Egypt

No clubs, no cost: ‘Sock Ball’ rules Alexandria's streets

Originally played with some old socks or scraps crammed inside of each other to form a ball, sock ball is likely to have been the first football played by both Egypt's massive soccer stars and the fans who root for them.

Egypt asks to host some 2034 World Cup matches

Egypt has requested the right to host a set of group-stage matches for the 2034 World Cup which will be held in Saudi Arabia, the African country's football federation president said on Wednesday.

Egypt announces first discovery of pharaoh's tomb in more than 100 years

Located west of the Valley of the Kings, Thutmose II's tomb was the last lost tomb of the kings of Egypt's 18th dynasty

Egypt name record scorer Hossam Hassan as new coach

Egypt named Hossam Hassan as their new coach on Tuesday, with the team's all-time leading scorer finally landing his dream job following the sacking of Portuguese Rui Vitoria.

Record seven-time champions Egypt knocked out of AFCON

A tense last-16 clash finished 1-1 after extra time with Meschack Elia scoring on 37 minutes for DR Congo and Mostafa Mohamed equalising in first-half added time from a penalty.

Salah ruled out of two AFCON games with hamstring injury

Liverpool and Egypt star Mohamed Salah has been ruled out of the next two Africa Cup of Nations games with a hamstring injury, his country's football association said Friday.

Klopp shocked by Salah injury on Egypt duty

Jurgen Klopp said he was shocked to discover Liverpool star Mohamed Salah had suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa the next frontier for trophy hunter Salah

Serial goal scorer Mohamed Salah has conquered the world, Europe and England with Liverpool. Now he dreams of leading Egypt to African glory.

Bangladesh to import onion from 9 more countries

The countries are: China, Egypt, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, Myanmar, Thailand, the Netherlands and the UAE

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

The once and future bedes & ‘Gypsies?

Szilvia Reif, a student of mine from the (indicatively named) Gandhi School in Pècs, Hungary, wrote a poem that tells what it feels like to be a ‘Gypsy (properly Roma).

March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023

Police return a silver medal stolen from Salah's home in Cairo

 Egyptian police said on Wednesday they have recovered a silver medal which was stolen from the home of Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah.

August 20, 2022
August 20, 2022

Egypt introduces conditional on-arrival visa for Bangladeshis

Bangladeshi nationals will be able to avail on-arrival visa in Egypt.

June 7, 2022
June 7, 2022

Injured Salah led Egypt to victory

Injured Liverpool star Mohamed Salah defied his club and captained Egypt to a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying victory over Guinea in Cairo at the weekend, according to national coach Ehab Galal.

October 20, 2019
October 20, 2019

Egypt unveils biggest ancient coffin find in over a century

Egypt has unveiled the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins with mummies inside discovered in the southern city of Luxor in the biggest find of its kind in more than a century.

April 7, 2019
April 7, 2019

Finely painted Ptolemaic tomb unveiled in Egypt

Archaeologists unveil a well preserved and finely painted tomb thought to be from the early Ptolemaic period near the Egyptian town of Sohag.

December 29, 2018
December 29, 2018

Bomb kills 3 tourists, Egyptian guide near pyramids

Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian guide were killed and at least 10 others injured when a roadside bomb blast hit their tour bus on Friday less than 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) from Egypt's world-famous Giza pyramids, authorities say.

September 17, 2018
September 17, 2018

Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt

Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a statue of a lion's body and a human head in the southern city of Aswan.

September 4, 2018
September 4, 2018

One of oldest Nile Delta villages found

One of the oldest villages in the Nile Delta has been discovered after archaeologists unearthed artefacts dating to the fifth millennium BC, Egypt's antiquities ministry has said.

June 25, 2018
June 25, 2018

Saudi Arabia sink Egypt

Saudi Arabia winger Salem Al-Dawsari scores a last-gasp winner as Mohamed Salah's Egypt suffer a 2-1 loss in their Group A dead rubber in Volgograd on Monday.