Alaa Abdel-Ghani's Articles

Sports, specifically football, and politics are intertwined. Whoever says otherwise simply isn’t reading the room correctly.

Record seven-time winners Egypt begin their journey in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

There is still much anger following Egypt’s embarrassing exit from the FIFA Arab Cup.

Egypt were placed in a World Cup group that is beatable.

Egypt’s two most popular football clubs drew in their second game in the group stage of their respective African tournaments while the lesser lights maintained their perfect start.

All four Egyptian clubs won their first games of the group stage of the African Champions League and Confederation Cup.

The new FIFA peace prize looks suspiciously like it was made for Donald Trump.

Ahly defeated arch-rivals Zamalek to win their16th Egyptian Super Cup and fifth in a row

Beating RS Berkane in the African Super Cup gave Egypt’s Pyramids FC another continental title to go with the Champions League crown.

Egypt made it to next year’s World Cup. It was simple enough, writes Alaa Abdel-Ghani

By deciding not to prevent Israel from playing in next year’s World Cup, football’s world governing body is ignoring its own human rights commitments.

PYRAMIDS FC of Egypt were crowned champions of the FIFA African-Asian-Pacific Cup after defeating Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli Jeddah 3-1.

Ahly engineered a 2-1 comeback win over bitter rivals Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League in Cairo Stadium on Monday.

The France forward was selected the world’s best football player, PSG dominated and Mohamed Salah was still unable to win the elusive trophy. Alaa Abdel-Ghani reports

Anybody can watch the Olympics but not everybody should play in it, writes Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Following their scoreless draw with Burkina Faso, Egypt need just one point from their next two qualifiers to secure a place in the 2026 World Cup finals.

Less than a week from now Egypt could find themselves in the 2026 World Cup.

The message from Egypt’s Liverpool star jolted European football’s governing body into action.

The 2025-2026 Egyptian Premier League season kicked off on Friday with some intriguing storylines, reports Alaa Abdel-Ghani

There has been criticism levelled at European football’s governing body UEFA following the death of Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid who was killed last week in an Israeli strike on civilians while waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza.

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