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Articles of the author Abeer Anwar
Super Zamalek
After winning the African Handball Super Cup, Egypt's Zamalek will be Africa's representative at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Super Globe to take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The championship will take place from 5-9 (...)

14 - 09 - 2021
Pressing the pedals
Under the patronage of President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypt is well placed to host the 2021 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships for the first time and with much government support. Over five days of intense competition, the new (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Power medals
By 30 August Egypt had collected six medals in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics - four silver and two bronze - and all in powerlifting. Fatma Omar won the silver medal in the women's -67kg powerlifting event having lifted 120kg, second behind China's (...)

31 - 08 - 2021
Turn of the Paralympics
Tokyo 2020 Olympics witnessed drama, surprises, amazing performances and records aplenty but there is still more to watch and enjoy. With 4,400 Paralympic athletes competing in 22 sports, the world will enjoy more of the same. Under the motto (...)

17 - 08 - 2021
Top 10
Egyptian title holders Ahly swept to the final of the Total Energies CAF Champions League after crushing 10-man Esperance of Tunisia 3-0 to win 4-0 on aggregate. The defending champions, aiming for a record-extending 10th African Champions League (...)

29 - 06 - 2021
Semi-through
Defending champions Ahly of Egypt remain on course to retain their Total Energies CAF Champions League title after beating Esperance of Tunisia by a solitary goal in the first leg of their semi-final duel played in Tunis on Saturday. Mohamed Sherif (...)

22 - 06 - 2021
A week of wonder
With two gold medals and two bronze, Egypt finished in second place in the World Gymnastics Championship that took place in Egypt for the first time. Egypt came after Ukraine which collected 11 medals -- five gold, two silver and four bronze -- (...)

08 - 06 - 2021
Zamalek top inaugural Africa hoops
Egypt's Zamalek became the first-ever champions of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) after beating Tunisian outfit US Monastir 76-63 in the final at Kigali Arena in Rwanda. It was the Egyptian team's second continental trophy, having won the (...)

01 - 06 - 2021
Super and semis
The African Super Cup, which was postponed due to Covid-19 measures and flight lockdowns, will at last see the light of day tomorrow Friday 28 May in a clash between the winner of the 2019-2020 Total CAF Champions League, Ahly of Egypt and the (...)

25 - 05 - 2021
Semis in sight
South Africa's Pitso Mosimane got one over his former employers as Egypt's home side Ahly beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 in the first leg of the Total CAF Champions League at Al Salam Stadium on Saturday. Taher Mohamed Taher was on target in the first (...)

18 - 05 - 2021
Ahly's turn
Ahly's President Mahmoud Al-Khatib doubled the bonuses of Ahly's men's handball team after they won the Egyptian Cup, beating archrivals Zamalek 26-23. Zamalek had won the league title against Ahly 18-17 just a week earlier. Al-Khatib, together with (...)

27 - 04 - 2021
Making a point
In a historic achievement, the Egyptian national men's team was able to win the 2021 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championship which is taking place in Cairo. Egypt beat Russia in the final for the gold medal. Russia took the silver and France the (...)

06 - 04 - 2021
Shots fired
SHOTGUN RETURNS: The Shotgun World Cup was held for the first time in Cairo in 10 years as the Egyptian team of Ahmed Zaher, Abdel-Azizi Mehelba and Ahmed Kamar won the bronze medal. For the first time in the history of the International Shooting (...)

09 - 03 - 2021
Top of the table
In September last year at an elaborate but short ceremony hosted by the Swedish Embassy in Cairo and organised in conjunction with their Canadian counterparts, Hana Gouda was listed among the 10 most inspirational Egyptian women change-makers for (...)

02 - 03 - 2021
Rugby winners twice
The Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport played host on 13 and 14 February to the first Arab Women's Rugby Championship and the 7th Men's Arab Rugby Championship. Egyptian national teams took the gold medal and first place (...)

16 - 02 - 2021
Hoping to do better
Egypt's Ahly are back at the FIFA Club World Cup after a seven-year absence. The Red Devils are aiming to go as far as they can in a tournament in which they have previously struggled to make an impact. The team heads into the tournament with (...)

02 - 02 - 2021
View from afar
The 27th Men's Handball World Championship will be played without spectators because of the coronavirus. The decision was taken by the Supreme Organising Committee, and was requested by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The committee is (...)

12 - 01 - 2021
Candles on the cake
Egypt will open the 27th Men's Handball World Championship being held from 13-31 January with the participation of 32 teams, the most ever. The teams will be competing in three venues in Cairo and one in Alexandria: Cairo Stadium Halls, the New (...)

05 - 01 - 2021
Terrific treble
A new Egyptian football league season begins, headed by defending champions Ahly who are odds-on favourites to repeat after bagging two other titles in a triumphant one-week span. After winning the league title a whopping 18 points ahead of (...)

08 - 12 - 2020
Super site
The African Football Association (CAF) has decided that the Total African Super Cup game between Morocco's Renaissance Berkane, the winners of the Confederation Cup, and Egypt's Ahly, the winner of the Champions League, will be played in Egypt on 10 (...)

01 - 12 - 2020
Protecting the players
In his weekly meeting with Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi, Hussein Labib, head of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Egypt's 2021 Handball Men's World Championship highlighted the fact that Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi is (...)

03 - 11 - 2020
Ahly, Zamalek try to seal the deal
Egypt's two biggest football clubs are close to reaching the final of the African Champions League thanks to two remarkable victories away from home in the semi-finals. Ahly defeated Wydad Athletic Club 2-0 while Zamalek got by Raja Casablanca 1-0. (...)

20 - 10 - 2020
Totally Egyptian
Egyptian duo Nour Al-Sherbini and Ali Farag were named the 2020 CIB Egyptian Open winners and collected the PSA World Tour Platinum trophies after beating teammates Nouran Gohar and Tarek Mo'men in front of the iconic Great Pyramid of Giza, reports (...)

20 - 10 - 2020
Familiar faces
Egyptian squash was able to shine again after a six-month suspension due to the COVID-19 global pandemic which halted all major sports events around the world, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Egyptian duo Hania Al-Hammami and Marawan Al-Shorbagi (...)

06 - 10 - 2020
What they said
The Men's Handball World Championship, to be held in Egypt in January 2021, will be one of the first major sports events to be held during the Covid-19 pandemic. It will also be the last time the championship is hosted by just one country and the (...)

08 - 09 - 2020
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