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The celebration of the Centenary of the Egyptian Olympic Committee
The French educator Pierre de Fredy, Baron de Coubertin founded the international Olympic committee (IOC) on 23 June, 1894, having been inspired to revive the games of the ancient Greeks. The Egyptian Olympic Committee was established by Anglo Bolanaki on June 13, 1910 under the chairmanship of Prince Omar Tosson. Egypt became only the 14th country ...
On the Track Alonso wins controversial German Grand Prix
Team orders returned to the top of the agenda in Formula One on 25 July as Spain’s Fernando Alonso took the chequered flag in the German Grand Prix thanks to his team mate Felipe Massa letting him through in the closing stages, despite leading the race from the start. It is a tough moment for ...
Meet Stephane Le Bail: The brain behind the road book of Pharaons
Since 1995, Stephane Le Bail has been inthe opening car for 40 cross country rallies,among the FIA World Cup, the Transoriental Rally (Saint Petersburg – Beijing in 2008) and thelast two editions of the Dakar Argentina – Chile.The reconnaissance and road book creation of21 of these races have been made by him. This year, Le ...
Sports Bytes
Yousra Named Charity Ambassador for “The Right to Climb” Initiative Wild Guanabana, a company dedicated to designing once-in-a-lifetime travel experiences to remarkable destinations around the world, recently announced that famous Egyptian Actress Yousra has been named the charity ambassador for “The Right to Climb”; an initiative aimed at raising awareness and funds for the Right to ...
Teams
Basketball International Federation: Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) Egyptian Federation: Egyptian Basketball Federation Venue: *scape Date: 15 Aug 2010 - 23 Aug 2010 Age Group (dd/mm/yy): 1/1/93-31/12/94 IT was a long time since Egyptian basketball teams participated in the Olympic Games, but now the youth team is going to represent Egypt in the first Youth Olympic Games, where they play using ...
World Cup 2010 Relived
The FIFA World Cup 2010 is over. The winners are probably still recovering from the excesses of their celebrations and the losers are commiserating with each other. It is too early to tell how well South Africa benefitted but there are positive signs. The dire warnings about a crime wave threatening foreign visitors were totally ...
Spies takes Superbike double win in Qatar
Yamaha’s WSBK rookie rider Ben Spies took a spectacular double win in the second round of the Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship at the Losail circuit in Qatar. The 24 year old Texan powered to his third win in the opening four races, dominating both of today’s 18-lappers and twice inishing ahead of Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) ...
On the Court
Karim Darwish maintains his number one position in the March PSA Men’s World Squash Rankings ahead of compatriot Amr Shabana. But the Egyptian trio which had occupied the top three positions in December and January remain separated since Frenchman Gregory Gaultier overtook Ramy Ashour to reclaim third place in the February list published by the Professional ...
Smash Tennis Academy National Tournament
Under the auspices of the Egyptian Tennis Federation 450 players from all over Egypt participated in the Smash Academy National Tournament. The event consisted of 650 games played over 14 days of competition. ...
