The Egyptian eight
Egypt took third in the World Cup of rowing thanks to a closely-knit team.
Nashwa Abdel-Tawab looks at a precision performance

Taking over a winner
Farouq Gaafar is the new head coach of league champions Ismaili. Abeer Anwar reports

Better than hope
For the past five years, Tim Henman has been Britain's best hope to win Wimbledon. This year, he's gone one step better -- he's actually the favourite.. --read on--

Supporting sports
Vodafone Egypt has unveiled an ambitious programme designed to help improve the standard of sports in the country. --read on--

Lion pride
Senegal could not make it to the semi-finals but left the World Cup with heads held high --read on--

Three R's for America
The United States came to the World Cup seeking redemption, respect and recognition. It got all three

From the sidelines
Some refs are more human than others
I refuse to predict how the teams will fare in what remains of the World Cup.. --read on--

Faulty whistle blowers
The officiating in Korea and Japan has been questionable and some decisions have been outrageous

Leave it to Voeller
It hasn't been beautiful but Germany's play was good enough, and much of the credit goes to the coach --read on--

Briefs