CAIRO: This year football witnessed a players’ transfer season like never before: a lot of speculation, rumors and business, but very little facts. Players manipulated clubs and clubs manipulated each other as agents and the media threw around accusations. Three players were the stars of this transfer season: Hosni Abd-Rabou, Amr Zaki and Hani Saied. …

CAIRO: Zamalek received a letter from local authorities asking them to reinstate former chairman Mortada Mansour as a member of the club. A Cairo court overturned Zamalek s decision to revoke Mansour s membership last September and informed the club that the ruling should take effect immediately. Mansour had attempted to nominate himself in the …

CAIRO: Zamalek captain Ayman Abdel Aziz said that the club has reached an agreement with Hani Saied over the complicated transfer case. Saied, who refused to sign a contract with the Whites last week, vowed to raise his infamous case to FIFA after the Egyptian FA obliged him to join Zamalek. The Egypt sweeper insisted …

CAIRO: TV presenter Khaled Al-Ghandour has hit back at Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan claiming that he has the evidence to prove the Ahly player interfered in Hani Saied s move to rivals Zamalek. Al-Ghandour claimed in his daily show on Dream TV that Hassan influenced the Ismaili defender s decision and encouraged him to reconsider …

CAIRO: Ahly completed the roster for the CAF Champions League campaign by naming the final four players to their squad, the club said on Monday. Coach Manuel Jose has chosen to include Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan, Palestine goalkeeper Ramzi Saleh, and Egypt internationals Wael Gomaa and Sayed Moawad to the African squad. The announcement puts …

CAIRO: Harras Al-Hodoud were handed a 1-0 defeat by Mamelodi Sundowns in Pretoria in the African Confederation Cup first leg round of 16 game. A 62nd minute header by Lungisani Ndlela sealed the victory for the South African club. The return game will be played after two weeks at Al-Max Stadium in Alexandria. Harras are …

CAIRO: Egypt s youth team secured their place in the third round of the 2009 African Cup of Nations after beating Zimbabwe 1-0 in the return leg on Sunday. Marwan Mohamed scored for the young Pharaohs in Harare making Egypt s aggregate win 6-0. Egypt will face the winner from Zambia and Mauritius in the …

CAIRO: Ahly full-back Ahmed Attwa is not willing to play for the Reds again as he wants to join Zamalek, in another transfer dispute between the Cairo rivals. The 21-year-old agreed terms with Zamalek last weekend as he is not bound with a professional contract to Ahly. First I was not registered in either the …

CAIRO: Egyptian forward Mohamed Zidan scored in Hamburg s 6-0 drubbing of town local side Pinneberg in a charity match on Sunday. Hamburg, who will play in the UEFA Cup next season, went two up before the interval, thanks to a brace from Paolo Guerrero. Zidan, who was heavily linked with a move to Saudi …

CAIRO: Zamalek have surprisingly pulled the plug on a summer swoop for Cameroonian midfielder Eric Djemba-Djemba. The player s agent revealed earlier on Sunday that his client is on the verge of completing a move to the Egyptian Cup winners. However, Zamalek opted not to proceed with the deal, fearing that the arrival of Djemba-Djemba …

CAIRO: Ahly have been invited to play a friendly against Italian side Roma next month, club s football committee member Hadi Khashaba said on Sunday. We have an offer to face Roma on Aug. 6, Khashaba told FilGoal.com. We are yet to accept it because we are waiting to learn the date of our CAF …

CAIRO: Amr Zaki is set to join Wigan Athletic on loan from Zamalek after he penned a new deal with the latter, the striker s official site AmrZaky.com said. Following his infamous rift with chairman Mamdouh Abbas, Zaki met with board member Ahmed Tawfeek on Sunday to resolve the problem. Subsequently, the Egypt striker agreed …

CAIRO: Ahly played out a 1-1 friendly draw with Kaiserslautern in the Reds last game of the pre-season Germany camp. Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan cancelled out Marcel Ziemer s opener for the Bundesliga 2 side. The Egyptian champions returned to Cairo on Saturday, to start the final warm-up phase before their fiery CAF Champions League …

CAIRO: Hani Saied said it is impossible for him to play for Zamalek as he vows to raise his complex case to FIFA. The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) fined the Egypt sweeper and ordered him to fulfill his pre-contract with Zamalek, after he refused to complete the move to the Cairo club from Ismaili. Saied …

CAIRO: Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan vowed to taken legal action against anchor man Khaled Al-Ghandour after the former Zamalek star accused him of being involved in Hani Saied s infamous saga. Al-Ghandour claimed in his daily show on Dream TV that Hassan influenced Saied s decision to back down on his move to Zamalek from …

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CAIRO: Amr Zaki s agent Nader Shawki is set to proceed on his attempts to terminate the Egypt striker s contract with Zamalek as he vowed to raise the case to FIFA. Zaki s request to the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), which was based on accusing the club of failing to pay his basic salary, …

CAIRO: Mido revealed that Zamalek contacted him last month, but insisted that he is not planning on leaving the Premiership to return to his former club in the near future. Mamdouh Abbas contacted me a month ago and I asked him to talk to my club, but nothing more happened, the Middlesbrough striker told Modern …

CAIRO: Emad Meteb s agent said that Ahly have agreed with Bristol City over the details of the transfer of the Egypt striker. Meteb was poised to join the Championship side in a deal worth ?1.5 million, but both clubs disagreed over the payment method. However, agent Ahmed Rifai claims that Ahly have accepted to …

EL-MAHALLA EL-KOBRA: Ghazl Mahalla chairman Fouad Allam accused Zamalek of forcing full-back Mohamed Abdel Shafi to turn against the club. The Whites are persistently chasing the highly-rated left-back, who is also eager to seal the move. However, Mahalla are not willing to sell more players after they sacrificed top scorer Ahmed Hassan to Ahly last …

CAIRO: French side Strasbourg have contacted Ahly in order to refund Hosni Abd-Rabou’s transfer fee. A source inside the club said that the Red Devils received an official letter saying that Strasbourg reached an agreement with Ismaili and they want to refund the ?700,000 paid by Ahly to sign the international midfielder last year. Ismaili …

CAIRO: Amr Zaki s agent Nader Shawki is set to proceed on his attempts to terminate the Egypt striker s contract with Zamalek as he vowed to raise the case to FIFA. Zaki s request to the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), which was based on accusing the club of failing to pay his basic salary, …

ISMAILIA: Ismaili board has decided to freeze the transfers activity as a new board will be elected later this month. We will put on hold all the transfers including Hosni Abd-Rabou s case. The new board will take the appropriate decisions, the club s director Abdel-Rahman Annous told FilGoal.com. Emirati side Ahly Dubai made a …

CAIRO: Egyptian Football Association (EFA) chairman Samir Zaher is determinant to solve Hosni Abd-Rabou s transfer problem for the sake of the national team. The Egypt midfielder has been embroiled in an infamous saga involving Ismaili, Ahly and French side Strasbourg since last season. This issue must be resolved, national team players should be focused …

CAIRO: Emad Meteb picked up a knock and had to withdraw from Tuesday s training session because of a foot injury. It is not serious. He has been rested today but he should resume full training on Wednesday, Ahly doctor Ehab Ali told the club s website. Meanwhile, Angolan striker Flavio Amado is having a …

ALEXANDRIA: Nader Al-Sayed failed to complete his proposed move from ENPPI to Ittihad after the latter s board blocked the transfer, the Alexandria-based club announced on Wednesday. The approval of coach Taha Basri, in addition to an agreement with chairman Mohamed Moselhi were not enough to help the veteran keeper seal the deal, as the …

CAIRO: Ahly will end their pre-season camp in Germany by facing Bundesliga 2 side Kaiserslautern on Friday July 11. Bayer Leverkusen cancelled their proposed friendly with the Egyptian champions, who also failed to reach an agreement with Belgium s Anderlecht. Ahly are preparing to their crunch CAF Champions League encounter with Zamalek on July 20, …

Ahli insist that there in no official contact with Hani Saied, amid speculation linking the latter with the club. Saied has inexplicably reverted on his move Zamalek, who claim that the Egypt sweeper has already signed a three-year contract. The 28-year-old is believed to be craving towards his former club, but is yet to achieve …

CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have rejected Amr Zaki s request to terminate his contract with Zamalek, as Hani Saied is set to be investigated by the Egyptian football governing body. The pronouncements came in a Tuesday board meeting, which was intended for discussing the transfer saga of the Egypt duo with their respective …

KOMAKI: Asian silver medalists Japan whipped African Nations champions Egypt in four sets in the World League men’s volleyball tournament on Sunday. The Japanese spikers, who lost two away games to Egypt two weeks ago, scored a 26-24, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20 victory to level their record against the Africans at two all. Japan improved their …