The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released on Wednesday the final list of nominees for the 28th edition of its annual football awards, with Liverpool star and African player of the year holder Mohamed Salah and Zamalek's Tarek Hamed as the (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released on Wednesday the final list of nominees for the 28th edition of its annual football awards, with Liverpool star and African player of the year holder Mohamed Salah and Zamalek's Tarek Hamed as the (...)
Egypt's forward Salah has ended up fifth in the Ballon d'Or's list for the best players in the world for 2019 on Monday.
The Liverpool winger came behind winner Lionel Messi, Virgil Van Dijk (2), Cristiano Ronaldo (3) and Sadio Mane (4).
Salah, who (...)
Lionel Messi won a record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, beating Liverpool duo Virgil van Dijk and Sadio Mane to take the honours.
Now aged 32, it is Messi's first Ballon d'Or since 2015 and his sixth overall as he (...)
Egypt's forward Salah has ended up fifth in the Ballon d'Or's list for the best players in the world for 2019 on Monday.
The Liverpool winger came behind winner Lionel Messi, Virgil Van Dijk (2), Cristiano Ronaldo (3) and Sadio Mane (4).
Salah, who (...)
In front of a full house at Cairo International Stadium, Egypt beat Côte d'Ivoire 2-1 after extra time on Friday in a thrilling U-23 Africa Cup of Nations final as the team not only lifted the Africa trophy but won the qualification ticket to the (...)
Human rights are based on the principal of equality, meaning “all rights to all people”. They also infer equality between countries, all of which have equal rights and duties towards their people and other countries.
When Europeans invaded Africa, (...)
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released on Sunday the lists of nominees for the 28th edition of its annual football awards.
Egypt is only competing in the African Interclubs Player of the Year award with two domestic-based players as (...)
Qualifying for the Olympic Games is the dream of any athlete. Tomorrow, Friday 22 November at Cairo International Stadium, three young national football teams will see their dreams come true after they book their tickets to Japan where they will (...)
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Sunday 17 November
15:00 South Africa vs. Sudan (Group C)
15:00 Chad vs. Mali (Group A)
15:00 Eswatini vs. Senegal (Group I)
15:00 Benin vs. Sierra Leone (Group L)
15:00 Uganda vs. Malawi (Group B)
15:00 South Sudan vs. Burkina (...)
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Wednesday 13 November
15:00 Malawi v South Sudan (Group B)
15:00 Central African Republic v Burundi (Group E)
18:00 Namibia v Chad (Group A)
18:00 Cameroon v Cape Verde (Group F)
18:00 Guinea-Bissau v Eswatini (Group I)
18:00 (...)
“What do we have to do with Turkey, which belongs to the complicated Orient,” former French president Charles du Gaulle famously asked in the early 1960s.
The sentiment has remained rooted in the French collective consciousness for generations. It (...)
Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was named on the 30-player shortlist for the 2019 Ballon d'Or award, announced on Monday, for the second consecutive time.
The Ballon d'Or is one of the respected individual awards in the world of football and (...)
African countries plan to call on the United Nations to declare a global climate emergency, among a set of demands to be presented at a climate summit in New York on Monday organized by the U.N. chief.
Backed by African climate change negotiators, (...)
Arsenal's club-record signing Nicolas Pepe watched as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored to give his team a 1-0 win at Newcastle in their Premier League opening game on Sunday.
Aubameyang, who had been threatening intermittently in a game of few (...)
1-Nicolas Pepe, £72m ($87m) - Arsenal
Cote d'Ivoire winger Nicolas Pepe joined Arsenal from French side Lille in June 2019 for a club-record fee of £72 million.
2-Cedric Bakambu, £65.4m ($83m) – Beijing Guoan
The DR Congo striker joined the (...)
The ceremony was attended by Egypt's Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker and the Egyptian ambassador in Tanzania, in addition to high-profile officials from both countries.
The new dam will be implemented by the Arab Contractors and El Sewedy (...)
Egypt have been paired with Kenya, Togo, Comoros Island in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers during the draw conducted at the CAF headquarters in Cairo on Thursday.
While Togo and Comoros Island couldn't reach the 2019 Nations Cup, Kenya (...)
As a player, Alain Giresse was part of a midfield known as the Magic Square that lifted France to some memorable performances during the 1980s, which included winning the European championship.
His coaching career has also been remarkable -- though (...)
Hosts Egypt suffered a shocking elimination from the African Cup of Nations round of 16 after conceding a late goal against South Africa on Saturday, with another lethargic display costing them dear this time around.
Thembinkosi Lorch netted the (...)
Two years ago, gloom hung over Egypt after the national team agonizingly missed out on a record-extending eighth Nations Cup crown following a bitter 2-1 defeat by Cameroon in the final in Gabon.
But on Saturday, a brief feeling of pain made way for (...)
Two-time Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Herve Renard accepted responsibility for Morocco's shock exit and hinted he might quit after one of the pre-tournament favourites were bundled out of the competition.
“I'm responsible for this defeat. I (...)
Senegal forward Sadio Mane has said will step aside as his team's penalty taker for the time being after missing spot kicks in successive games at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Mane, who has scored three goals in the tournament, saw a penalty saved (...)
Hosts Egypt suffered a shocking elimination from the African Cup of Nations round of 16 after conceding a late goal against South Africa on Saturday, with another lethargic display costing them dear this time around.
Thembinkosi Lorch netted the (...)
Senegal are steadfastly focused on their ambition to win a first Africa Cup of Nations despite some heavy criticism from home after a hiccup in the opening round, said midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye on Thursday.
"Everyone made us the competition (...)
