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 (...)
Mohamed Sanad, who plays for USAM Nimes of France, has been a key player in his handball club's 18 league games played in this abruptly shortened season, scoring 85 goals.
The 29-year-old Egyptian winger helped his side to a third-place finish with (...)
This week's decisions announced by Egypt's Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli that professional sports will resume to a degree brought an air of optimism to the country's athletes and fans and revived hopes that by the third week of June some sports (...)
Almost all national and continental premier football leagues, as well as FIFA qualifiers, have been suspended across the world since mid-March because of the coronavirus, causing huge damage to the football industry.
With no matches being played, (...)
It's been a month since sports activities were suspended worldwide because of the coronavirus.
The disruption has cast a shadow over all stakeholders involved in the sports business in terms of marketing and advertising. Sponsors are losing huge (...)
After almost every other sports championship ground to a halt because of the coronavirus, the world's most prestigious sporting event has finally fallen in line.
On Tuesday, it was confirmed that the 2020 Tokyo Games is to be postponed for a year, (...)
Against all odds, Egypt's world No 10 Hania Al-Hammami was crowned the 2020 CIB Women's Black Ball Squash Open champion.
The 19-year-old beat the four-time Egyptian world champion Nour Al-Sherbini in the final of the event which was held at the (...)
Sports in Egypt have so far not been affected by the coronavirus with international and continental events being held in the country in the last two months. All have been incident free.
Since the coronavirus broke out, Egypt has hosted several major (...)
The second edition of the Women's Black Ball Squash Open starts Sunday in Cairo.
The event, from 8 to 14 March, will be held at the squash courts of the Black Ball Club in the Fifth Settlement of New Cairo.
The one-week tournament will host the top (...)
The final day of the five-day 2020 Pentathlon World Cup, held at the Platinum Club in New Cairo, saw Egyptian athletes dominate the mixed relay as they made it to the podium to receive the gold and silver medals in front a huge spectator (...)
A total of 450 male and female athletes representing 40 nations are battling it out for the first modern pentathlon World Cup of the season being held at the Platinum Club in New Cairo from 26 February to 2 March.
The first of the five-series World (...)
Defeating Tunisia's Esperance 3-1 on 14 February gave Egypt's Zamalek their fourth African Super Cup.
As winners of the 28th edition played in Doha in Qatar, the Egyptian White Knights received first place prize money worth $200,000 (in 2018, the (...)
Zamalek, who won the Confederation Cup last season, will face Champions League winners Esperance in Doha on Friday 14 February.
Excitement has been building across Qatar ahead of the one-off match which is scheduled to take place at the Thani Bin (...)
The Egyptians lost 5-0 to the host country Morocco in the final match of the eight-team tournament, but still managed to qualify for the Futsal World Cup, reports Inas Mazhar.
The event, five-a-side football, was a qualifier for the 2020 FIFA (...)
It was a victorious week for Egyptian football clubs, with four earning qualification to the next stage of Africa's two biggest club competitions, the Champions League and the Confederation Cup. What made the advance all the better was that Ahly, (...)
Egypt deservingly beat its Tunisian counterpart to win the African Cup in handball in Tunis. The Pharaohs beat their North African rivals 27-23 (15-11) in the final.
The final pitted two teams which had won all their previous six games, making it a (...)
In Group A of the African Champions League, Zamalek of Egypt will be going to the quarter-finals while in Group B, Egyptian club Ahly lead with 10 points but are not assured of qualification.
In the second-tier African Confederation Cup, Egypt's two (...)
Although Egypt does not have an official federation or a national team, the Pharaohs announced this week the roster for the 2020 Kuwait Arab Club Ice Hockey Championship, reports Inas Mazhar.
The tournament will be held in Kuwait City in Kuwait from (...)
Italy's Savona club won the Gezira International Water Polo Tournament which recently concluded at the Egyptian club in Cairo.
The five-day championship, from 14 to 19 January, included hosts Gezira and five foreign teams: Echeyde of Spain, Vasas of (...)
In the 2-12 February Arab Women's Sports Tournament (AWST) in Sharjah, sports lovers from Egypt residing in the UAE and across the region have reason to celebrate as talented sportswomen representing renowned clubs in Egypt — Sporting Club of (...)
It was quite a weekend for the four Egyptian clubs Ahly, Zamalek, Masri and Pyramids, who are representing the country in Africa's two elite football competitions, the Champions League and the Confederation Cup.
In the Champions League in Group A (...)
It was fourth time lucky for Sadio Mané. As expected, the Senegalese and Liverpool star was declared winner of the African Player of the Year award for his outstanding achievements the past season. The women's player is Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and (...)
