Liverpool will be without forwards Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino when they face Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final as they look to overturn a 3-0 deficit, Manager Juergen Klopp said on Monday. Egypt international Salah was carried off the pitch with a head
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has hailed the decision of the Villarreal of Spain wing attacker Samuel Chukwueze to play for the Super Eagles despite being eligible to play for the Flying Eagles in the FIFA U-20 World Cup holding in Poland. Chukwueze who has turned to a beautiful bride who is also eligible […]
Brendan Rodgers has revealed that Leicester City’s need to be ‘more aggressive’ saw him take off Wilfred Ndidi against a 10-man Arsenal side. The Foxes scored all their goals in the second half as they defeated Unai Emery’s side 3-0 at the King Power Stadium on Sunday. The visitors had Ainsley Maitland-Niles sent off in […]
The organiser of Nigeria Pitch Awards, Shina Phillips, has joined other optimists, tipping the Super Eagles to lift the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Phillips gave the hope in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while speaking on the chances of the Gernot Rohr-tutored team in Africa’s biggest football event. […]
As the main draw of the singles event serves off today Tuesday April 23, Aruna Quadri believes he is ready to rock the boat against the world’s best at the ITTF World Championships holding in Budapest, Hungary. The Nigerian star is seeded 22 in the men’s singles and he is expected to confront a qualifier […]
Nigeria’s international friendly against the Teranga Lions of Senegal may hold in Spain as part of build up ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations, President of the Senegalese Football Federation Augustin Senghor has revealed. Speaking to journalists on Monday, Senghor who has returned to Dakar after witnessing the draw for the Africa Cup of […]
The ITTF Africa Junior and Cadet Championship holding in Accra has been a good tournament for Nigeria team so far after back-to-back over Egypt in the U-21 junior boys’ category of the competition. The Egyptians arrived at the venue in full confidence, but Nigeria are proving to be a better side after recording a 3-2 […]
The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play two friendlies in the next FIFA free window in June in preparation for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The next FIFA free window is billed to hold from June 3rd to the 11th, according to the FIFA calendar for 2019. The 32nd edition of the AFCON […]
President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi of Egypt on Thursday swore in 21 New Provincial Governors, including the First Female Governor from the country’s minority Christian Community. Manal Mikhail has been appointed governor of the coastal city of Damietta, becoming the first-ever Christian woman to hold such a position, private newspaper al-Masry al-Youm reported. The
The Egyptian FA has ruled out Mohamed Salah leaving the World Cup early despite their elimination. Salah made his first start since injuring his shoulder in the Champions League final when Egypt played Russia in their second World Cup group game on Tuesday, but could not prevent defeat. A 3-1 loss to the hosts meant […]
A tourist was killed and 12 other people were injured in a hot air balloon crash near Luxor in Egypt on Friday, state-run news agency MENA reported. According to agency report, the balloon, with tourists from different nationalities and Egyptians onboard, crashed to the west of the city of Luxor, MENA said. The health ministry […]
Following rising tension in Middle- East in the wake of United States recognition of Jerusalem of as new Israeli’s capital, Russia and Egypt are considering nuclear weapon plant in renewed relationship. According to the VOA, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday for talks over a nuclear power […]
…..Over 100 speakers and 1,500 delegates to discuss regional integration and job creation in Africa President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will be hosting six African heads of state at the Africa 2017 Forum that will take place this week in the picturesque beach resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. The President of Guinea, current chair […]
Egypt’s president has told the military it can use all force necessary to secure the Sinai Peninsula following last week’s attack on a mosque that killed more than 300 people. Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ordered the army to secure and stabilise the region within three months. No group has yet said it carried out the attack, […]
……..President declares state of mourning ……..Leaders condemn attack Terror attack on the African continent has continued to gather momentum, as Egypt falls to yet another terrorist which left over 235 people dead. An attack which occurred in a mosque in Al-Arish on Friday killed 235 people and injured at least 109, according to Egypt’s prosecutor […]
The leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, Mohamed Badie, lost his appeal on Wednesday against a life sentence for his role in violent clashes during political turmoil in 2013, judicial sources said. The judgement by the court of cassation against the sentence, handed out in 2016, cannot be appealed. Badie, 74, was convicted for his […]
Lt. General Victor Malu, a former Nigerian Chief of Army Staff who served under President Olusegun Obasanjo, died at the age of 70 this morning. Gen. Malu, according to a family source, Bem Adoor, died at a Cairo, Egypt hospital where he had traveled to for normal medical check-up two weeks ago. The former ECOMOG […]
Egypt have progressed to the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup as Group D winners after a 1-0 win over Ghana in Port-Gentil. Victory, secured by Mohamed Salah’s first-half goal, took the seven-time champions above Ghana and into first place with a total of seven points. Ghana also progress to the competition’s final eight, having […]
Egypt has imposed restrictions on women travelling to Turkey, months after introducing similar measures for men to stop them joining the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group. Women aged 18 to 40 are now required to obtain a security clearance before going to Turkey, a senior police officer told the AFP news […]
Egypt has executed six members of an Isis-aligned militant group for carrying out a deadly attack on soldiers near Cairo last year, their lawyer has said. The group, Sinai Province, has killed hundreds of police officers and soldiers since the army toppled the Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in 2013 after mass protests against his presidency. […]























