Al-Ahram Weekly On-line
25 June - 1 July 1998
Issue No.383
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 Current issue | Previous issue | Site map

Ins and outs of the cup
By the time the final stage of the World Cup first round kicked off on Tuesday, some countries had already booked their return tickets while others had made it to the second round with room to spare, reports Inas Mazhar
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With peace from Persia
Once they were enemies. Now they are friends. But one of them still had to lose. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab, in Lyons, cheered for Mahdaviki and cried with McBride
The downfall of Parreira
Saudi dreams of reaching the second round of the World Cup finals were buried even before they played their final game in the first round. Was their coach to blame? Or was he just a scapegoat?

 
The red blitzkrieg

FIFA's desire to ensure a better game and less rough play at the World Cup finals seems to have left many referees confused.

People's cup,
crooks' tickets

Whenever the World Cup tickets fiasco seems about to unravel, someone comes along and tangles it all up again. Eman Abdel-Moeti reports from wire dispatches

A football café in Egypt
WITH their crazy passion for football and the World Cup, Egyptians are ever discovering new ways of getting the best coverage. Abeer Anwar watched the Iran-USA matchdown the football café
World Cup shots