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  • Ahly fines players after shocking defeat in Smouha game

    Date: 2015-12-18 15:01:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:68 - ID:3953157

    CAIRO, Dec 18 (MENA) - The technical board of Al Ahly Club has fined players 50,000 pounds each after their shocking 3-0 defeat in the match against Alexandria's Smouha Club in the eighth week of the Premier League on Thursday. The Red Devils, ....

  • South Africa qualify for Rio Olympic Games

    Date: 2015-12-12 22:17:09 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:118 - ID:3915037

    DAKAR, Dec 12 (MENA) - South Africa U-23 team qualified for the Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games after edging Senegal 3-1 on penalties in the U-23 Cup in third place playoff in Dakar on Saturday. The two sides failed to break the deadlock during ....

  • Nigeria defeat Algeria, win U-23 AFCON title

    Date: 2015-12-12 22:12:17 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:117 - ID:3915025

    DAKAR, Dec 12 (MENA) - Nigeria won the CAF U-23 Cup with a 2-1 victory over Algeria in the final match in Dakar on Saturday. Oghenekaro Etebo scored Nigeria's two goals after 14 and 40 minutes of the kick off, while his teammate Segun Oduduwa ....

  • Euro 2016 draw takes place, with hosts France on top of Group A

    Date: 2015-12-12 20:02:21 GMT - France - Sports - SN:102 - ID:3914561

    PARIS, Dec 12 (MENA) - The Euro 2016 draw took place in Paris on Saturday, with hosts France on top of Group A. A new format features 24 teams, an increase from the 16 to have competed in previous editions. Romania drawn in Group A with ....

  • Muhammad Ali condemns Trump's call to ban Muslims

    Date: 2015-12-10 05:45:20 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:4 - ID:3897633

    WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (MENA) - Boxing great Muhammad Ali on Wednesday criticized Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling on Muslims "to stand up to those who use Islam to ....

  • Egypt's Olympic team returns home

    Date: 2015-12-07 07:08:01 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:10 - ID:3875545

    CAIRO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Egypt's U-23 football team returned home on Monday after losing in the group stage of the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal. The Young Pharaohs experienced a 1-0 loss to already-eliminated Mali Saturday that left them at ....

  • Egypt U-23 football team lose to Mali, fail to reach Rio Olympic Games

    Date: 2015-12-05 20:16:53 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:102 - ID:3868558

    DAKAR, Dec 5 (MENA) - Egypt's U-23 football team wasted their last chance to reach Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games after a 0-1 loss to Mali in the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations, currently taking place in Senegal. The result left the national ....

  • Zamalek Club chief approves Brazilian Marcos Bakita as new coach

    Date: 2015-12-05 17:46:52 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:84 - ID:3868077

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) – The Zamalek Club board chairman asserted on Saturday that the club’s board of directors agreed on selecting Brazilian Marcos Bakita to coach Zamalek football team. Zamalek technical committee announced it chose Bakita to ....

  • Egyptian female `player qualifies for Rio Olympic Games

    Date: 2015-12-04 22:01:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:86 - ID:3862990

    CAIRO, Dec 4 (MENA) – An Egyptian female player has qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after winning a gold medal in the 10 m air pistol shooting of the African Shooting Championship held in Cairo. Athlete Afaf Hodhod achieved ....

  • Egypt's ambassador visits residence of under-23 national team in Dakar

    Date: 2015-12-01 16:55:02 GMT - Senegal - Sports - SN:93 - ID:3843718

    DAKAR, Dec 1 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Dakar Mohamed el Komy on Tuesday visited the the residence of Egyptian under-23 national team. The ambassador met with head of the national team mission Hamda el Masry to show support to the team that ....

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