Hosts Egypt should face no difficulty booking a place in the African Nations Cup on home soil in the summer after getting a favourable draw in Cairo on Friday.
In a glamorous ceremony at the breathtaking Pyramids, the Pharaohs were drawn with DR (...)
Twenty-four teams were qualified for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019 which will be held in Egypt during the period from 22 June to 20 July.
The upcoming edition is the first to include 24 teams in the history of the tournament, including (...)
CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is one of the largest continental competitions awaited by football fans from the moment its last match ends to the moment the new championship starts.
AFCON is organised by the CAF every two years to determine the (...)
DR Congo and Zimbabwe claimed two vital wins on Sunday to seal their places at the 2019 Africa Nations Cup in the last round of the qualifiers.
DR Congo were third of Group G ahead of the game and were in a must win situation when they faced (...)
Libya failed in their bid to qualify for the African Cup of Nations as a double from Percy Tau gave South Africa a 2-1 win and a place in the summer Egypt finals on Sunday.
The Arab side needed a win to pip South Africa to second place in the group (...)
Burundi have made history by reaching their first ever Africa Cup of Nations after holding Gabon to a 1-1 home draw on Saturday, with their fancied opponents missing out on a place in the Egypt finals.
The hosts produced a heroic performance to (...)
Egypt are set to field several fringe players who are unlikely to be part of their African Nations Cup squad when they take on Niger in their last qualifying game for the tournament which the country will host in the summer.
Already qualified virtue (...)
All times in Cairo local time (GMT+2)
Friday 22 March
15:00 Malawi v Morocco (Group B)
16:00 Sudan v Equatorial Guinea (Group A)
17:00 Nigeria v Seychelles (Group E)
18:00 Burkina Faso v Mauritania (Group I)
16:30 Guinea-Bissau v Mozambique (Group (...)
Mascots have always been used in sports competitions for promotion and marketing purposes and to cheer up the fans who come from all over the world to enjoy the sports. Mascots are also used for charity tours. Stemmed out from their cultures, (...)
The Sharm El-Sheikh Asian Film Festival (SAFF, 2-8 March) and the Luxor African Film Festival (LAFF, 15-21 March) are two attempts to affirm Egypt's central position as a strategic connection between two continents.
SAFF and LAFF
Founded by the Noon (...)
“I emphasise that Egypt will work hard to continue along the road we started together towards the structural and financial reform of the African Union [AU] and build on previous achievements in developing the tools and abilites of the Union in order (...)
“I emphasise that Egypt will work hard to continue along the road we started together towards the structural and financial reform of the African Union [AU] and build on previous achievements in developing the tools and abilites of the Union in order (...)
The oldest fossilised traces of motility were revealed by an international multi-disciplinary team of researchers in a new research.
According to the study published in PNAS on Monday, the new evidence is 2.1bn years old, while the previous remnants (...)
Chile aims to discuss inking a free trade agreement with Egypt during 2019 which will increase the trade exchange at least by 20% per year, according to Fernando Zalaquett Sepúlveda, former ambassador of Chile in Egypt.
Sepúlveda added that the (...)
Zambia's former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has had his two-year ban from football reduced by FIFA on appeal and is free to return to the sport immediately, soccer's governing body said on Monday.
Bwalya, who was president of his (...)
Sportive de la Saoura vs. Ahly
Stay tuned as match is due to start at 21:00 Cairo time (GMT+2)
Venue: aout 1955-bechar 20, Algeria
Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)
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Gabon's president had made attempts to modernise his government, but he has struggled to escape the shadow of his father in the decade since he took power.
The attempted coup against Gabon's President Ali Bongo has cast the spotlight on one of (...)
Egypt's Foreign Ministry has condemned the coup attempt in Gabon, according to a Monday statement.
The ministry stressed that Egypt stands by the legitimate authority in Gabon in accordance with the African Union's (AU) governing principles. Egypt (...)
Full list of African Footballer of the Year award winners:
1970: Salif Keita (St Etienne, France and Mali)
1971: Ibrahim Sunday (Asante Kotoko and Ghana)
1972: Cherif Souleymane (Hafia and Guinea)
1973: Tshimen Bwanga (TP Mazembe Englebert and (...)
The ceremony starts at 21:00 Cairo time. Stay tuned!
Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah is vying with club teammate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Arsenal's Gabonese striker for CAF's best player of the year award.
Salah is seeking to win the award (...)
Egypt's Foreign Ministry has condemned in in strongest terms the coup attempt in the friendly country of Gabon on Monday, a statement by the ministry said.
" Egypt stands by the legitimate authority in Gabon in accordance with the African Union's (...)
The United Nations Security Council is divided over how to react to Democratic Republic of Congo's tumultuous presidential election, according to an internal report seen by Reuters.
The United States also condemned a lack of transparency in last (...)
Egypt winger Mohamed Salah has been included in the final short list for the African Player of the Year award released by the Confederation of African Football on Tuesday.
Liverpool star winger Salah is competing for the most prestigious individual (...)
The shortlists of nominees for the various categories of the 2018 CAF Awards
African Player of the Year
1. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
2. Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
3. Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
4. Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi (...)
There are 21 African Sovereign wealth funds with total assets of $165 billion in In Algeria, Libya, Botswana, Angola, Gabon, Congo, Nigeria, Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Rwanda, (...)
