ENPPI advance to third spot with Gouna win
CAIRO: ENPPI clinched a 2-1 home win over Gouna on Tuesday to leapfrog into third place in the Egyptian Premier League table. Zeka Goore put the petroleum outfit ahead three…
Al-Fahim completes Portsmouth takeover
CAIRO: United Arab Emirates investor Sulaiman Al-Fahim has completed his takeover of Portsmouth, the English club announced on Wednesday. Sulaiman Al-Fahim welcomed this agreement and looks forward to helping the…
Radwan appointed Mahalla coach
CAIRO: Egyptian Premier League strugglers Ghazl Mahalla announced that Mohamed Radwan has been appointed as the first team s new coach.Radwan succeeds former manager and 1980s star Sherif Al-Khashab, who…
Mido looking to improve fitness
CAIRO: Ahmed "Mido Hossam asked Zamalek s technical staff to give him permission to do some extra work in training in a bid to regain full fitness.The towering striker, who…
Zamalek open to selling Zaki in January
CAIRO: Zamalek said they are ready to sell Amr Zaki to Portsmouth in January after Sulaiman Al-Fahim publicly expressed his interest in bringing him to Fratton Park.United Arab Emirates investor…
UN agency fears swine, bird flu combination
ROME: A swine flu outbreak in turkeys in Chile raises fears that the new virus could combine with avian influenza and mutate into a more dangerous disease, a UN agency…
Russian punk rockers rage against the Putin machine
Brashly shouting out his lyrics in crowded, smoky clubs, Alexei Nikonov zeroes in on provocative themes that most musicians here ignore - authoritarianism and injustice in today s Russia.Nikonov, the…
Young Iranian to show vote protest film at Venice festival
Young Iranian film director Hana Makhmalbaf is to preview her film about protests that followed Iran s disputed June presidential election at the Venice Film Festival, organizers said this week.…
Kennedy memoirs a bestseller weeks before release
In death Edward Kennedy will continue to make his mark on American politics with his greatly anticipated memoirs, which stormed Thursday to the top of online bestseller charts ahead of…
Oil falls towards $71 on brimming US stocks
LONDON: Oil fell towards $71 on Thursday, after touching 10-month highs earlier this week, as swollen crude and distillate inventories in the United States, the world s largest fuel consumer,…