Sports Talk: Notwithstanding, Woods is the best
Seems an unlikely time to vote for him, but the selection of Tiger Woods as the Athlete of the Decade was more about his performance on the course than his…
Police thrash Mahalla in extraordinary conditions
CAIRO: Police Union claimed a thumping 4-0 victory over Egyptian Premier League strugglers Ghazl Mahalla in a match that witnessed three penalties and five expulsions.After just one minute, Police were…
Wasteful Contractors lose at ENPPI
CAIRO: A misfiring Arab Contractors side had a one-goal advantage overturned to lose 2-1 at ENPPI in the Egyptian Premier League on Tuesday.The Mountain Wolves were fired in front only…
Hodoud boss Al-Ashri set to resign
CAIRO: Harras Hodoud coach Tarek Al-Ashri stated that he would hand in his resignation, following his side s 3-2 home defeat to Military Production in the Egyptian Premier League on…
Egypt finish 2009 on top of Arab teams
CAIRO: Egypt moved to 24th place in the December 2009 edition of the monthly FIFA Ranking to finish the year on top of fellow Arab nations.Despite not playing any matches…
Swine flu death toll reaches 64
CAIRO: Three swine flu related deaths were reported on Wednesday bringing the death toll in Egypt to 64, according to the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Abdel Rahman…
Switzerland says January decision on Polanski extradition
Swiss authorities said Wednesday they would announce a decision in January on whether to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States over a 30-year-old child sex case.The 76-year-old Oscar winning…
World Bank to help Islamic finance standardize
MANAMA: The World Bank plans to support standard-setting bodies of the Islamic finance industry in turning their voluntary standards into binding banking regulations, a bank official said. The fledgling Islamic…