Tennis stars Broady and Ostapenko is row over ball boy
With two days left for the 2016 Auckland Open’s women’s event in New Zealand, it was not a fortunate event for 18-year-old Latvian tennis player Jeļena Ostapenko
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Egypt’s Ramadan Darwish participates in the Judo Grand Prix Havana 2016
Egyptian 27-year-old judo champion Ramadan Darwish is preparing to travel to Cuba’s capital, Havana, to participate in the Judo Grand Prix Havana 2016, to be held this January on the 22nd and will last for three days. The Egyptian Federation for Judo, presided over by Sameh Mobasher, hopes that Darwish will set new records in …
Egyptian men’s national volleyball team flies to Congo for Rio 2016 Summer Olympics qualifications
The Egyptian men’s national volleyball team flew to the Congo on 5 January to participate in the African qualifications for Rios’s 2016 Summer Olympics, which will end on 15 January. As announced by the management staff and trainers and led by Italian manager Flavio Gulinelli, the list of 14 players who will participate in the these …
Rehab Gomaa: Youngest Egyptian handball female professional
Rehab Gomaa, 21, is the youngest female handball player in the history of Egyptian handball. Gomaa started at Nasser’s Club but when the club frizzed its activities, she moved to Shabab El-Sahel sports centre. Gomaa received many offers from popular clubs in Egypt, including Zamalek Sporting Club, El-Shams Club and, Smouha Sporting Club, but she …
Nadal current priority is the Qatar ExxonMobil Open Tennis Tournament
The 29 years-old, Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal Parera jumped from the 19th place to be ranked this year as world No.5, with 5,230 points. Due to his high performance on the clay-court, he was titled “The King of Clay”. Recently Nadal, who plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand), expressed that he will prepare for Rio’s 2016 Summer Olympics …
Despite injury to Curry, Warriors defeat Nuggets in overtime
The reigning MVP of the league has averaged 29.7 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, and 6.4 assists per game so far this season.
Egypt’s national female taekwondo team acquires first place at MasTKD
The sports’ most famous magazine MasTKDsports, specialised in taekwondo, placed Egypt’s women national team for taekwondo as the best women’s team in 2015 in accordance to its readers’ votes which reached 62.321. Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth places went for Thailand, South Korea, China, the US, the UK, Turkey, and Taiwan, respectively.
Heliopolis Sporting Club wins first Cairo Water Polo Festival
13 Egyptian clubs participated in the inaugural event. HSC player Karim Abu Dawud won the award for the competition’s best player.
Heliopolis Sporting Club’s success at the Talae El-Geish Squash Championship
HSC’s Ahmed Emad Ragheb won first place over-35 individual male competition, while HSC’s Abdallah Yaser Al-Masry placed second in the 19-year-old junior men’s category.
Egypt’s El-Mahdi wins men’s individual championship at 2015 Golf Croquet World Championship
For El-Mahdi, this victory represents the culmination of several years of dedication.
Swedish Embassy holds entertainment day for street children
The event saw a variety of literary and musical activities that aimed to highlight the importance of reading and cultural exchange in efforts to advance the children’s social and educational development.
Results of the IWF Grand Prix—5th Russian Federation President’s Cup
Kazakh two-time Olympic Champion and four-time world champion Ilya Ilyin set two new world records at the 5th Russian Federation President’s Cup.
Results from the Taekwondo Championship of Cairo
Athletes from the Heliopolis Sporting club placed third in the under-10 girls division and third in the boys under-12 division.
Egyptian Ismail Atef wins silver medal in US Open Championship for juniors
This championship that took place in the US city of Boston from 18 to 22 December is considered one of the most important championships for squash players.
Egypt’s Esmat Sadek Abdalla wins Master Bodybuilding gold medal
Egypt’s Esmat Sadek Abdalla won the gold medal in Master Bodybuilding for the over 65 age group at the IFBB World Juniors & Masters Championships. The second, third, and fourth places went to Japan’s Mitsugu Hachisu, Germany’s Willi Neubauer and Mexico’s Tiburcio Arias Chavez, respectively. The World Amateur Championships Juniors & Masters Bodybuilding 2015 concluded …
Mahmoud Abbas makes official visit to Athens
Palestinian president met with his Greek counterpart and PM Alexis Tsipras
Egypt can benefit from our e-governance experience: Estonian ambassador
Sander Soone talks about Estonia’s growing economic links with Egypt and what tourists can enjoy on a trip there
Egyptian weightlifter wins silver medal in World Wrestling Championship
Egyptian weightlifter Mohamed Ihab took the silver medal in the Clean and Jerk 77 kg category at the World Weightlifting Championships 2015 held in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday, after the original silver medalist was suspended. Ihab aslo won a bronze medal for the total 363 kg category, thereby setting the national, African, …
Egypt leads Arab and African countries in Bridge
The Egyptian national team won the last Arab Bridge Championship, which included the teams of all Arab countries and was held in Sharm El-Sheikh in 2009.
Emirates Airlines adds 3 additional weekly flights to Egypt
Emirates Airlines will be offering three additional regular flights weekly between Dubai and Cairo starting on 1 January 2016. The new weekly flights will offer 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class, and 183 in Economy Class. The additional flight, EK926, will depart Cairo on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Saturday at 00:35 and arrive …
Bridge: More than a card game
The Egyptian Bridge Federation’s current Administrative Manager Waleed Menyawi spoke to Daily News Egypt to introduce this intellectual sport to readers.
Estonians visits to Sharm El-Sheikh still on hold
Tourists from Baltic nation are still visiting Hurghada
New Assiut Barrage project to create 3,300 job opportunities
The project has already created 3,000 jobs, and is expected to create 300 more
World Team Squash Championship cancelled in Egypt
Several nations refused to participate, citing security concerns
Egypt wins 27th World Speed Ball Championship
Of Egypt’s adult team of 14 players, seven male players and seven female players, seven players were part of Heliopolis Sporting Club (HSC).
Sherine El-Zeiny: An Egyptian pushing the limits in women’s gymnastics
Daily News Egypt spoke to El-Zeiny to learn more details about her career.
Germany works with Egypt to ensure tourism security
Lufthansa previously announced that it would halt flights to Hurghada until further notice, a decision that impacted Eurowings’ weekly flights departing from the German city of Cologne.
Egypt Chess Open Championship concludes
There are around 370 chess players who participated, which makes this the largest level of participation in the championship. In previous championships, there were around 300 players on average.
Travel agencies call for cheap domestic flights
Airlines offering cut-price flights abroad undermine domestic tourism, agencies say
Aqaba to offer alternative to Sharm El-Sheikh?
Days after the Russian plane crashed in Sinai, the UK halted all flights to Sharm El-Sheikh until the results of the investigation were revealed. Russia shortly followed suit by cancelling all flights to and from Egypt. The Tourism Board in Jordan adopted new measures to encourage Russian tourists to visit Jordan, offering an alternative to …