FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter today lauded Egypt for its organization of the FIFA U-20 World Cup during a press conference in Johannesburg ahead of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Asked why nothing has been said of Egypt’s readiness to host the tournament in the fall while much has been made of Nigeria’s preperations to [...]
Africa gets down to business: final round, matchday 2 preview
The novelty of March’s opening round of fixtures for 2010 World Cup qualifying in Africa is behind us and by the end of this month, half of just about every team’s group matches will have already been played. There are is no more margin for error for the heavyweights that let points slip in their [...]
Oman vs. Egypt – player ratings
Player ratings for Egypt’s 1-0 win in Muscat over Gulf Cup champions Oman over the weekend. I went ahead and rated the players more by unit than individually; probably a more useful method for friendly matches with extra substitutions. Goalkeeping – 9 – Only Essam El-Hadary played. A bit of a shaky start at first [...]
Egyptian Snip-Willy
A 25-year-old Egyptian man cut off his own penis to spite his family after he was refused permission to marry a girl from a lower class family, police reported Sunday. [+] (Huffington Post)
