Surging global prices for everything from food to fuel will give Egypt little reason to touch the world's highest real interest rate on Thursday, according to a Bloomberg poll.
The Egyptian central bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is set to (...)
Diego Maradona's life was honored in a tribute featuring lights and projections onto the pitch before Argentina's Copa America opener against Chile.
No fans were present at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro for the latest tribute to the (...)
Egypt U23 coach Shawky Gharib has unveiled on Monday a list of eight over-age players that he will chose among for his final three candidates to join the squad in next month's Tokyo Olympic Games.
All teams are allowed to add three senior players to (...)
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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The chief of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Ahmed Megahed said on Sunday that the U23 national team's management will face a dilemma if Ahly reached the African Champions League final that is set to be played on the same day the Olympic (...)
Brazil is starting Lucas Paqueta up front instead of the experienced Roberto Firmino against Venezuela in their Copa America opener on Sunday, coach Tite said.
Goalkeeper Alisson is also replacing Ederson, and left back Renan Lodi is in for Alex (...)
Striker Alexis Sanchez will not travel to Brazil with the rest of the Chile squad and will miss at least the group stage of Copa America due to a calf injury.
Chile's national team said in a statement on Saturday that 32-year-old Sanchez felt (...)
Egypt's U23 team claimed their second victory over South Africa in three days after crushing them 3-0 in a warm-up game for next month's Olympic Games in Tokyo on Sunday.
Striker Ahmed Yasser Rayyan, who plays on loan at Ceramica Cleopatra from (...)
A dozen Venezuela players and coaching staff have tested positive for COVID-19 a day before their Copa America opener against the host in Brasilia, Brazilian health authorities said on Saturday.
The health secretariat of the Federal District, which (...)
After a period of controversy over its fate, the 47th edition of the Copa America will kick off on Sunday, taking place in Brazil for the second time in a row.
The South America tournament will last until 10 July, and was supposed to be held last (...)
Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Angel Di Maria are headlining the Argentina squad that will to Brazil for the Copa America, seeking their national team's first major title since 1993.
The list was published Thursday by South American soccer's (...)
Egypt U23 national football team director Alaa Abdel-Aziz announced on Thursday that they did not hold any official talks with Turkish team Galatasaray over the status of striker Mostafa Mohamed for the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
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Neymar will spearhead Brazil's attack for the Copa America, with veteran defender Thiago Silva also included despite a recent injury.
Coach Tite announced his 24-man squad Wednesday for the tournament, which is set to start Sunday after being moved (...)
Galatasaray striker Mostafa Mohamed scored twice to give Egypt U23 a 2-0 win over South Africa at Suez Stadium on Thursday as both sides prepare for next month's Olympic Games.
The towering striker opened the scoring in the 18th minute when he met a (...)
The Brazilian soccer team criticised the last-minute decision to switch the Copa America to Brazil from Argentina amid a surge in novel coronavirus infections but said they would play in the 10-nation tournament which kicks off in Brasilia on (...)
The interim president of the Brazilian soccer confederation said Monday that he will not fire national team coach Tite even though his players have yet to publicly say whether they will play in the upcoming Copa America.
The 82-year-old Antonio (...)
The Culture Ministry applies all precautionary and preventive measures with daily sterilization of the theatres in order to ensure the safety of the public, artists and workers.
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Egypt's coronavirus case numbers are falling. The average number of daily cases dropped from 1,200 in mid-May to 800 in the first week of June, leading to hopes the third wave of the pandemic is receding.
Restrictive measures introduced on 6 May (...)
Egypt U23 national football team will arrive in South Africa on Tuesday to play two friendly matches within the Pharaohs' preparations for the upcoming 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The young Pharaohs team started a closed camp in Egypt before (...)
Veteran striker and captain Carlos Tevez announced Friday he is leaving Boca Juniors, triggering a clause in his contract that allows him to become a free agent on June 30.
``It is not goodbye, it is see you soon,'' the 37-year-old Tevez told a news (...)
The captain of Brazil's soccer team said the players will wait until next week to comment on reports they are opposed to Brazil hosting the Copa America, with Casemiro saying any decision would be made jointly by the players and coach.
Brazil was (...)
Amid a possible player revolt, Brazil beat Ecuador 2-0 on Friday to win its fifth consecutive match in South American World Cup qualifying.
Brazil now leads the round-robin tournament with 15 points, four ahead of second-place Argentina. It appears (...)
Amidst the global economic blues that preceded the Covid-19 pandemic and then were exacerbated by, it was the rising popularity of digital cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
The invention of modern currencies passed through many stages of (...)
Brazil's star players have debated whether or not they should play in the Copa America on home soil but don't plan to make any public statements on the matter until after their World Cup qualifying games against Ecuador and Paraguay.
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Lionel Messi was among the Argentina players and coaches who paid tribute to Diego Maradona in a statue unveiling ceremony before their World Cup qualifier on Thursday against Chile.
Maradona died on Nov. 25 in Buenos Aires after cardiac arrest. He (...)
