Taking a spin
It's not quite the Tour De France but Egypt's own mini-tour created its fair share of excitement. Yasmine El-Rashidi looks at the cycling tour and its accompanying Cairo community

Sixty minutes
Top seed Lleyton Hewitt needed just an hour to beat Brazil's Gustavo Kuerten 6-1, 6-1 to retain his Pacific Life Open title in California. Hewitt outplayed Kuerten, making just 10 unforced errors to the Brazilian's 30, while hitting 19 winners...

Staying put, lying low
Ahli remained on course to win the league football title while Ittihad might not be around much longer. Eric Asomugha reports

Naming names
National team football players have been selected for a crucial game against Mauritius. Inas Mazhar sees who's in and who's not

Holland again and again
The Dutch won the singles and doubles finals of Egypt's ITF women's tennis tournament. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab reports

Big stick
Poland took first place in the 5th Akhbar Al-Youm international field hockey championship staged from 8-14 March...

Briefs
FIFA has permitted the loan transfer of Egypt striker Ahmed "Mido" Hossam to Spanish club Celta Vigo...