Latest in Sports Highlight
Latest in Sports
American Football in Egypt
Today EFAF has seven teams, four of which are university teams: the BUE Hawks, AUC Titans, MSA Tigers, and GUC Eagles, while three are independent teams; the Cairo Bears, Hell Hounds, and Wolves.
Triathlon seeks place under Egypt’s sun
Players take care of almost all training budgets on their own, says Egyptian triathlete
Egyptian Ali Farag takes over GillenMarkets Irish Squash Open
This week also witnessed Karim Abdel Gawad winning the Andorra Open
Salah said to stay next season in Fiorentina, Mohamady’s Hull City rebounds
Chelsea said to be expecting to receive additional £1.5m from Fiorentina to keep Salah for the next season
Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup at stake
The hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2022 by Qatar has been controversial all along for the same reasons.
Federer, Halep, and Šafářová dominate Dubai and Qatar tennis tournaments
Djokovic’s path to the final witnessed an easy win against the Canadian Vasek Pospisil.
Arsenal gains millions of dollars in profits
Arsenal investments in its players is considered the major means by which the club achieves profits, keeping it from falling into debts, unlike many other English League clubs.
Bomb in Borussia Dortmund Stadium
The bomb was found hours before the press conference that the trainer of Borussia Dortmund, Jürgen Klopp, was intending to hold, for statements regarding his team’s game against Schalke.
Legend star Ronaldo returns to stadiums
Ronaldo announced to Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan and Inter-Milan that to play a football match, you have to match fitness criteria.
Spaniard Ferrer, Italian Errani win titles of Rio de Janeiro Open Tennis Championship
Ferrer, who is ranked 9th on the ATP, won the final game at the expense of his Italian rival Fabio Fognini, with 2 points to 6 and 3 points to 6.
Formula 1 winter tests in Barcelona
The Barcelona circuit hosted the second round of the Formula 1 winter tests with the participation of nine teams. On the first day, Pastor Maldonado won the race for Lotus, with 69 laps and the best time for lap at 01:25.011, beating Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen, who came in second place with a 0.1 second …
Al-Ahly maintains global lead despite CAF Super Cup loss
This is the first time for the Red Devils to lose in the Super Cup on penalties, after winning twice in 2006 and 2007, when the team had six titles for the cup out of eight attempts including this last game, setting a challenging record for many teams in the continent to achieve.
Chris Bush to miss Miami Heights till end of season
hris Bush was chosen to join the Toronto Raptors as a professional player in 2003, after he participated in the NBA Draft. This has witnessed the rise and success of more than one NBA star, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony.
Djokovic and Serena Williams win Australian Open Tennis Championship
Novak Djokovic, who is currently ranked the ATP’s world No 1, won the ’men singles’ competition against Andy Murray, who is ranked 6th internationally, with a score of 7-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-0.
English players win Australian Ladies Open Championship for Golf
Australian player Karrie Webb held a record for winning the title eight times, followed by Swedish Annika Sörenstam, and English Laura Davies with three titles
Swiss Wawrinka crowned Rotterdam Open Tennis Champion
The championship, also known as ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, is held annually In the Dutch city of Rotterdam, on an indoor hard court, and with a total prize of €1.6m.
Cricket World Cup 2015
Fourteen teams are participating in the 11th Cricket World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand, which began on 14 February and will continue until 29 March. The teams will play a total of 49 matches in 14 different cities. Australian playing fields will host 26 matches in seven cities: Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Hobart, Melbourne, …
Egyptian football league to resume on 19 February
The league was postponed indefinitely after the Air Defence Stadium drama
Black February: A new episode of the history of football stadium tragedies
Sunday’s tragedy at Air Defence Stadium is second disaster for Zamalek fans after 1974, with Port Said massacre worst locally
Update: Death toll at football game rises to 27
The fans had been entering the stadium to watch the game between Zamalek and Enppi team
Formula 1 regulations change in 2015 championship
FIA made these changes regarding car fronts due to safety issues. Car fronts in the 2015 season will be of lower height with tapered ends, similar to those used in the 90s.
The road to the Australian Open
Serbia’s V. Troicki (ranked no 54 worldwide) was able to claim the Apia men’s title this year by defeating Kazakhstan’s M. Kukushin (ranked no 51) in the final game 6-2, 6-3, to become the first titleholder for Serbia since the start of the tournament.
January witnesses 9 major tennis competitions
Federer achieved his 1,000th victory in his professional career to enter the club of thousands alongside Americans Jimmy Connors, with 1,253 victories, and Ivan Lendl, with 1,071 victories.
Africa Cup of Nations: A remarkable history
In its 30th edition, the championship is attracting the interest of many fans following the qualifying tournament, which held many surprises after the loss of major teams against teams of little fame, experience, and history in the championship.
Ronaldo wins best player title for 2nd year: FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015
Ronaldo won the award for the first time in 2008, when it was only held by FIFA, also against Lionel Messi
Formula 1 schedule for 2015 published
Chief Executive of Formula One Group, Bernie Ecclestone, included Korea in the race schedule for legal reasons, since the race organisers could have filed a suit against Formula 1 in case the racetrack was not included in the calendar, as per a contract which ends in 2016.
Britain’s Sullivan wins Golf’s South African Open Championship
Lee Slattery came in 3rd place with 278 total strokes and one stroke difference from 4th place holder Spaniard Pablo Martin-Benavides with 279 strokes.
Napoli wins Italian Super Cup in Qatar
Napoli has not won the Italian Super cup title since the 1990/1991 season, with this title win considered the second in the team’s history.
Real Madrid revels in records set at FIFA Club World Cup!
The team reaped its fourth title this year, the first time in its history.
Manchester City: The shining team
The team’s management spent €57.6m this season to raise the team’s efficiency and meet the demands of Pellegrini, and to maintain the Premier League title and gain the European title.