It's Ismaili
The players who wear the colours of Brazil became champions in their own right, crowning an electrifying season-ending finish. Alaa Shahine reports

Bench warmer no more
THOUGH he failed to score in the final game, and was noticeably ineffective down the home stretch, Ismaili's star striker Abdel-Hamid Bassiouni was one of the happiest players on the club once the league championship was theirs.. --read on--

Squash in the middle
Amid the tension between India and Pakistan lies a squash tournament which may be forced to move. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab examines what the options are

Boos for the president
FIFA boss Sepp Blatter won another four-year term but not before a bruising campaign seriously damaged the reputation of football's governing body.. --read on--

Century's best
Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup has been voted the goal of the century in a recent poll held by FIFAworldcup.com, the official Web site of the 2002 World Cup..--read on--

Beckham, a man transformed
From a cause of loss in France to England's captain in Korea and Japan, David Beckham is a man transformed --read on--

Lions roar, eagles fail to soar
Senegal caused one of the biggest upsets in soccer history while Nigeria flunked its first test. Alaa Shahine reports on Africa's first week in the World Cup.

'Tickets, tickets'
How one man in Japan sells them and how much he gets for them

Briefs