Egypt international and Al Ahly-bound Mohamed Shokry has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, the club has announced. The 24-year-old left-back started against Al Masry on Sunday before being forced off the pitch after just 11 minutes as he was seen holding his knee. After undergoing several scans, it has been revealed that Shokry is set for a spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). With one cap to his name, it has been announced that Shokry is set to return to his boyhood club Al Ahly at the end of the season after the ..read more

Al Ahly legend turned pundit Ahmed Shobier has revealed the real reason behind Percy Tau’s recent exclusion from the Reds’ squad. The South African superstar hasn’t featured for Al Ahly since March 29 when Al Ahly beat Simba in Tanzania 1-0 in the first-leg of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals. It was revealed that the reason behind Tau’s absence is a leg injury; however, Ahmed Shobier claims that the player has fallen out with his boss Marcel Koller because he questions his decisions. Shobier believes that Tau has been reacting negatively to not being on the pitch, something which made ..read more

Al Ahly have clinched the African Handball Super Cup for the third consecutive year after beating arch-rivals Zamalek in the final. The 2024 African Handball Super Cup was held from 15 to 16 April 2024 at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena, in Oran, Algeria. Al Ahly qualified for the competition as the 2023 African Handball Champions League winners, while Zamalek made it as the 2023 African Men’s Handball Cup Winners’ Cup winner. Egypt’s Alexandria Sporting Club was also supposed to qualify Cup Winners’ Cup third-placed, but they withdrew from the tournament and were Congo’s BMC. Both ..read more

Petrojet have returned to the Egyptian Premier League after a four-year absence as they secured a top-spot finish in the promotion group. Having played for 12 consecutive seasons in the Egyptian Premier League, Petrojet were relegated at the end of the 2018/19 season after finishing 16th on the league table. However, under promotion specialist Sayed Eid, Petrojet have secured a return back to the top tier with three games left to play after beating Raya 3-0 in the promotion group. Next season will be Petrojet’s 13th in the Egyptian Premier League, with their biggest achievement coming in the ..read more

Al Ahly head coach Marcel Koller has defended his lineup choices after his side’s 2-1 defeat to rivals Zamalek in the Cairo derby. The champions were condemned to their second defeat in their last four Egyptian Premier League games this season when they faced Zamalek on Monday evening. Despite Ahmed Abdelkader’s second-half equaliser for Al Ahly, Seifeddine Jaziri’s brace was enough to give Zamalek the win and the three points. Marcel Koller was heavily criticised by fans and pundits due to his lineup selection before the game but the Swiss manager believes he approached the game with the rig ..read more

Zamalek have defeated Al Ahly 2-1 in the Egyptian Premier League’s postponed Cairo derby on Monday evening. The White Knights earned a massive victory to go level on points with their arch-rivals Al Ahly, who have two games in hand. Meanwhile, the defeat meant that Al Ahly have won just one game out of their last four league matches after their late 1-0 triumph over newly-promoted ZED FC last week. A flying start to the game saw Zamalek take the lead just before half-time with Nasser Maher finding Seifeddine Jaziri with a delightful through ball before the Tunisian found the net on the follow ..read more

Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca missed out on qualifying for the CAF Champions League for the first time in nine years. The Red Castle are having a disastrous season, having first lost the African Football League final to Mamelodi Sundowns, before crashing out of both the Arab Cup and the CAF Champions League from the group stages. The poor results continued in the domestic scene as they were knocked out of the Moroccan Throne Cup in the round of 32 by JS Soualem as well as sitting fifth on the league table. Their most recent defeat came at the hand of league leaders AS FAR on Saturday, than ..read more

Egypt international Sam Morsy has been named Ipswich Town Men’s Player of the Year by the Supporters. Morsy is having a memorable season, leading Ipswich Town to a promotion-chasing campaign as they currently sit top of the EFL Championship table. He overall captained the Tractor Boys in 39 league games this season, scoring twice and assisting six times, missing just four games due to suspensions. Following a 1-1 draw against his former side Middlesbrough at Portman Road, Morsy was presented with the award, something his boss Kieran McKenna believes he is worthy of. “He [Morsy] has [been so c ..read more

Egyptian referee Ibrahim Noureldien has been confirmed to take over the upcoming Cairo derby between Al Ahly and Zamalek. Zamalek will host arch-rivals Al Ahly next Monday at Cairo Stadium in a postponed match from the tenth round of the Egyptian Premier League. Al Ahly currently sit ninth in the league table, but still have six games in hand, while Zamalek are in 12th with four games in hand. It has been unveiled by the EFA that Ibrahim Noureldien will officiate the game, making it the second Cairo derby he took over since the 2013/14 playoff game, in which Al Ahly won 1-0. Noureldien will b ..read more

Al Ahly have received a massive triple boost ahead of the Cairo derby as Percy Tau, Ali Maaloul, and Mohamed Hany have been made available. The Reds have been without a host of key players over the last few Premier League games, with both Maaloul and Tau being sidelined due to fatigue. Meanwhile, Mohamed Hany was rested in the club’s recent victory over ZED FC as Omar Kamal replaced him in the starting line-up. With the Cairo derby approaching, taking place on Monday, April 15, Marcel Koller will be relieved to know that all three players will be able to feature against Zamalek. The trio will ..read more