The 32-nation 27th Men's Handball World Championship, being held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January, entered its second round, the main draw, with no major upsets.
The preliminary round concluded on Tuesday with the top three teams in each of the eight (...)
In front of an impressive spectator turnout, the Egyptian Eagles Athletic Club celebrated winning the African Flag Ladies Cup (AFLC) held in collaboration with the Cairo Bears.
Four teams took part in the African tournament including two Egyptian (...)
The decade started badly for Egyptian sports. The January 2011 uprising that upended the presidency of Hosni Mubarak led to serious political and security instability. Accordingly, sports activities were suspended throughout most of that year and (...)
Egypt's former world No 1 squash player Karim Darwish is one of two vice presidents who have been elected in the World Squash Federation (WSF).
The world champion in 2009, Darwish is also squash director at the Wadi Degla Club. Long a promoter of (...)
In one month, Zamalek Club's combative President Mortada Mansour lost his two most precious positions: his seat as a member of parliament and the presidency of Zamalek. He lost the first in elections and earlier this week Zamalek's board was (...)
The modern pentathlon scooped up the most awards at the annual “THE BEST” event in Egyptian sport for the 2019-2020 season.
Hosted by the Egyptian National Olympic Committee (ENOC), the occasion was attended by Egypt's top sports officials on Sunday (...)
Having taken part in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games while on the Egyptian taekwondo team, Abeer Essawi officially became an “Olympian”, thus winning a seat on the executive board of the World Olympians Association (WOA), writes Inas Mazhar.
According (...)
Having taken part in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games while on the Egyptian taekwondo team, Abeer Essawi officially became an “Olympian”, thus winning a seat on the executive board of the World Olympians Association (WOA), writes Inas Mazhar.
According (...)
Zamalek of Egypt were forced to put on ice a possible trip to the final of the African Champions League after eight people on the opposing Moroccan team Raja Casablanca tested positive for the coronavirus. The infections followed the first-leg match (...)
Egypt has three football clubs participating in the semi-finals of Africa's two biggest team championships. Powerhouses Ahly and Zamalek are taking part in the Champions League whereas Pyramids are in the second tier Confederation Cup.
After several (...)
The Egyptian National Olympic Committee (ENOC) is continuing to build up its teams for the Tokyo Olympic Games scheduled to take place in summer 2021, reports Inas Mazhar.
The games were to have been staged this year but were postponed due to the (...)
Mayar Sherif has made Egyptian tennis history. By reaching the main draw of the French Open, the 24-year-old has become the first female Egyptian to qualify for the main draw of any major international tennis tournament.
On Tuesday, Sherif played (...)
With only three months to go before the Men's Handball World Championship, the work needed to finalise the remaining items is becoming more hectic and more demanding.
Handball officials and players are on their toes as they prepare to host the (...)
Finally, and after months of anticipation, the participating teams at the Men's Handball World Championship were introduced to their group opponents when the draw was held in Cairo on Saturday at the Giza Pyramids Plateau.
As hosts, Egypt had the (...)
The preliminary groups for the 27th edition of the Men's Handball World Championship will be drawn on Saturday.
The Pharaohs of Egypt are to be introduced to their group opponents when the draw is made at the Giza Pyramids Plateau on Saturday (...)
The 23rd week of the Egyptian Football League kicks off on Saturday. According to the Competitions Committee of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) the future schedule includes only the next three rounds.
EFA Head of Competitions Hossam (...)
Major generals Moetaz Al-Sharkawi and Magdi Shehata, both 73, were invited this week to relate their stories on how they wore down Israeli forces between 1967 and 1970. Al-Sharkawi and Shehata, who now oversee the establishment of the New (...)
The draw that will pit the teams of the Men's Handball World Championship in their respective groups in Egypt will take place on 5 September at the new Museum of Civilisation in Cairo.
According to head of the organising committee Hussein Labib, the (...)
Five months after Covid-19 stopped football in Egypt dead in its tracks, the league is set to make its long-awaited return. The competition resumes on Thursday 6 August with one match to be played, Zamalek versus Masri, at Borg Al-Arab Stadium in (...)
If asked to name a few of the most famous sportswomen in the world today, most people who watch, play, or read about sports would rattle off at least some names, among them Serena Williams, Simone Biles, and Maria Sharpova. But for the same people, (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has finally decided what to do with the semi-finals and final of its most prestigious club competition, the Champions League.
In a meeting held in Cairo concerning the semi-finals and the final of the (...)
Retirement is the fate of any sportsman or sportswoman. It's a destiny they can't escape. It has to come one day and it is usually the athlete who decides when to quit. On 25 June, Egypt's No 1 squash player in the world realised that that day has (...)
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) will on 2 July announce the exact date when the country's most popular sport resumes. The 18-team league has been suspended, just like all other sports, since 21 March following the outbreak of the (...)
While some Egyptian sports federations have announced they would be resuming their activities, suspended by the coronavirus, by August, others have decided to cancel and start a new season altogether. And some don't know what to do.
Football, the (...)
As the lockdown continues worldwide and sport remains suspended because of Covid-19, many international sports federations have been taking the opportunity to think of new forms for the development of the future of their sports. FIFA, the world's (...)
