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Sports Minister meets with WADA chief

Date: 2023-11-18 16:48:57 GMT - Canada - Sports - SN:57 - ID:10447714

MONTREAL, Nov 18 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi met Saturday with President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Witold Bańka. Sobhi, a WADA board member, is visiting Canada to participate in the agency's meetings. The ....

Egypt's World No.1 Ali Farag reaches final at VITAGEN Singapore Squash Open

Date: 2023-11-18 14:54:13 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:37 - ID:10447865

CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Egypt's World No.1 Ali Farag made it to the finals of the 2023 VITAGEN Singapore Squash Open after beating England’s World No. 8 Marwan ElShorbagy 3-0. Farag is expected to face Peru's World No. 2 Diego Elías in the final ....

12 players from military sports institutions qualify for 2024 Paris Olympic

Date: 2023-11-18 12:51:38 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:30 - ID:10447797

CAIRO, Nov 18 (MENA) - Players from military institutions' clubs participated in the formation of the eight-strong Egyptian archery team which competed in the 13th African Archery Championship that qualifies for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Bahaa ....

Sports minister meets Egyptian consul general in Montreal

Date: 2023-11-17 19:00:07 GMT - Canada - Sports - SN:52 - ID:10447002

MONTREAL, Nov 17 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi has met with Ambassador Mohamed Fakhry, the Egyptian consul general in Montreal, in the presence of Egypt's Ambassador to Canada. Sobhi is currently on a visit to Canada, where ....

Egypt's football team head to Liberia for 2nd round of Africa's 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Sierra Leone

Date: 2023-11-17 14:08:06 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:40 - ID:10446640

CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Egypt's national football team headed to Liberia for the second round of Group A of Africa's 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Egypt is set to face Sierra Leone on Sunday. The Pharaohs began their World Cup qualifying campaign ....

Egypt thrash Djibouti 6-0 in World Cup African qualifiers

Date: 2023-11-16 18:58:04 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:83 - ID:10445701

CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Egypt's first national football team on Thursday beat Djibouti in the FIFA World Cup African qualifiers, achieving a victory of 6-0 in the match that was held at Cairo International Stadium. Mohamed Salah scored a quadruple ....

Sports minister heads for Canada to attend WADA board meeting

Date: 2023-11-16 18:20:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:79 - ID:10445611

CAIRO, Nov 16 (MENA) - Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhi left here on Thursday for Canada to attend the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Board meetings, set for Nov 17-18 in Montreal. During his visit to Canada, Sobhi will visit the premises ....

Egypt’s Sherif advances to round 16 of LP Chile Colina Open

Date: 2023-11-16 08:08:44 GMT - Chile - Sports - SN:14 - ID:10444405

SANTIAGO, Nov 16 (MENA) – Egypt’s tennis star Mayar Sherif has reached the round 16 of the LP Chile Colina Open, held at Hacienda Chicureo in Colina, Chile. The Egyptian star defeated Argentine tennis player Julia Riera, world no. 157, 6-2 and ....

Egypt squad in traditional outfit against Djibouti in 2026 World Cup African qualifiers

Date: 2023-11-15 19:42:58 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:83 - ID:10444143

CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) - The Egyptian national team will wear their traditional red, white and black outfit colors in the anticipated clash with Djibouti on Thursday at Cairo International Stadium. The Pharaohs will face Djibouti to begin their ....

Sports min.: Egypt witnessed great developments in sports constructions, equipment field

Date: 2023-11-15 12:57:10 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:42 - ID:10443349

CAIRO, Nov 15 (MENA) – Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhi asserted that Egypt had witnessed great developments concerning sports constructions and equipment that enables it to host the most important sports events including the 2036 ....