Egypt Today The head coach of the Egyptian National football team, Carlos Queiroz, said on Friday, “Egypt’s match against Sudan on Saturday will not be an easy fixture for the Pharaohs”. “Sudan will be a difficult opponent. They can hurt us with their quick counter attacks, but we are ready …
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Egypt National football team qualifies to AFCON 2021
Egypt Today The Egyptian National Football team secured a ticket to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations finals, scheduled to take place in Cameroon in January and February 2022. The Pharaohs secured a 1-1 draw against Kenya in Nairobi, which was enough to send the team to the Africa Cup …
Read More »Egyptian football league scheduled to resume on August 7th
Egypt Today The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced, on Thursday, that the Egyptian league will resume on 7 August. Hossam el Zanaty, director of the Egyptian Football Association’s Competitions Committee, stated “the league will start with the postponed games”. The EFA will announced the league schedule on two phases, according to …
Read More »EFA apply VAR technology in Egyptian league matches
Egypt Today Amr Al-Ganaini, chairman of the five-member committee of the Egyptian Football Association, said that he is in the process of signing contracts with one specialised companies to apply Video Assistant Referee technology in the Egyptian league. Al-Ganaini said in a statement that the coming days will witness the …
Read More »Salah captains the Pharaohs national team
Egyptianstreets Famed Egyptian player and Liverpool winger, Mohamed Salah, is set to be the Pharaohs’ national new captain, according to Egypt Today. Hossam El Badry, Egypt’s national team new manager; replacing Mexican Javier Aguirre, took the decision. Announced on Saturday, the decision is meant at smoothing tension between Salah …
Read More »Salah apologizes to Egyptian fans following AFCON loss
Egypt Today Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah sent a message of apology to the Egyptian fans on Sunday, following the team’s socking loss to South Africa in the round of 16 clash at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. “I am so sad after our early exit from the tournament. We …
Read More »The Egyptian Football Association seeks to host UEFA super cup
Egypt Today Egyptian Football Association President, Hany Abu Rida revealed on Tuesday that Egypt seeks to host International events like UEFA Super Cup, Spanish and Italian Super Cups. “We seek to host the UEFA Super Cup but we haven’t decided the date we would like to host the competition.” …
Read More »Egypt Wins 2-0 Against Uganda, Securing top spot in Group A
Egyptianstreets Egypt secured the top spot in Group A after finishing the match with 2-0 against Uganda, moving on to the next round with three wins from three matches. Scoring for Egypt started with a goal by Mohamed Salah at the 36thminute from a 25-yard free-kick, followed by Ahmed Elmohamady’s …
Read More »Egyptian football players helping to transform British views of Islam
The growing number of Muslim players – especially Egyptian and Algerian players – in the English premiership league is starting to have a significant cultural impact on football in the UK, attracting increased numbers of Muslim spectators and in many cases transforming the relationship between football clubs and local communities. …
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