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  • FIFA has no right to suspend clubs' elections in Egypt - sports minister

    Date: 2014-02-13 15:53:30 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:126 - ID:553870

    CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - The Football's governing body FIFA has no right to suspend the elections of Egypt's clubs, said Sports Minister Taher Abu-Zeid. "It is an internal affair, and FIFA has no right to meddle in it," added the ....

  • EFA asked to suspend clubs' elections, reinstate elected boards

    Date: 2014-02-13 15:43:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:123 - ID:553871

    CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - Football's governing body FIFA has asked the the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to suspend the clubs' elections for a period ranging from six months to a year until a new law for sports is issued. FIFA also asked the ....

  • Russia wins inaugural team figure skating gold at Sochi Olympics

    Date: 2014-02-09 20:04:52 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:127 - ID:546301

    MOSCOW, Feb 9 (MENA) - Russia won its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Sunday as veteran Evgeny Plushenko and 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaya won their free program events to make the host nation uncatchable at the top of the standings, RIA ....

  • Zamalek beat Niger's Douanes to take first-leg advance

    Date: 2014-02-09 19:54:15 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:122 - ID:546306

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - Zamalek, enjoying a feverish atmosphere at a vibrant Cairo Stadium, claimed an easy 2-0 win at home to Niger's AS Douanes to take a first-leg advantage in the African Champions League preliminary round on Sunday. Attacking ....

  • Austria clinches gold medal in Sochi Olympics

    Date: 2014-02-09 14:09:53 GMT - Austria - Sports - SN:74 - ID:545708

    MOSCOW, Feb 9 (MENA) – Austrian Matthias Mayer stormed to victory in the men's Olympic downhill as favourites Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal missed out on a medal, the BBC reported. Mayer, 23, competing in his first Olympics, went one better ....

  • Tourism Ministry to sponsor int'l horse riding championship on Feb 20-22

    Date: 2014-02-09 13:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:64 - ID:545487

    CAIRO, Feb 9 (MENA) - The Tourism Ministry will sponsor an international horse riding championship,which will be organized by the Egyptian Equestrian Federation on February 20-22. Head of the Egyptian Tourism Authority Nasser Hamdy said on Sunday ....

  • Russian Deputy PM says can guarantee Games safety

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:31:48 GMT - Russia - Sports - SN:112 - ID:541053

    MOSCOW, Feb 6 (MENA) – A top Russian official said Thursday that the threat of a terror attack at the Sochi Winter Olympics is no greater than anywhere else in the world. “There is no reason to believe that the level of danger in Sochi is greater ....

  • Egypt's PM meets Minister of Youth

    Date: 2014-02-06 15:23:06 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:108 - ID:540953

    CAIRO, Feb 6 (MENA) – Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawy received on Thursday Minister of Youth Khalid Abdul Aziz, where the latter briefed El-Beblawy on the details of his meetings with Al-Ahly club and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) ....

  • Al-Ittihad, Smouha held to 1-1 draw in league

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:54:52 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:100 - ID:540957

    ALEXANDRIA, Feb 5 (MENA) – Al-Ittihad of Alexandria held to a 1-1 draw against Smouha on Thursday in Alexandria Stadium within the framework of the eighth round matches of the second group of the Egyptian Premier League. The draw pushed Ittihad ....

  • Petrojet defeat Police 1-0 in domestic league

    Date: 2014-02-06 14:54:02 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:99 - ID:540952

    SUEZ, Egypt, Feb 5 (MENA) – Petrojet defeated on Thursday the Police Union 1-0 in the Army Stadium in Suez governorate within the framework of the eighth round matches of the second group of the Egyptian Premier League. Petrojet victory came ....

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