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AMAVUBI Stars fly to Cairo this afternoon ahead of Sunday's 2010 World /Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. The 30-man contingent leaves aboard Kenya Airways at 1pm.
Egyptian delegation of the Egyptian National Olympic Committee (ENOC) will arrives Abuja on Saturday to participate in the election of the secretary general of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) that is to be held on the 6th and 7th of July at ANOCA headquarters in Abuja.
Egypt has made great strides in improving access to drinking water and is well-situated to address remaining challenges related to water and sanitation, a United Nations independent human rights expert said today.
Close Circuit Television (CCTV) footage has assisted in ruling out the possibility that mystery women or hotel staff could have been responsible for the alleged theft of cash from the Egyptian football team about two weeks ago.
AMAVUBI Stars' head coach Tucak Branko is working out ways of filling Jean Mugiraneza's void in next month's make or break 2010 World/ Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt.
After successfully taken Nigeria to two impressive international outings - World Youth Championship in Holland 2005 and the Beijing Summer Olympics in China last year, Coach Samson Siasia has succeeded in creating a larger than life image for himself in the mind of most Nigerians.
Egypt's Ahmed Fathi has been ruled out f the Egyptian side which will play against Rwanda in the 2010 World/Africa Nations Cup qualifier on July 5 in Cairo.
THE Brazilians have dazzled the opposition, the Spaniards have been absolutely brilliant, the hosts are still hanging in there -- thanks to the heroics of a New Zealand they believed only played rugby -- and the United States are celebrating the realisation of their American Dream.
The national karate team has received an invitation to take part in the African Youth Championship scheduled for August 1-8 in Cairo, Egypt.
The Egypt Football Association (EFA) has threatened legal action against some South African newspapers over lurid allegations about the Pharaohs.
THE Pharaohs of Egypt -- their reputation tainted by a 0-3 defeat at the hands of the United States of America -- returned home yesterday after a tour of duty that has been marred by damaging media reports here that their players were robbed last week after a fling with some South African prostitutes.
Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, is billed to commence a four-nation tour to Nigeria and three other African nations today; in a bid to boost Russia's global influence and vie with China and the U.S. for control of energy and resources. The four African countries are Egypt, Nigeria, Angola and Namibia.
Four students from Makerere University's Faculty of Computing and Information Technology will represent the country at the world's biggest IT innovations event to be held in Cairo, Egypt early next month.
Egypt and Sudan have written a joint protest note to other Nile Basin countries saying that agreements that gave the downstream countries superior rights over the use of River Nile waters were still binding on all, despite the recent adoption of legislation opposed to the agreements made in the colonial era.
Brazilian striker Luis Fabiano was on target on Sunday evening as he helped Brazil beat Italy 3-0 and eliminate the world champions from the Confederations Cup.
Local football governing body (Ferwafa) president is confident Amavubi Stars can stun Egypt in Cairo when the two sides meet on July 5.
Tanzania has recognised eleven foreign tourist companies with a prestigious award.
Egypt 1 Italy 0
MIGHTY Brazil destroyed world champions Italy 3-0 in Pretoria yesterday on a night of high drama in the 2009 Confederations Cup that saw Egypt crash out of the tournament -- after being humiliated by the same scoreline by the United States in Rustenberg -- with the Americans powering their way into the semi-finals.
Differences over sharing of Nile waters may have deepened following the failure among the nine countries along the Nile to come to an agreement.
Africa's two contenders in the Confederations Cup - the curtain-raiser to next year's World Cup - are riding high after doing relatively well in the first part of the tournament.
THE value of trade between Uganda and Egypt is expected to reach almost $50m (about sh108b) this year, the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Indutsry president has predicted.
Fifa have rejected a complaint that the penalty which won Brazil its match against Egypt in the Confederations Cup on Monday was awarded on the basis of a video replay.
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