July 2009 News

Mido has joined Zamalek on a loan deal!

Published: July 31, 2009

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Middlesbrough forward Mido has joined Zamalek on a season-long loan deal, the Egyptian giants have announced.
The 26-year-old, who began his career with the White Knights, will have the option of penning a permanent deal at the end of his loan period, but only if Zamalek meet Boro’s terms.
Gareth Southgate’s side have pocketed £4million for the [...]

Amir takes Al Ahly to another beating (video)

Published: July 26, 2009

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Ahli received another drubbing defeat in the friendly Wembley tournament as they lost 4-1 to European champions Barcelona.
Bojan Krkic, Jose Manuel Rueda, Jeffren and Pedro wrapped up an easy win for the Blaugrana, while Hani Al-Egeizi scored Ahli’s only goal.
Josep Guardiola fielded a star-less line-up keeping his big guns on the bench, much to the [...]

Video: Al Ahly trashed 5-0 at The Wembley Cup

Published: July 24, 2009

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Al Ahly Lost 5-0 against the Scottish Champs 5-0 at The Wembley Cup 2009.
The Scottish giants went to the locker room two up, thanks to goals from Massimo Donati and Scott McDonald.
Three second-half goals from Shaun Maloney, McDonald and Chris Killen ensured Ahli had a night to forget at the 90,000-seat Wembley Stadium.
The Red Devils [...]

Benji poised for Al Ahly switch

Published: July 23, 2009

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Hibernian have given out-of-favour striker Abdessallam Benjelloun permission to hold talks with Egyptian club Al Ahly.
The 24-year-old Moroccan international has struggled at Easter Road since moving from Maghreb Fez in 2006.
And he spent loan spells in Belgium with Royal Charleroi and KSV Roeselare.
Benjelloun criticised Hibs’ tactics under Mixu Paatelainen and it appears he does not [...]

Egypt U-20 midfielder set for Cologne trial

Published: July 23, 2009

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Egypt U-20 midfielder Ali Mazhar, who plays for American side Rutgers, will undergo a trial at Germany’s Cologne, the player’s agent said on Thursday.
“He could join Cologne before the closure of the summer transfer window,”
-Mamdouh Eid players agent
“He underwent a trial with Cologne in March but the deal did not go through because the club [...]

M. Zidan Scores in a friendly (Video)

Published: July 20, 2009

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Mohamed Zidan helped Borussia Dortmund register a 2-0 win at second Bundesliga side SC Paderborn 07 in a pre-season warm-up game on Sunday.
The Egypt striker was introduced as a second-half substitute, and he doubled the Borussians’ lead on 77 minutes after intercepting an awkward pass to go one-on-one with the keeper.
Bulgarian frontman Dimitar Rangelov opened [...]

Al-Hadary to Ismaili

Published: July 20, 2009

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Sion goalie Essam Al-Hadari is close to signing for Ismaili, after he agreed terms with Dervishes president Nasr Aboul-Hassan.

The official website of the former Ahli goalie mentioned that he preferred to join Ismaili despite receiving offers from European sides.
Al-Hadari’s ‘desire to get back to Egypt’ was cited as a reason for him to accept the [...]

Al Ahly eyes on Olivier Karekezi (Video)

Published: July 11, 2009

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According to HamKam CEO Tor Rullestad, Egypt’s Al-Ahly, who are chasing Rwandan international Olivier Karekezi, will have to break the bank to land the Amavubi skipper.
In a report posted in The Times News, the Norwegian spoke about the situation surrounding Karekezi.
“We are in negotiations, and it is too early to say anything concrete, but the [...]

Rafik Saifi hopes to see us FALL!!

Published: July 11, 2009

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Algeria forward Rafik Saifi says that he hopes Egypt will fail to win their next two qualifiers so his team can secure World Cup qualification before Group C’s final round.
The Desert Foxes are currently top of the group with seven points, followed by Egypt and Zambia, who are both on four.
While Egypt will travel to [...]

El Hadary’s Fifa ban On Hold!

Published: July 7, 2009

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it has “frozen” the penalties handed out by world football’s governing body on El Hadary and his current club, FC Sion.
El Hadary had an acrimonious departure from Cairo club Al Ahly, switching without their permission to FC Sion in Switzerland.
He took advantage of a contentious CAS ruling [...]

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