After beating Togo in two games in the 2022 African Cup of Nations Cup qualifiers in mid-November, Egypt national football team jumped three places to be 49th on FIFA's November rankings released on Friday.
Egypt moved level on top of Group G with (...)
The Middle East is not the main theme of former US president Barack Obama's new autobiography by any means, but in his book A Promised Land he nevertheless provides vivid details about the Arab Spring, one of major challenges of his first term in (...)
Senegal became the first country to secure its place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations that will take place in Cameroon after claiming a 1-0 away win over Guinea Bissau on Sunday.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane scored the winner eight minutes from (...)
متابعينا الكرام يقدم لكم الموجز أحد خدماته في قسم كورة وملاعب مشاهدة libya vs Gquatorial Guinea يستضيف الملعب الأوليمبي بمدينة رادس التونسية مشاهدة مباراة ليبيا وغينيا الاستوائية بث مباشر والتي تجمع بين المنتخبين في إطار لقاءات الجولة الثالثة من دور (...)
All times are Cairo time (GMT+2)
Wednesday 11 November
18:00 Senegal v Guinea-Bissau
18:00 Guinea v Chad
18:00 Kenya v Comoros
18:00 Mauritania v Burundi
18:00 Cape Verde v Rwanda
21:00 Libya v Equatorial Guinea
Thursday 12 November
15:00 Uganda (...)
Senegal maintained their 100 percent record in the Nations Cup qualifiers on Wednesday after defeating Guinea-Bissau 2-0 at home to top Group I with maximum nine points.
Liverpool winger Sadio Mane converted a penalty one minute before the break and (...)
One of the lessons learned thus far from the Covid-19 pandemic is how health issues and the political stability of different countries are interrelated. Not only has the pandemic wreaked havoc on the world's economy, but the very fact that some of (...)
Brazil's health regulator has halted clinical trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac, citing an ``adverse, serious event.''
The decision posted on Anvisa's website Monday night elicited immediate surprise from parties involved in (...)
For plenty of Africans, President Donald Trump's actions in the aftermath of the US election have been a cause for dark humour, but others have reacted with dismay or disbelief.
In countries whose own recent elections were marred by accusations of (...)
Voting started in Ivory Coast on Saturday as President Alassane Ouattara seeks a third term in an election two rival candidates have urged their supporters to boycott.
The streets of the commercial capital Abidjan were quiet and largely empty in (...)
“Africa doesn't need strongmen; it needs strong institutions. Nobody should be president for life. Your country is better off if you have new blood and new ideas.”
A strong warning issued by former US president Barack Obama 11 years ago during his (...)
Voters in Guinea went to the polls on Sunday to decide whether to extend the rule of 82-year-old president Alpha Conde, who in March pushed through constitutional changes allowing him to run for a third term.
At least 50 people have been killed over (...)
Egypt has three football clubs participating in the semi-finals of Africa's two biggest team championships. Powerhouses Ahly and Zamalek are taking part in the Champions League whereas Pyramids are in the second tier Confederation Cup.
After several (...)
The Guinea national team has canceled a friendly against Gambia after a coronavirus outbreak in its squad, and Liverpool's Naby Keita is reportedly one of the players who tested positive.
Tuesday's game in Faro, Portugal was off after the virus (...)
President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, joining a small group of world leaders who have been infected. Trump is 74, putting him at higher risk of serious complications. Here's a look at other leaders who have had the virus. (...)
African countries are gearing up for a return to international football next month but with many borders throughout the continent still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic most teams are headed to Europe to play.
Cameroon are travelling to the (...)
If you are reading those lines, you obviously do.
The whole world now speaks English or needs to. It has become the Lingua Franca, the international language of the world, since about the 19th century. It is the only language that absolutely (...)
The 23rd week of the Egyptian Football League kicks off on Saturday. According to the Competitions Committee of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) the future schedule includes only the next three rounds.
EFA Head of Competitions Hossam (...)
احتفلت الدكتورة غادة والى، مدير مكتب الأمم المتحدة لمكافحة المخدرات والجريمة، بيوم الشباب، مشيرة إلى أن الشباب يقودون مكافحة الجريمة والفساد والإرهاب، موجهة رسالة للشباب مفادها "أنتم الأمل فى مستقبل أفضل".
وقالت غادة والى فى تغريدة عبر حسابها الرسمى (...)
A boat carrying around 40 migrants and refugees has sunk off the coast of Mauritania, leaving only one survivor, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Thursday.
The perilous sea passage from West Africa to the Canary Islands was once a (...)
Five months after Covid-19 stopped football in Egypt dead in its tracks, the league is set to make its long-awaited return. The competition resumes on Thursday 6 August with one match to be played, Zamalek versus Masri, at Borg Al-Arab Stadium in (...)
FIFA imposed a 10-year ban Friday on the president of Guinea-Bissau's soccer federation over ''an incident of mob justice.''
Manual Nascimento ''had breached his duty, as per the FIFA Code of Ethics, to protect the physical and mental integrity of (...)
Pirates have kidnapped seven Russian sailors from the crew of a ship in the Gulf of Guinea, the Russian Embassy in Nigeria said on Monday.
The seven Russians were among 13 crew members pirates abducted from the Curacao Trader 210 miles off the coast (...)
Six-times world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was "silenced" earlier in his Formula One career over his plans to protest racism by taking a knee.
The Mercedes driver was one of 14 who knelt before Sunday's season-opening Austrian Grand (...)
As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived.
Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200 (...)
