Al-Ahram Weekly Online   12 - 18 December 2002
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A new record
THOMAS Rupprath broke the world short-course 100 metre backstroke record in Melbourne on Sunday, but only after the German team lodged a protest against his disqualification.

Lucky number seven?
In the absence of Zamalek -- which has been preparing for its meet with Rajaa of Casablanca in the final of the African League Champions Cup -- all national league matches this week ended in a victory. Inas Mazhar reports

A cliché of a possibility
More than one hundred thousand spectators are expected to fill the Cairo Stadium to witness the final of the African Champions League Championship tomorrow, when Zamalek -- one of Egypt's powerhouses of the game -- will take on its opponent Rajaa of Casablanca.

World Boxer
American Floyd Mayweather has retained his World Boxing Council lightweight title with a unanimous 12-round decision over Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo.

African Cup holders
Honda Title
Retirement retraction
BBC award
English bronze medal
African Footballer 2002

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