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The three lions win 3-1 despite Pharaoh’s impressive effort

By Gaser El Safty Despite a promising start, Egypt’s national football team lost 3-1 in a in a friendly match against England at Wembley Stadium, Wednesday night. The Egyptian team excelled in the first half, when Mohammed Zidan scored the first goal 23 minutes into the game. However England bounced back with Tottenham Hotspur striker Peter Crouch scoring two goals, and Manchester City’s right winger [...]

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Algeria overcomes Rwanda: a prelude to Pharaoh’s demise?

A huge number of AUCians turned on their TV yesterday at 2 p.m. to watch Algeria overcome Rwanda by three goals to one. Although both countries cannot be described as soccer sensations, the race between Egypt and Algeria to win a ticket to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has propelled many AUCians to watch [...]

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Young Pharaohs kicked out of U-20 World Cup by Costa Rica

Over 80, 000 Egyptian spectators gathered on Tuesday to cheer for their national teams, only to be sent home with crushed hopes of winning the Under-20 World Cup. Costa Rica won 2-0, with Jose Mena starting off with a diving header in the 21st minute, putting pressure on Egypt and causing anxiety to the country’s fans. [...]

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AUC “Wolves” come third in Alexandria rugby tournament

The American University in Cairo’s rugby team “AUC Wolves” came third in the international tournament “Alex 10s” which was hosted by the Alexandria University over spring break. Having lost their first match against the Fijian Multinational Force Observers (MFO) 64 to nil the Wolves’ biggest challenge was keeping spirits high, especially after MFO went on to [...]

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Pele-wannabes meet on Saturdays at Tahrir

Though the students are gone from the old campus, soccer fanatics will be happy to know matches are still being held in the basketball court. The Graduate Students Association is organizing two-hour matches at Tahrir Square campus every Saturday starting at 2 p.m. “Our main aim is to maintain the links between the graduate students and make [...]

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