CAIRO: As the world cup wound up on Sunday with an ending engaged with what must have been fantasy, we will now be counting down another four years and live in anticipation for more magic, theatrical prose and just another bout of beautiful football. Growing up in multicultural Australia and hearing just what football meant [...]

Spain wins, but the world loses as officiating dominates the final and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This was the sentiment after Spain’s 1-0 victory over The Netherlands on Sunday. Andres Iniesta snuck inside the penalty area, took a pass from Cesc Fabregas and powered home a goal that proved the game winner [...]

CAIRO: Algeria coach Rabah Saadane criticized on Wednesday what he described as the inadequate punishment handed out to Egypt after an attack on his team’s bus before November’s World Cup qualifier in Cairo. FIFA found Egypt guilty of overcrowding the Cairo Stadium and holding up the Algerian bus, while fans attacked it—resulting in 4 Algerian [...]

CAIRO: The governing football body FIFA has handed Egypt a two-game ban from playing in Cairo for the opening two World Cup qualifiers for 2014. The ruling comes after FIFA reviewed an incident in Cairo last November where Egyptian fans attacked the Algeria team bus, injuring three players. FIFA also found Egypt guilty of overcrowding [...]

CAIRO: The world football governing body, FIFA, will hear a disciplinary hearing with Egypt in Zurich today over the violence that followed last Novembers match with Algeria in a World Cup qualification match. The event in question occurred in Cairo ahead of the final qualification match. According to a number of reports, Egyptian fans threw [...]

CAIRO: Despite missing out on the World Cup this June in South Africa, Egypt continues to hold strong in the top 20 of the FIFA world rankings. On Wednesday, FIFA released its latest rankings, with Egypt moving up three spots to number 14. The move comes even after Egypt lost to England 3-1 in the [...]

CAIRO: When the Algerian football team showed up in Cairo for the final World Cup qualifying group stage match in November, Egyptian fans allegedly attacked the team, throwing rocks and possibly injuring players. FIFA announced that it will hold a hearing next month as part of its investigation into the matter. The world football governing [...]

CAIRO: The Egyptian national football team jumped into the top 10 of FIFA’s – the world football governing body – recent rankings published on Wednesday, marking the first time the African nation has made it this high. Nigera followed Egypt as the second highest ranked African nation, moving up 7 spots to take the 15th [...]