Dortmund fail to beat Zidan's former club Mainz
CAIRO: Mohamed Zidan came on as a second-half substitute as Borussia Dortmund were held to a goalless draw by his former club Mainz in the Bundesliga on Saturday.The Egypt striker,…
Ahly players, fans threatened to kill me: Sayoud
CAIRO: Ahly s Algerian youngster Amir Sayoud says he received death threats from some of his club s players and fans, in the wake of the horrible events that followed…
Amr Zaki rules out Portsmouth move, refuses to play alongside Algerian
CAIRO: According to an article that ran on Goal.com Sunday, Egypt's international striker Amr Zaki, declared he will not be interested in joining English Premier League club Portsmouth because that…
Lebanese diva accused of singing racist song
CAIRO: Lebanese pop singer Haifa Wahbe, who usually stirs controversy for her seductive outfits and provocative dancing, has been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black…
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Deutsche Bahn, Qatar in ?17 billion deal: minister German rail and logistics group Deutsche Bahn is set to sign a ?17 billion ($25 billion) contract with Qatar, German transport minister…
Berlin tells Emirates to raise prices: ministry
BERLIN: Dubai-based airline Emirates has been told by the German government to charge higher prices for certain business class flights out of Germany, a German transport ministry spokesman said Friday.Both…
Oil prices mixed as inventories stay high
LONDON: Oil prices dropped on Friday and were likely to stay under $80 because of high energy inventories in the United States, the world s biggest energy-consuming nation, analysts said.New…
Dubai Airshow ends on sharply lower sales note
DUBAI: The biennial Dubai Airshow ended on Thursday, fulfilling pessimistic analyst forecasts, as sales of only a bit more than $14 billion dimmed against $155.5 billion in 2007. The declared…