In the aftermath of two sub-par performances in the African 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Egypt's football coach Hossam Al-Badri has been given the boot.
Less than 24 hours after Egypt had tied Gabon on the stroke of full time to spare the Pharaohs'' (...)
Simone Biles arrived in Tokyo as the face of the Olympic Games, the greatest gymnast of all time and the overwhelming favourite to win multiple gold medals for the United States. But something happened on the way to the podium.
Biles, 24, pulled out (...)
It was an extraordinary 48 hours of football. The biggest clubs in Europe last week pulled out of the Champions League, announced the creation of some sort of private tournament, and then returned with their tails between their legs following a (...)
You would have thought that the two best football teams in Africa's history would have met before in the final of the continent's most famous club championship. It never happened. But that's about to change.
Ahly and Zamalek, both from Egypt, are (...)
“Doctor, can I do this assignment again?”
“No, you can't.”
“Please doctor, I can do so much better.”
“I'm sure you can, especially after I just said how it should have been done.”
“Please doctor, I really need a good grade in this class.”
“Don't we (...)
In AFCON 2019, Egypt is situated in Group A. It was also in Group A in last year's World Cup in Russia. It's just a coincidence and hopefully does not portend anything more.
Egypt was rotten in Russia, ending with zero points from three games, (...)
In hot pursuit of a record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, Egypt will either reclaim its mantle as the best football country in the continent or wait some more for a crown it last wore nine years ago.
Host Egypt begins on the (...)
The person who once said winning isn't everything probably never won anything. Winning is everything.
And so, with that ruthless mantra as motivation, the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (now known as AFCON) is about to descend on Egypt. (...)
Predicting is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. Jokes aside, if you must go out on a limb, you're best bet would be that Egypt's Mohamed Salah will be crowned the world's best footballer in 2019.
Salah came third last year and, (...)
Playing in only their third World Cup and first in 28 years it was Egypt's chance to shine on football's biggest stage. Instead, Egypt were one of the big flops in the tournament, failing to make it to the second round even before the third group (...)
Playing in only their third World Cup and first in 28 years it was Egypt's chance to shine on football's biggest stage. Instead, Egypt were one of the big flops in the tournament, failing to make it to the second round even before the third group (...)
Egypt had no choice but to shake the Russian empire if they had any hope of going to the second round of the 2018 World Cup but it was Russia that did the damage following a clinical 3-1 victory.
As of writing before Saudi Arabia play Uruguay, (...)
Only eight countries have ever won the World Cup, making them an elite sporting club. As such, winning football's biggest extravaganza is far from easy. But not impossible. At least that should be the attitude of the 32 participating countries in (...)
It's impossible to know for certain whether Sergio Ramos intended to actually do physical harm to Mohamed Salah to the point of forcing him out of Saturday's Champions League final.
Up until the 30th minute, Real Madrid's defence was being (...)
Morocco has tried to host the football World Cup four times and each time it has come up short. The North African country is now going for World Cup attempt No 5, that which will be held in 2026. There is only one challenger to Morocco when the vote (...)
Imagine a football world in which Geoffrey Hurst's second goal against West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final did not count. Or Diego Maradona's “Hand of God” against England was spotted as being actually the hand of the Argentine. Or when Thierry (...)
The 2018 World Cup is now a little over two months away, but seeing Egypt play in the run-up, you would think the country had all the time in the world.
Take the second friendly international Egypt played with Greece last month (we'll get to the (...)
The 2018 World Cup is now a little over two months away, but seeing Egypt play in the run-up, you would think the country had all the time in the world.
Take the second friendly international Egypt played with Greece last month (we'll get to the (...)
Since snow never comes Egypt's way, the country is not into the Winter Olympics. That tournament is best left up to countries like Norway which came out on top of the medal standings in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with a staggering 39 medals — 14 of (...)
So many people are trying to slim down and be healthy. But they usually don't succeed. Those carb-rich snacks we stuff ourselves silly with — the potato chip, the candy bar, the sugary soda — are just too enticing. So, too, are cigarettes. We also (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932. Its football federation was born in 1956. Yet, Saudi women, for the first time in their history, attended a soccer match in the Kingdom in 2018.
That's a lot of missed decades.
But the catch-up race (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932. Its football federation was born in 1956. Yet, Saudi women, for the first time in their history, attended a soccer match in the Kingdom in 2018.
That's a lot of missed decades.
But the catch-up race (...)
Mohamed Salah and Harry Kane. Of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur respectively, currently the top two scorers in the 2017-2018 English Premier League season. With 18 games remaining, Kane has 18 goals to 17 for Salah whose team has played one more (...)
Back in October, from the day Egypt knew it was going to next year's World Cup, the talk was who would it play against. Would the World Cup draw, held in Moscow on Friday night, be kind to Egypt or would the luck of the draw fatefully place it in a (...)
When will the ‘ooohs' and ‘aaahs' once again reverberate in Egypt's now silent stadiums?
Don't be fooled by the 60,000 or 70,000 or 80,000-plus fans who have jam-packed several recent international and club games. The matches have all been played in (...)