Centenary club
FIFA honours Egypt's oldest club. Mohamed El-Sayed looks at a historical great

New Year's loss
For Egyptian soccer, the year did not end on a winning note

Break up
The Olympic football team has been disbanded following its loss to Tunisia and the almost sheer impossibility of Egypt going to the Athens Olympics, writes Mohamed El-Sayed

Briefs
FIFA's World Cup inspectors will visit Libya and Egypt this month to complete their assessment of the five African candidates seeking to host the 2010 finals...

How cool it is
A trip to Egypt is not just about ancient sites. Yasmine El-Rashidi takes a journey of another kind

Portrait of a pro: Hussein Hegazi
Egyptian enigma

WHY US?
Quote of the week