Egypt's highly-rated defender Rami Rabia has played down reports linking him with English Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United, saying he is focused on recovering from an injury in time to make the Pharaohs' squad for the U-20 World Cup.
Sky Sports said on Friday that Premier League (...)
Ahmed Eid converted a late penalty as already-qualified Zamalek maintained their perfect Egyptian Premier League run with an easy 1-0 victory over El-Entag El-Harby on Friday.
Zamalek were unlucky not to go in front in a first half they completely dominated but made the most of their numerical (...)
Zamalek's chairman Mamdouh Abbas, whose mandate should end at the end of May, accused sports minister El-Amry Farouk of favouring arch-rivals Ahly after he decided to appoint a stop-gap board of directors to take charge of the club until September's elections.
The White Knights argue that the (...)
Zamalek coach Jorvan Vieira is credited with molding some exciting youngsters into an increasingly creative side but he was left to rue missed opportunities in front of goal in the early stages of the season.
Lone striker Ahmed Gaafar, who used to spearhead Zamalek's attack, scored some decisive (...)
Defending champions Ahly have secured their place in the Egyptian Premier League final round with four games to spare in Group A after claiming a late 2-1 win over Haras El-Hodoud on Sunday.
El-Hodoud almost put Ahly's progress to the decisive phase on hold when striker Sherif Ashraf headed home (...)
Ahly's rookie coach Mohamed Youssef, burdened with the task of succeeding resigned manager Hossam El-Badry, will have a chance to lift his side to the Egyptian Premier League's final phase with four games to spare if they beat Haras El-Hodoud on Sunday.
Youssef was the assistant of El-Badry before (...)
Ahly began life after coach Hossam El-Badry with a 2-1 Egyptian Premier League win over Bani Suef Telephones that gave his successor Mohamed Youssef a winning start on Wednesday.
Diminutive left-back Ahmed Shedid put Ahly ahead with a curling free kick midway through the first half but Sherif Reda (...)
In-form striker Abdoulaye Cisse headed home at the death to lift Egypt's Zamalek to the African Champions League group stage on the away goal rule following a 2-2 draw at Ethiopia's Saint George on Saturday.
The Burkinabe put the visitors in front after two minutes but St. George's Shimelese Bekele (...)
Ahly continued their bid for a second successive African Champions League triumph after a 2-1 home win over Tunisia's Bizertin lifted them to the competition's group stage on Sunday.
Veteran midfielder Mohamed Barakat converted a penalty early in the second half and set up striker Emad Meteb for (...)
Ahly's coach Hossam El-Badry, who had mixed fortunes in two spells at the helm of Egypt's most successful club, will leave the club to take charge of Ahly Tripoli, the Libyan side announced on Sunday.
Ahly Tripoli's chairman Sasi Bououn said in a television interview that El-Badry has penned a (...)
Zamalek's impressive domestic run will be overshadowed by a stunning African Champions League exit if the Egyptian side fail to overcome Ethiopia's Saint George in a crucial away clash on Sunday.
The Cairo side have proved too strong for their Egyptian Premier League opponents so far, collecting (...)
Egypt's in-form forward Mohamed Salah said he has yet to receive any offers to leave Basel in the summer while compatriot Mohamed El-Neny committed his future to the Swiss side after they were knocked out of the Europa League semis at the hands of Chelsea on Thursday.
Salah, who has been a (...)
Striker Ahmed Abdel-Zaher scored a goal and created another as Ahly overtook ENPPI at the top of the Egyptian Premier League Group A with a 2-0 victory over Smouha on Tuesday.
Abdel-Zaher, who joined Ahly from ENPPI last January, opened the scoring in the 26th minute with a simple tap-in before (...)
Zamalek equaled a club record for the best Egyptian Premier League start after claiming a narrow 1-0 win over Ittihad El-Shorta for their ninth successive victory on Wednesday.
Winger Mohamed Ibrahim, Zamalek's best performer so far this term, curled home a second-half free kick to take his tally (...)
Title holders Ahly of Egypt kept Tunisian side Bizertin at bay to settle for a goalless away draw in the first leg of the African Champions League round of 16 on Sunday.
Only 1,500 fans were allowed to attend the game at Stade 15 Octobre due to security concerns, but the vociferous fans provided (...)
Title holders Ahly are expected to face a tense African Champions League tie in Tunisia on Sunday, with Bizertin fans venting their anger after their team was disqualified from the domestic league.
There were doubts over whether the Champions League last 16 first-leg tie would go ahead in Bizerte (...)
Egypt's Zamalek are facing the prospect of early African Champions League elimination after they needed a late goal to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to Ethiopia's Saint George in the first leg of the competition's round of 16 on Saturday.
In a match played behind closed doors at Cairo's Air Defence (...)
Egypt midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabou is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines after tearing the cruciate ligament in his right knee during a Saudi league game on Thursday.
The 28-year-old, a key member of Egypt's squad, suffered the injury while playing for Al-Nasr against Jeddah-based club (...)
Egyptian versatile midfielder Ahmed Fathi has made his first start since joining Hull City in January but the Tigers slumped to a 1-0 defeat by Wolves in the English Championship (second division) on Tuesday.
Fathi, who joined Hull from Egyptian giants Ahly on a short-term loan deal, has made four (...)
Former Egypt coach Hassan Shehata, a renowned figure in African football, is set to become a technical adviser for 1860 Munich, German media said on Saturday.
Shehata watched a training session for the German second-tier club before attending Saturday's 3-1 league defeat by St.Pauli.
"I've come (...)
Egyptian football fans will not be able to watch their favourite clubs from the stands after the sports ministry on Tuesday imposed an indefinite crowd ban.
Games played by Egypt's national team will be the only exception.
"Because of incidents at recent football games involving Zamalek, Ahly and (...)
Ahly, welcoming back their die-hard fans for the first time in more than a year, qualified for the African Champions League round of 16 after an easy 2-0 home win over Kenya's Tusker completed a 4-1 aggregate victory on Sunday.
Two first-half goals from attacking duo Ahmed Abdel-Zaher and Emad (...)
Ultras Ahlawy, a group of hardcore Ahly fans, will return to the stands for the first time since the February 2012 Port Said disaster when the team host Kenya's Tusker in an African Champions League round of 32 game on Sunday.
Thousands of Ultras Ahlawy members are expected to attend the game at (...)
Egypt's Zamalek reached the African Champions League round of 16 after holding AS Vita Club to a goalless draw in Kinshasa on Saturday.
The Cairo club, who won the last of their five Champions League titles in 2002, went through with a 1-0 aggregate victory after claiming a narrow win at home two (...)
Zamalek will be looking to claim an away victory over Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo rather than merely trying to defend their slender first-leg advantage in Saturday's African Champions League tie, coach Jorvan Vieira said.
The Cairo side, a traditional powerhouse in the continent (...)