zamalek game

    Date: 2016-08-08 08:34:10 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:21 - ID:5391113

    CAIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) - Slated for later Monday, a final match between Egypt's top rivals Al Ahly and Zamalek will be held at Alexandria's Borg el Arab Stadium without audience. A security plan has been designed to secure the final game of the 2016 ....

  • Egyptian handball team loses first match in Rio Olympics

    Date: 2016-08-08 06:38:26 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:9 - ID:5390609

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 8 (MENA) – The Egyptian handball team lost its first match with Slovenia 27-26 as part of the Olympic Games Rio 2016 Group B. The Egyptian team was advancing in the first half of the match until the Slovenian team scored an ....

  • Global/PRNews(1):Longest-Held Olympic Record Holder Issues Challenge

    Date: 2016-08-08 06:24:13 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:7 - ID:5390569

    Longest-Held Olympic Record Holder Issues Challenge To Break His Long Jump Record For The Prize Of…A Beer Long Jumper, Bob Beamon, Dares Athletes to Beat His "Perfect Jump" for a Beer, a Natural Choice of Champions NEW YORK, Aug. 8, ....

  • Egypt's volleyball defeated 3-0 in 1st Rio game

    Date: 2016-08-07 21:41:36 GMT - Brazil - Sports - SN:85 - ID:5390197

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian volleyball team received a 3-0 severe defeat in its opening game within Pool B of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Poland secured an easy win by (25-18, 25-20, 25-17). The pool also gathers Iran and Cuba. ....

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