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Articles of the author Marwan Zayed
Egypt and Cuper off to flying start
Mohamed Salah and co were able to get the Egyptian national football team off to the best possible start in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign after they defeated visitors Tanzania 3-0 in Cairo. All three goals were scored in the second (...)

16 - 06 - 2015
Another heated debate
The above headline was the hottest football related topic in the past few days as FIFA once again did not fail to stir up controversy. First the world's governing body changed Qatar's 2022 World Cup from the traditional summer time to winter. For (...)

04 - 03 - 2015
Two knocks on the head
The Egyptian league is on fire more than ever and it seems as if it may reach the last week of the season before we know who will be the eventual winner this year. In most of the previous seasons we used to see Ahly clinching the title very early on (...)

06 - 01 - 2015
Soccer on the side - Lethal trio
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Diego Costa and Luis Suarez are by some distance the most dangerous strikers in the world at the moment. Yes there are some other deadly finishers like Cavani, Falcao and Aguero but few would argue that the first three names are (...)

15 - 01 - 2014
Soccer on the side
Best player on the planet? Who will be voted the best football player of the year? This is a question that every single football fanatic is asking himself these days. Football experts and pundits say and rightly so that this is the first time in a (...)

08 - 01 - 2014
Names out of a bowl
Finally and after weeks of waiting, the World Cup draw and groups were announced this week to put football fans all over the world in the mood for this much anticipated tournament. The draw had some surprises for some big nations and some other (...)

10 - 12 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Again, Salah is Basel's hero
Mohamed Salah is on his way to becoming one of the best players in Europe. This was the headline or the main topic of English and Swiss newspapers this week after the young Egyptian magician dazzled both domestically and in Europe. The sparkling (...)

02 - 12 - 2013
Soccer on the side: The BBC five
The BBC announced at the beginning of November the five nominees for African player of the year for 2013 and we discuss their chances of landing the prestigious trophy. Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Dortmund): The striker who left Saint (...)

25 - 11 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Kahraba electrifies Swiss league
Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim, better known as Kahraba (electricity) simply can't stop scoring at the moment. The rising Egyptian star scored his third goal in a row as he guided Luzern to a 1-0 win over Lausanne Sport away from home. Kahraba is growing in (...)

29 - 10 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Same story
In a very sad week for Egyptian football, the national team suffered one of its worst defeats in its history as they were drubbed by Ghana 6-1 in Kumasi in their final qualifying round of the World Cup. The horrific and shameful score of the game (...)

21 - 10 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Kahraba is a live wire
Mohamed Salah and Al-Nenni had a mixed week in terms of results this week with Basel. First, they welcomed Schalke at home in their second match in the Champions League campaign aiming to snatch another win after their marvelous win at Chelsea in (...)

08 - 10 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Salah strikes and Al-Mohamadi excels
Mohamed Salah continued his unbelievable start to the season as he found the back of the net once again in his side's 2-2 draw against Sion at home. The young Egyptian star added another goal to his tally this season as he gave Basel the lead in the (...)

01 - 10 - 2013
Soccer on the side: In the world's best tournament
Yes, it's true: Mohamed Salah and Al-Nenni will be playing Champions League football this season thanks to the Basel's talisman Salah who played a huge part in Basel's progression to the group stage of the Champions League. After guiding his team to (...)

02 - 09 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Atop the Swiss Alps
Mohamed Salah played his best ever game for Basel as he put the Swiss club one leg up in the group stages of the Champions League. The young Egyptian magician single handedly guided his team to a 4-2 win over Bulgarian side Ludogorets in Bulgaria. (...)

26 - 08 - 2013
Soccer on the side: More Swiss entrants
Another Egyptian youngster in the form of Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim Kahraba joined his fellow Egyptian players Mohamed Salah and Al-Nenni in the Swiss league as he officially signed for Luzern. Kahraba who starred at the recently played U20 World Cup, (...)

20 - 08 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Egyptians in Israel
Mohamed Salah and Al-Nenni had a hectic and nerve-wracking 10 days as they had to play three games in that period including two games against Maccabi Tel Aviv. Salah and Al-Nenni had a very difficult choice to make regarding travelling to Israel to (...)

13 - 08 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Back to his best
Mohamed Salah was back to his best as he helped Basel beat Lausanne 2-0 at home to go top of the Swiss league. Salah bagged a delightful assist when he exchanged passes with Streller inside the box before deceiving a defender with an amazing piece (...)

29 - 07 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Running wild
As has been pointed out, Egyptian sensation Ahmed Hassan Kouka is set to take the Portuguese league and European football by storm this season as evidenced against English giants Newcastle in a friendly this week. Kouka scored two magnificent goals (...)

23 - 07 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Basel's Egyptians take off
Mohamed Salah and Al-Nenni of Basel started the Swiss league campaign with a 3-1 over Aarau at home. Both Salah and Al-Nenni started the game and picked up where they left last season as they played a magnificent game with Salah notching his first (...)

16 - 07 - 2013
Premier league dilemma
Egypt and Egyptian are living some extremely nervy days which has led to chaos across the country in different sectors among different segments of society. No doubt that these hard times are giving everyone inside the country something to worry (...)

09 - 07 - 2013
Story of two nations
Even though there are ongoing public demonstrations in several Brazilian cities, the Brazilian national team managed to beat the circumstances and difficult conditions in the country to win the Confederations cup with ease. The reasons behind these (...)

02 - 07 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Close to reaching stardom
Christian Atsu: Atsu is a Ghanaian who plays mainly as a left winger for Portuguese champions FC Porto. Atsu spent the 2011/2012 season on loan at Rio Ave where he caught the eye of football scouts all over Europe. At Rio Ave, the 19 year old scored (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Cream of the continent
Yaya Toure The Ivorian superstar once again had an incredible season with Manchester City in the Premier League even though they failed to claim any silverware for the first time in three seasons. Toure, however, was his usual self throughout the (...)

11 - 06 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Season of success
Success was the outcome of the season for most of our Egyptian stars this year. First, Ahmed Al -Mohamadi played in nearly every single minute of Hull City's season as they finished in second place and were promoted to the Premier League alongside (...)

04 - 06 - 2013
Soccer on the side: Hot shooter Treika shines on big stage
Mohamed Abu Treika, the legendary Egyptian maestro, once again stole the headlines in the final of a major tournament. After helping Banni Yas draw 1-1 away from home against El Khor in the first leg of the Gulf Champions League final, the Egyptian (...)

28 - 05 - 2013
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