Al-Ahram Weekly

Victory of sorts
Egypt defeated the UAE in the first of a gruelling seven-match schedule in January. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports

Half- time
Count your blessings
Mounir Sabet should consider himself among the lucky people. ....read on.....

Egypt up, England out
While Egypt celebrated successes in six of the eight finals in the Eye Group British Junior Open Squash Championships in Sheffield, hosts England were left without a single victory in the world's most prestigious junior tournament for the first time since 1980. .....read on.....

Clockwork precision
Roger Federer and Martina Hingis claimed the Hopman Cup in Perth for Switzerland. Hingis defeated American Monica Seles, 7-5, 6-4, in 72 minutes and Federer, the former top-ranked junior, easily outlasted Jan-Michael Gambill, 6-4, 6-3, in a little over an hour to finalise the triumph. .....read on.....

		Al-Ahram Weekly On-line 11 - 17 January 2001 Issue No.516
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