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Egypt prepares for upcoming Iron Man World Championship
Egypt
May 30, 2021
Egypt prepares for upcoming Iron Man World Championship
Egypt’s Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir and Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi on Sunday held a press conference…
Mo Salah announced best Liverpool player for 2020-2021 season
Egypt
May 26, 2021
Mo Salah announced best Liverpool player for 2020-2021 season
Liverpool has picked Egyptian football superstar Mohamed Salah as the best player of the season just hours after the curtain…
Saudis put World Cup every 2 years back on FIFA’s agenda
Middle East
May 19, 2021
Saudis put World Cup every 2 years back on FIFA’s agenda
GENEVA (AP) — Playing the World Cup every two years instead of four is back on soccer’s agenda. Saudi Arabia’s…
Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium
World
May 9, 2021
Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium
TOKYO (AP) — Seated inside Tokyo’s new $1.4 billion National Stadium, Sebastian Coe again tried to reassure athletes and skeptical…
Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan
World
May 7, 2021
Anti-Olympics campaign gains traction online in Japan
An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be cancelled has garnered almost 200,000 signatures in the past few…
First team of mounted archers takes aim in Gaza
Middle East
May 4, 2021
First team of mounted archers takes aim in Gaza
Hoofs pounded the ground and kicked up dust clouds as one by one a small group of young mounted archers…
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
World
April 22, 2021
Tokyo Olympics torch relay has first positive COVID-19 case
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympics organizers said Thursday that a policeman tested positive for COVID-19 a day after his assignment…
Pyramids forward Ramadan Sobhi says he is happy, has no plans to leave team
Egypt
April 20, 2021
Pyramids forward Ramadan Sobhi says he is happy, has no plans to leave team
Egyptian footballer Ramadan Sobhi issued a statement denying rumors of his departure from the Pyramids Football Club to return to…
Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only
World
April 19, 2021
Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only
In 1964, less than two decades removed from World War II, Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its astonishing…
Are the Olympics cancelled? Japan official’s comments sow doubts
World
April 15, 2021
Are the Olympics cancelled? Japan official’s comments sow doubts
TOKYO (Reuters) – A senior Japanese ruling party official said on Thursday that cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains…