•President of Egyptian Football Association Hany Abo Rida (R) presents the President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino with a jersey during the Confederation of African Football (CAF) general assembly today in Cairo Egypt has requested the right to host a set of group-stage matches for the 2034 World ...
•Nigeria’s Flying Eagles Nigeria’s under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, has been drawn to face Egypt, South Africa and Morocco in the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d’Ivoire. The Nigerian team was drawn with the two North African teams and South Africa in the Group B which is considered as the ‘group […]
•Boat mishap Egyptian authorities said 17 people including foreigners were missing after a tourist yacht capsized off the country’s Red Sea coast today, with 28 others rescued. The vessel, which was carrying 31 tourists of various nationalities and a 14-member crew, sent out a distress signal at 5:30 am (0330 GMT), said a statement from [&hell...
•Keyamo Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has said Nigeria will no longer allow foreign airlines to dominate its airspace. Keyamo, who lamented that airlines from Ethiopia, Egypt and Morocco among others were the major beneficiaries of the passenger traffic in Nigeria, said that would come to an end as soon as [...
•Morocco players The prolific Soufiane Rahimi scored twice and captain Achraf Hakimi netted a stunning free-kick as Morocco hammered Egypt 6-0 today to take Olympic men’s football bronze. Rahimi’s brace took him to eight goals at the Olympics, cementing his status as the tournament’s top scorer, while Abde Ezzalzouli, Bilal El Khannouss and Ak...
•Sacked Coach Rui Vitoria Rui Vitoria has been sacked as Egypt head coach after the African football giants hopes of a record-extending eighth Africa Cup of Nations triumph were dashed last week, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced. In a statement, the EFA board of directors “thanked Portuguese manager Rui Vitoria and his staff,”...
•Cape Verde’s players celebrate Mohamed Salah saved Egypt from an embarrassing defeat in their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, while Nigeria were held by Equatorial Guinea despite Victor Osimhen getting on the scoresheet. Ghana were also in action in Abidjan and suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Cape Verde as three […]...
•Jurgen Klopp (R) and Mohamed Salah (L) Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp joked today that he is not wishing Mohamed Salah too much luck at the Africa Cup of Nations as he prepares for a crucial spell of games without his top scorer. Salah is away with Egypt for the tournament in Ivory Coast while Japan […]
•Volleyball The Egypt U-17 female volleyball team defeated their hosts, Nigeria, 3-1 in the final match to lift the trophy of the 2023 Girl’s U-17 African Nations Volleyball Championship. The match was played indoors in the sports hall of Moshood Abiola National Stadium (Package B) yesterday in Abuja, reports The PUNCH. The Egyptians showed th...