Ahly do not oppose exchanging players with Zamalek
CAIRO: Ahly s marketing director Adli Al-Qaeyi sees no reason why the Red Devils can t exchange players with arch-rivals Zamalek.Egypt s football history did not witness any player joining…
Egypt finish fifth in World Soccer poll
CAIRO: World Soccer magazine chose Egypt as the fifth best team in the world following the Pharaohs exploits in 2008.Egypt won 4.4 percent of the votes to outshine several high-profile…
Sports Talk: Report of the year
The committee entrusted with finding out why we did so badly in Beijing has come up with some suggestions that might make a difference. The seven-man team, called for by…
Third-division Bani Obeid eliminate Zamalek from cup
CAIRO: Zamalek have been ousted from the Egyptian Cup after being condemned to an embarrassing 1-0 loss by third-division side Bani Obeid in the round of 32 on Friday. Al-Sayed…
Avoiding the painkiller-overuse rut in migraines
Those pain pills you think help your migraines? Take too many and you could make them worse. Overusing painkillers can spin migraine patients into a rut, spurring more headaches that…
British playwright Pinter dead at 78
Tributes poured in on Friday for Nobel Prize-winning British playwright Harold Pinter, one of theatre s biggest names for nearly half a century, who died aged 78.Pinter, who won the…
G8 to focus on Afghanistan under Italian presidency: minister
ROME: Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Thursday Afghanistan will be one of the G8 s main priorities when Rome takes over the rotating presidency of the rich nations club…
Egypt denies Saudi holding engineer for spying
CAIRO: Egypt s foreign ministry on Friday denied claims by a human rights group that an Egyptian man was being detained in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of spying but was…
Gaza aid convoy goes through as border security is stepped up
CAIRO: An aid convoy intended for Gaza that had been stuck in Al-Arish for the better part of last week finally crossed through the Karem Abu Salem crossing Friday afternoon.The…
Brotherhood MP calls for banning business between MPs and gov't
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood MP Hussein Ibrahim put in a request at the People's Assembly on Wednesday to ban MPs from doing business with the government throughout their term in parliament.Ibrahim,…