swimming
Swim team braves pollution to dive into Gaza waters
Middle East
October 22, 2018
Swim team braves pollution to dive into Gaza waters
On one of the world’s most polluted coastlines, 30 young Palestinians dive head first into the sea off the…
Egyptian swimming champions win 44 medals at African Swimming Championship
Egypt
September 16, 2018
Egyptian swimming champions win 44 medals at African Swimming Championship
Egypt’s national swimming team swept 44 medals during the the 13th edition of the CANA African Swimming and Open…
Farida Osman wins new silver medal for Egypt in Mediterranean Games
Egypt
June 24, 2018
Farida Osman wins new silver medal for Egypt in Mediterranean Games
Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman has won the silver medal for the women’s 100 meter butterfly swimming event in the…
Egyptian Swimmer Farida Osman named Best African Female Athlete of 2017
Health & Fitness
November 4, 2017
Egyptian Swimmer Farida Osman named Best African Female Athlete of 2017
Farida Osman, the first Egyptian to win a medal at the Swimming World Champions, has been named as the Best…
First Egyptian with down syndrome to cross English channel
Health & Fitness
August 11, 2017
First Egyptian with down syndrome to cross English channel
Mohamed al-Husseini is training to be the first Egyptian swimmer with down syndrome to cross the English channel, from the…
Egyptian education system hostile to athletes: Farida Osman, in exclusive interview
Features/Interviews
July 31, 2017
Egyptian education system hostile to athletes: Farida Osman, in exclusive interview
Farida Osman broke Egyptian athletic records when she won the bronze medal in the women’s 50m butterfly final on Saturday at…
Egypt makes 3 international sports achievements in one day
Egypt
July 31, 2017
Egypt makes 3 international sports achievements in one day
Egyptian athletes made three international achievements on Sunday. The first was Farida Othman, who made a historic achievement by winning…
Farida Osman first Egyptian to win medal in world swimming championship
Egypt
July 30, 2017
Farida Osman first Egyptian to win medal in world swimming championship
Egyptian swimmer Farida Osman won the bronze medal in the women’s 50m butterfly final in Budapest on Saturday, achieving a…
Omar Hegazy: the first Egyptian to swim from Jordan to Egypt with an amputated leg
Egypt
May 10, 2017
Omar Hegazy: the first Egyptian to swim from Jordan to Egypt with an amputated leg
Egyptian swimmer Omar Hegazy, 26, recently became the first Egyptian to cross the 20 kilometers from Jordan’s al-Aqaba to Egypt’s…
Love triumphs as two mentally disabled swimmers get engaged
Egypt
September 29, 2016
Love triumphs as two mentally disabled swimmers get engaged
Mahmoud al-Bary, 21, and Dina Tarek, 20, refused to accept that their love was impossible, as society viewed it. Theirs…