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FIFA suspend Ibrahim Hassan for five years

Published: May 31, 2009

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FIFA have confirmed a decision to suspend Telecom Egypt football director Ibrahim Hassan for five years.
The former Ahli star received the same ban from the North African Football Association when he was Masri director in December 2008.
Hassan was handed the ban after his misconduct during Masri’s game against OSM Bejaia of Algeria, where he physically [...]


Salama strikes, Hodoud Wins

Published: May 31, 2009

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Harras Hodoud striker Ahmed Salama scored in the minute to help his team beat Libya’s Ahli Tripoli 2-1 on aggregate and reach the Confederation Cup group stage.
After drawing the first leg 0-0, Ahli stunned the Alexandria crowd by taking the lead in the 38th minute through Ahmed Saad.
Salama brought Hodoud back in the game by [...]


Will Abdul-Aziz leave Konyaspor for Zamalek?

Published: May 31, 2009

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Zamalek midfielder Ayman Abdul-Aziz is going to meet with the club newly-appointed board soon to discuss his future at the Cairo side.
The former Egypt ace joined the White Knights last summer on a four-year deal, but failed to settle down and fell out with Ahmed Refaat, who was appointed as interim boss in the first [...]


Al Ahly dumped out of the ACC

Published: May 31, 2009

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Manuel Jose ended his career as Al Ahly coach disastrously when the Egyptian giants were dumped out of the African Confederation Cup by Santos in Angola on Sunday.
Ahly, winners of the African Champions League a record six times, took a 3-0 lead into the return match and even the absence of star midfielder Mohamed [...]


Amr Zaki’s injury is negligible

Published: May 30, 2009

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The facial injury Amr Zaki sustained in Egypt’s friendly game against Oman was not serious, assistant coach Shawki Gharib said.
The Zamalek striker, who finished his loan spell with English side Wigan Athletic, was bizarrely injured during Egypt’s 1-0 away victory over Oman on Saturday.
He jumped for joy to celebrate Mohamed Abou-Treika’s second-half goal to inadvertently [...]


Egypt beats Oman 1 – 0

Published: May 30, 2009

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Mohamed Abou-Treika’s second-half goal gave Egypt a 1-0 away victory over Oman on Saturday in a warm-up for next week’s World Cup qualifier against Algeria.
The classy playmaker notched the winner four minutes after the restart to settle the tie in Egypt’s favor.
It was the last match for the Pharaohs before their crucial meeting with North [...]


Flavio joins El Shabab

Published: May 30, 2009

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Ahli striker Flavio Amado has joined Saudi side Shabab, the player’s agent said on Saturday.
“Flavio has signed a contract with Shabab to complete the move,” Nader Shawki told FilGoal.com.
Shawki neither disclosed the contract’s length nor its financial aspects as Ahli are yet to announce the deal.
Angolan striker Flavio follows in the footsteps of coach Manuel [...]


Algeria’s Samir Zaoui says: too much pressure!

Published: May 30, 2009

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Algeria defender Samir Zaoui admitted that the pressure from home supporters is immense, ahead of next month’s World Cup qualifier with Egypt.
Zaoui indicated that manager Rabeh Saadane’s decision to hold out a pre-match camp in France was on spot, amid the fans’ over-enthusiasm.
“The idea of having a camp in France helped us avoid the pressure [...]


Al Ahly wants Fadl

Published: May 30, 2009

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Egypt striker Mohamed Fadl declared that he is in serious talks with former club Ahli over a summer move.
The 29-year-old, who was initially linked with Zamalek, is considering a totally-conflicting move to Egyptian champions Ahli, following his Ismaili contract expiry.
“I received a contract offer from Ahli and I am ready to make a return,” Fadl [...]


Abbas wins elections

Published: May 30, 2009

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The wealthy businessman beat controversial lawyer Mansour, who was seen as his main challenger, 10755-8758 in a ballot of Zamalek’s general assembly.
Kamal Darwish, under whom the Cairo giants enjoyed four fruitful years in the early 2000s, finished third with just 4474 votes.
Abbas takes office for the second time, having occupied the prestigious seat between 2006 [...]


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