Egypt smashed Libya in a World Cup qualifier but it might not be enough, as Nashwa Abdel-Tawab explains

Madrid, London, Paris, New York and Moscow are currently battling for the right to host the Olympic Games in 2012. Starting today and up until the announcement of the results on 9 July, Al-Ahram Weekly will give periodic updates on the latest news of the five bidding cities, as provided by the candidates themselves

by Alaa Abdel-Ghani