CAIRO: Zamalek full back Ahmed Ghanem will be sidelines for at least ten days with a knee injury, the Cairo club said on Sunday. The Whites official site said that Ghanem sustained a knee ligament injury in the weekend s draw with Ahly. The 24-year-old will undergo scans on his injured knee later on Sunday, …

CAIRO: Mido is back for West Ham as the Londoners face Liverpool at Anfield on Monday. The Egyptian missed last week s win over Sunderland with a back problem, but is now fit to face the Reds. We are spoilt for choice up front. We have everybody back and Mido is also fit again, Hammers …

CAIRO: Amr Zaki will ask Hull City to pay his wages in full following the end of his loan spell with the Premier League club. Zaki s agent Nader Shawki revealed on Saturday that the Egyptian s injury problems prompted manager Iain Dowie to terminate his loan contract prematurely. However, the Zamalek forward is willing …

CAIRO: Nassr chairman Faisal bin Torki revealed that the Saudi club have yet to receive an official notification clearing Egypt midfielder Hossam Ghaly over a doping case. Ghaly tested positive for a banned substance last month, but his agent claimed that the 28-year-old passed a second doping in Germany. However, the former Ahly schemer is …

CAIRO: Ismaili midfielder Abdullah Al-Saied had to postpone his recovery program as he couldn t travel to Germany as planned. A giant cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland made air travel to Europe almost impossible for the time being. Many flights to European countries have been indefinitely postponed by Egyptian travel agencies. …

ISMAILIA: Ismaili opted against punishing the seven players whom they accused of initiating a strike in protest over unpaid wages. The team s training was called off on Tuesday after the majority of Ismaili players refused to go on the pitch to pressure the club into accepting their demands. Ismaili said they could rely on …

CAIRO: The final day of the Egyptian Premier League season will take place on the 17th of May instead of the 14th, following the swine flu outbreak among Gaish team members. It was confirmed on Wednesday that four Gaish players and a staff member have contracted the H1N1 virus, which forced the FA to alter …

CAIRO: Liverpool and England legend John Barnes backed Zamalek to come out as winners from the Cairo derby on Friday. Barnes is in Cairo for the Premier Skills program, a project run in partnership between the British Council and the Premier League that uses football as a tool to develop coaching skills and English language …

CAIRO: A Cairo court yesterday released on LE 5,000 bail a protestor charged with resisting the authorities. The public prosecution office had ordered that Bahaa Saber – who says he was tortured in police custody – remain in custody for 15 days pending investigations into allegations that he resisted the authorities. Lawyers from the Hisham …

CAIRO: Omar Nour is jumping through hoops to represent Egypt at the London Olympics 2012 – three hoops to be exact. Should he succeed, Nour would be the first Egyptian triathlete on the national Olympic team, making him the pioneer of this sport in the country. “I feel like a little kid in a candy …

CAIRO: Zamalek striker Ahmed Gafaar, who has been struggling to find the net in the past weeks, wants to score against Ahly in Friday s Cairo derby. Gafaar, who joined Zamalek from Telecom in the close season, has become a regular figure at the Cairo club since the departure of Amr Zaki and Mido. Even …

CAIRO: Ismaili are prepared to rely on their youth in response to the strike of the first-team players over unpaid wages. The Ismaili first-team training was cancelled on Tuesday after the majority of players refused to go onto the pitch, claiming that the club s board owes them wages of the last four months. However, …

CAIRO: A swine flu outbreak has struck members of the Gaish team as four players tested positive for the virus. Egypt international Abdel-Sattar Sabri, Mahmoud Massoud, Ahmed Zakaria and Mohamed Shedid, along with physio Yasser Shebl, are believed to be the virus’ victims so far. It was suspected that 17 members of the military side …

CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) said that Swiss referee Massimo Busacca will be in charge of Friday’s Cairo derby between Ahly and Zamalek. EFA spokesman Medhat Shalabi announced on his show on Modern Sport TV that the Egyptian football governing body reached an agreement with the renowned official. Busacca was in charge of last …

CAIRO: Petrojet denied Asyut Petroleum their second home win of the season after a thrilling 3-2 Egyptian Premier League encounter on Monday. Asyut were two goals up thanks to a double from ex-Petrojet striker Hossam Osama, but the relegation-certainties failed to preserve their lead. Mohamed Koffi pulled one back for Petrojet on 65 minutes, Ahmed …

CAIRO: Ahly midfielder Ahmed Fathi will be sidelined for four weeks with a groin injury, the league leaders said on Monday. Fathi sustained the injury in Sunday s 1-0 victory over Ittihad, which forced him to limp off after just 14 minutes. The versatile midfielder is ruled out of Friday s Cairo derby against Zamalek …

CAIRO: Zamalek board member and former long-standing captain Hazem Emam backed under-fire striker Ahmed Gaafar before the Cairo derby against Ahly. Gaafar scored seven times this season but has been struggling to find the net in the last three games. His reactions after missing the goal from a comfortable header during the 2-1 defeat against …

CAIRO: Ahly midfielder Ahmed Hassan played down the importance of the Cairo derby with Zamalek. The Egypt captain plays his fifth derby in two years since he joined Ahly from Anderlecht and refuses to call the game a title on its own. It s a normal game, like any other league match, Hassan told Ahly …