Mido close to Wigan move
CAIRO: Middlesbrough s Egyptian striker Ahmed "Mido Hossam could join his compatriot Amr Zaki at Wigan Athletic before the closure of the January transfer window, according to Sky Sports.Mido would…
Shabab withdraw Flavio offer
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia s Shabab are no longer interested in Flavio Amado as they have signed Kuwaiti striker Ahmed Agab instead. Ahly hitman Flavio, who joined the Cairo giants in…
Olympic sign former Egypt striker Abdel-Latif
CAIRO: Olympic have signed former Egypt striker Walid Abdel-Latif on a free agent, the Alexandrian club said on Thursday. We signed Abdel-Latif until the end of the season for LE…
French tourists killed in Egypt road crash
CAIRO: A French couple holidaying in Egypt was among four people killed when a truck hit their vehicle head-on Thursday on a highway near the Red Sea coast, a security…
Zaher clears air with Algeria visit
CAIRO: Egyptian Football Association (EFA) President Samir Zaher paid a visit to Algerian side USM Bejaia, in an attempt to patch up things, after Masri technical staff's inappropriate behavior in…
Word On The Street: Egyptians cautiously optimistic about Obama administration
CAIRO: Egyptians are carefully looking forward to America's newly inaugurated president, Barack Hussein Obama. On Tuesday, Barack Obama made history when he took the oath to become the first African…
Human rights group demands investigation of Gaza war crimes
CAIRO: The International Federation of Human Rights called for investigating Israeli war crimes committed during its 23-day offensive on the Gaza Strip, Tanya Ward, the federation s vice president said…
Obama's Gaza test
WASHINGTON DC: Former senator Joe Biden predicted that President Barack Obama would be tested by a foreign policy crisis early in his term. The recent surge of violence in Gaza…
Obama's not the only one promising change
BIRMINGHAM, England: It would be an understatement to say that relations between Muslims and non-Muslims have been strained since 9/11. Here in the United Kingdom, a poll found that 26…
