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Africa anticipates CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup quarter-final draws
African football fans are anticipating the quarter-final draws of the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup, scheduled to take place at CAF’s headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday 20 March, in the presence of qualifying clubs’ representatives. The CAF Champions League’s quarter-finalists are Al Ahly SC, Simba SC, Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Horoya AC, TP Mazembe, …
Four Arab teams among CAF Champions League quarter-final qualifiers
Quarter-finals draw expected to be held on 20 March
Pharaohs in spotlight in Abu Dhabi Special Olympics World Games
Gymnastics team wins 12 medals
Borussia Dortmund's late, great victory comes with a warning
Valtteri Bottas wins Australian Grand Prix as Mercedes get off to a flyer
Liverpool seek to beat Fulham, recover Premier League leadership
Liverpool hope to recover its leadership of the Premier League from Manchester City on Sunday when they host Fulham on Sunday at the Craven Cottage Stadium in the 31st matchweek of the league. The Reds will be playing the match with a high morale after their big 3-1 win over Bayern Munich last Wednesday, and …
Crisis in national team because of Míchel Salgado
A crisis broke out within the technical apparatus of our national team, and the controversy has grown considerably over the past period and became the focus of discussion among Egyptians. The cause of the hassle is head coach Javier Aguirre’s assistant, Míchel Salgado’s insistence on relying on non-professional footballers. The crisis became apparent after the …
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Egyptian Neama Said competes in 2019 IWF Youth World Championships
The Egyptian weightlifting champion, Neama Said, is competing in the 2019 IWF Youth World Championships held in Las Vegas, the United States, in the 59 kg category, according to Mahmoud Mahgoub, president of the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation. Said, who won the silver medal in this tournament, is the only Egyptian athlete participating in this tournament, …
Four challenges await Zidane in Real Madrid
After Real Madrid announced the return of its legend Zinedine Zidane to manage the team, the French star is now facing several challenges to put the Spanish team back on track. The Meringues’ fans rely on Zizou who has been one of the team’s legends both as a player and a coach. During his mandate …
Liverpool face Bayern Munich for place in UCL quarter-finals
Barcelona fear surprises in Lyon clash
Champions League: Manchester City embarrass Schalke
Champions League: Ilkay Gündogan offers reminder of class as Leroy Sané shines
Egypt officially recognises Estimation games
Ministry of Sports announces game can be officially played under EBF’s supervision
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Mission Almost Impossible: How Schalke may be able to beat Manchester City
Virus-hit Alexander Zverev knocked out of Indian Wells
Beginning of post-Turki Al Sheikh phase
Pyramids will win championships next season, marketing aspects of Egyptian league are weak, says El-Assyouti
Bundesliga Bulletin: Snow denies Hannover as big two battle heats up
Zinedine Zidane returns as Real Madrid coach
For Bayern Munich to beat Liverpool, Robert Lewandowski needs to rise to the occasion
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AFCON mascots mirror cultural heritage of Africa
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, African nations have been creative in choosing mascots for the sports events. In …
Hosting cities of 2019 AFCON: Port Said
The executive bodies in Port Said are in race against time to finish the preparations before hosting the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in its 32nd edition at the Al-Masry Club Stadium. Egypt will be hosting the championship from 21 June to 19 July in five governorates, including Cairo, Alexandria, Ismailia, Suez, and Port …
Story of Africa Cup of Nations
Sudanese Abdel Halim Mohamed proposed the idea of holding the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) whose first edition kicked off in 1956 with the participation of three teams. AFCON is one of the major continental championships. On 8 June 1956, Egyptians Abdel Aziz Salem, the first president of the African Union, met with the Sudanese …
We hope Al-Sisi attends 2019 AFCON opening ceremony: EFA president
Cairo Stadium after development will amaze everyone
Egypt gearing up for hosting 2019 AFCON for 5th time
Egypt will be hosting the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) from 21 June to 19 July for the fifth time, to be the most country organising this championship. The four other editions were in 1959, 1974, 1986, and 2006. The championship will be seeing the participation of 24 teams for the first time in …
Eintracht Frankfurt draw the game, but win the night
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Bundesliga: Niko Kovac's big week at Bayern Munich
Europa League: Eintracht Frankfurt play Inter Milan to scoreless draw
Sports Ministry supports weightlifting by EGP 1.3m per year, 1/3 goes to employees: Mahgoub
Mohamed Mahgoub, the president of the Egyptian Weightlifting Federation, said that the support received by the federation from the ministry of youth and sports, reaches an annual EGP 1.3m. Mahgoub told DNE that the sum is divided into three parts, one for the employees’ salaries, another for local tournament and activities, and a third for …
Budget for preparing wrestling team for Olympics reached EGP 16m: Nawar
Essam Nawar, the president of the Egyptian Wrestling Federation, said that the ministry of youth and sports had approved a budget of EGP 16m for the preparation of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. He told Daily News Egypt that the Wrestling Federation submitted a large budget request and after several reviews, the budget was set at …
Funding is reason behind Egypt’s few Olympics medals, budget for Tokyo’s preparation exceeds EGP 300m, we only received EGP 23.3m: Al Arian
Despite the great human potential of Egypt, it only succeeded in winning 31 medals throughout its history in the Olympics. Daily News Egypt interviewed Sherif El-Arian, the secretary general of the Egyptian Olympic Committee and the chairperson of the Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation in order to discuss the reason behind this and the preparations for …