Protesters injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Egypt's capital on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic spat that erupted ...
Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at riot police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, leaving dozens of officers injured and triggering ...
FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Egypt following the violence before their World Cup qualifier with Algeria in Cairo last week, world football's governing body said. "According to the official reports received by FIFA, on 12 November, there were incidents affecting the ...
Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier. The interior ministry said 11 officers were hurt and 15 cars ...
Egypt, whose state-owned media staked so much on qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in two decades, vented its anguish in an escalating diplomatic row with its Algerian vanquishers. The Egyptian government called in the Algerian ambassador and ...
African superstars Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Michael Essien will discover Friday who they face at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. A draw ceremony in the capital of the oil-rich south-west Africa state divides the 16 qualifiers into four groups ...
Egypt recalled its ambassador in Algeria on Thursday after attacks against Egyptian football fans in Sudan and businesses in Algiers, amid a brewing diplomatic crisis over a World Cup showdown. An Egyptian foreign ministry official confirmed to AFP that the ambassador in ...
Lebanese pop diva under fire for song comparing black Egyptians to monkeys A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black ...
Egypt suspended its membership of the Union of North African Football Federations on Thursday, complaining that Algerian fans had thrown stones at their supporters during the country's World Cup exit. The Egyptian Football Federation wrote to its counterparts in Algeria, Libya, Morocco ...
Algerian soccer fans react in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 after Algeria defeated Egypt in a World Cup 2010 qualifying playoff soccer match that took place in Khartoum. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) Copyright 2009 AP News
Algerian players celebrate after scoring against Egypt during their World Cup qualifying playoff soccer match at the Marrikh Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Copyright 2009 AP News
Loss and bitterness replaced triumph on Thursday as life in Cairo resumed its daily grind after Algeria ended the Pharoahs' World Cup hopes. Egyptian football fans had been jubilant on Saturday when the team beat Algeria 2-0 in Cairo to force a ...
