Ahly defender Yasser Ibrahim said his side had a modest approach to their clash against Morocco's Wydad in the second leg of the African Champions League semifinal, with their down-to-earth attitude propelling them to another victory.
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Egypt's out-of-action national football team has dropped one position in this month's FIFA global rankings, down to 52nd place after six months of suspension of international games due to coronavirus pandemic.
Despite losing one place in the FIFA's (...)
Defender Achraf Hakimi has become the seventh Inter Milan player to test positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Champions League match at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach later on Wednesday, the Serie A club said in a statement.
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On 26-27 November, Spain will host an all-important conference in Barcelona to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the launching of the Barcelona Process, commonly known as the Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation.
Last Saturday, 17 October, Spanish (...)
Egypt's two biggest football clubs are close to reaching the final of the African Champions League thanks to two remarkable victories away from home in the semi-finals.
Ahly defeated Wydad Athletic Club 2-0 while Zamalek got by Raja Casablanca 1-0. (...)
Pyramids star Abdallah El-Said savoured his team's 2-0 victory over Horoya AC in the African Confederation Cup semis on Tuesday, saying his side are determined to realise their dream and taste glory.
The big-spending Emiraiti-owned outfit reached (...)
Zamalek's Tunisian midfielder Ferjani Sassi arrived in Cairo on Tuesday after recovering from COVID-19, giving his side a timely boost ahead of their anticipated clash against Morocco's Raja in the African Champions League semis.
The White Knights (...)
Zamalek boss Jaime Pacheco said his side should be cautious in the second-leg of the champions League semis, adding the team haven't reached the final yet despite their 1-0 victory over Raja in Casablanca on Sunday.
The White Knights earned a (...)
All Zamalek's players have tested negative for COVID-19 after undergoing PCR tests ahead of the game against Morocco's Raga in the semifinal of the CAF Champions League on Sunday.
The White Knights are scheduled to face Morocco's Raja in the first (...)
After reports of testing positive for coronavirus, Tunisian midfielder Ferjani Sassi is set to arrive in Morocco late Thursday in order to join Zamalek's camp ahead of their clash against Raja Casablanca in the first leg African Champions League (...)
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent has reached 1,592,549 as of Wednesday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of (...)
Zamalek football director Amir Mansour said that Ferjani Sassi informed the club on Wednesday that he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite the midfielder's initial denial, throwing into doubts his participation in the African Champions League (...)
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 (...)
While Egypt's agricultural exports were slightly affected by the global lockdowns introduced to halt the spread of the coronavirus, revenues did not decrease due to the increase in international prices on the back of the low supply of commodities (...)
Since early September, diplomatic talks on Libya gained momentum, which encouraged local rivals to return to the negotiating table under the auspices of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), which sponsored at least five meetings between 6 (...)
Two weeks after Egypt hosted Libyan peace talks in the framework of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission in Hurghada, Cairo this week played host to rival Libyan factions as they discussed the constitutional components of the political track ahead of (...)
Head of the UN support mission in Libya and UN chief's acting special representative Stephanie Williams announced on Sunday that Tunisia will host “ intra' Libyan political and military talks” in early November.
Williams said talks will be based on (...)
Ajax Amsterdam have refused to allow four of their African internationals to travel and join up with their national teams this week because they would have to quarantine on their return to the Netherlands, the club confirmed on Wednesday.
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In a recent webinar on the Muslim Brotherhood, I was asked to speak about the future of this organisation nearly nine decades after its birth. Naturally, I focused on the Muslim Brotherhood's origins and ideological formation before turning to how (...)
So the rumours that have been circulating for some time now turned out to be true. Rene Weiler has officially left Ahly. The Swiss coach was growing increasingly agitated by living in Egypt away from his family because of the coronavirus and made (...)
On Monday, the UN relaunched the Berlin Process for a comprehensive settlement to the Libyan crisis, picking up efforts that began at a world summit on 19 January in the German capital. The Berlin track faltered due to developments on the ground in (...)
French President Emmanuel Macron does not shy away from confrontations or controversies. His sometimes brutal exchanges with US President Donald Trump, among others, have been testimony to a man who often says what he thinks without (...)
The U.N. chief on Monday urged world powers and others with interests in Libya's long-running civil war to keep working toward a lasting cease-fire between its rival governments, warning that the country's very future ``is at (...)
Mayar Sherif has made Egyptian tennis history. By reaching the main draw of the French Open, the 24-year-old has become the first female Egyptian to qualify for the main draw of any major international tennis tournament.
On Tuesday, Sherif played (...)
