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 (...)
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'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 (...)
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 (...)
South American soccer body CONMEBOL announced Wednesday that the historic Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro will host the final of Copa America on July 10. It also picked Brazil against Venezuela as the opener on June 13 at Brasilia's Mane (...)
American University in Cairo
Wed 2, 7-8pm (GMT+2): "Impact Investing and Inclusive Capital Markets", join this session of the Gerhart Center Webinar Series featuring Margot Brandenburg, senior programme officer, Mission Investments at Ford (...)
On 26 March 1991, thirty years ago today, the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay signed in Asunción, Paraguay, the treaty to establish the Southern Common Market (known as MERCOSUR in its Spanish acronym and MERCOSUL in its (...)
Atletico Madrid conceded late to Real Madrid to draw 1-1 on Sunday and leave the league leaders at greater risk of being caught in their pursuit of the Spanish title.
Karim Benzema, back in the Madrid squad after an injury layoff, scored in the 87th (...)
Australia and Qatar, the two non-South American sides due to take part in this year's Copa America, have pulled out of the tournament, the secretary general of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Tuesday.
The two teams were (...)
Egypt's new citrus season has just begun and its first shipments of locally produced oranges have been exported to Brazil, Egyptian trade minister announced on Monday.
The shipments of the new season of Egyptian oranges has been sent to the (...)
New recruit Diego Rolan scored for the second successive game as injury-hit Pyramids FC snapped a four-match winless run with a narrow 1-0 win over Talae El-Geish in the Egyptian Premier League on Saturday.
The Uruguay international striker (...)
Pyramids FC announced on Monday that they have signed Uruguayan striker Diego Rolan from the Spanish team Deportivo de La Coruña on loan without disclosing the financial details.
The 27-year-old striker started his football career in the Defensor (...)
Ahly skipper Mohamed El-Shennawi hopes to reach the FIFA Club World Cup semis in order to meet Bayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer and then move on to win the trophy for the first time in the African continent's history.
The African Champions will (...)
عثر عمال المناجم بأوروجواي على حجر كريم يشبه القلب البنفسجي، وميزته أنه لا يحتاج لأي عملية صقل أو نحت أو تلميع.
وبحسب موقع "غود نيوز"، فإنه بعد فتح الحجر الكريم الذي تم العثور عليه على حدود أوروغواي والبرازيل من قبل عمال المناجم، ذهل المنقبون (...)
The 32-nation 27th Men's Handball World Championship, being held in Egypt from 13 to 31 January, entered its second round, the main draw, with no major upsets.
The preliminary round concluded on Tuesday with the top three teams in each of the eight (...)
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) criticised their English counterparts for banning Edinson Cavani on Monday, calling his three-match sanction for alleged racism "a flagrant injustice that damages the morals of an unimpeachable man."
The AUF (...)
Luis Suarez led Atletico Madrid to a 1-0 victory over Getafe in the 500th game for coach Diego Simeone, extending its Spanish league lead after Real Madrid drew 1-1 at Elche on Wednesday.
The Uruguay striker used a powerful and precise header to (...)
Egypt's has dropped in rank on the global innovation index (GII) from 92nd place in 2019 to 96th for 2020, while the country has maintained its 14th place among Lower-Middle (LM) income countries.
On the other hand, the GII report showed that Egypt (...)
Lionel Messi reached another personal scoring milestone in Barcelona's 2-2 draw with Valencia in the Spanish league on Saturday.
Messi's 643rd career goal for Barcelona since his 2004 debut matched Pele's tally for Santos accumulated from 1957-74. (...)
Luis Suarez scored two goals to help Atletico Madrid beat Elche 3-1 and ensure it stayed at the top of the Spanish league on Saturday.
The league leaders moved three points clear of Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. Sociedad visits Levante later on (...)
Egypt's national football team maintained their position at the 49th place in the FIFA global football rankings, the final ranking of the year 2020.
Last month, Egypt jumped three places in the ranking after beating Togo in two games in the 2022 (...)
Ceramic and Traditional Handicrafts Centre
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A permanent exhibition of the centre's ceramic, brass, jewellery and khayameya products.
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The English FA is looking into a deleted social media post by Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani which contained a Spanish phrase that is offensive in some contexts.
The 33-year-old Uruguay international inspired United to a 3-2 comeback win (...)
