Al-Ahram Weekly - Sports

Paralympics reorganised

The Egyptian arm of the Games is being decentralised, reports Abeer Anwar

New coach for amputee football team

The Egyptian amputee football team has hired a new foreign coach in preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations. Abeer Anwar interviews the man at the helm and one of the team’s pioneer players

Egyptian no more

Egyptian squash champion Marawan Al-Shorbagi is now a British citizen and playing for his new country

Two straight times

Egyptian Amina Orfi made history by winning the 2023 World Junior Squash Championships twice in a row

Unbeaten run stopped

Egyptian Premier League winners Ahly lost their penultimate game on Sunday, losing out on their bid to go an entire season undefeated, reports Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Ceramica win the League Cup

Ceramica Cleopatra drubbed Masri 4-1 on Saturday to win the Egyptian League Cup, a domestic tournament set up just last year

Host on top

Egypt won the most medals at its U-17 Modern Pentathlon Championships, reports Inas Mazhar

It looks easy but nothing is certain

Judging by its African qualifying group, Egypt should make it to the 2026 World Cup but there’s no guarantee, writes Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Few athletes but many medals

Despite taking part in only two sports, Egyptian athletes claimed 13 medals at the 2023 Arab Games in Algeria

New look

The 2023 Under-17 Pentathlon World Championships are currently being held in Alexandria with a new discipline added and another scratched, reports Inas Mazhar

One bird with one stone

Egypt’s football team qualified for next year’s Paris Olympics but could not retain its African title, writes Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Victory in Berlin but no medals table

Special Olympics Egypt bagged a whopping 49 medals at the recently concluded World Games in Berlin

We are the world

The start of the Special Olympics Games in Germany reinforced inclusion as its mission, Abeer Anwar reports from Berlin

Highest in history

After winning two consecutive major competitions, tennis ace Mayar Sherif is now the highest seeded Egyptian in history, reports Inas Mazhar

An achievement of sorts

Not surprisingly, Egypt made it to next year’s Africa Cup of Nations but much more is expected, reports Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Ready for Berlin

Egypt is taking part in the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, reports Abeer Anwar

Almost historic

The Taekwondo World Championships ended with two bronze for Egypt

A medal and a ticket

By winning the gold medal in the final of the Modern Pentathlon World Cup, Mohannad Shaaban clinched Egypt’s first Olympic ticket in the sport, reports Inas Mazhar

Sunday showdown

Ahly of Egypt and Wydad Casablanca clash in a titanic encounter in Morocco on 11 June in the second leg of the final of the African Champions League with Ahly nursing a slim 2-1 lead from the first leg, reports Alaa Abdel-Ghani

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