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4 - 10 June 1998
Issue No.380
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FIFABlowing the whistle
He's our ambassador on the field. But is El-Ghandour ready for football's new regulations? Nashwa Abdel-Tawab asks the World Cup-bound referee

 

Africa's choice
Four days from now, FIFA will have a new president. Due to a generous offer, Africa is backing Sweden's Johansson. But is it a wise decision, asks Eman Abdel-Moeti

 

Paris readies for Cup fireworks
To open the 1998 World Cup -- the last of its kind this millennium -- the French want to lay on something quite different