Mortada Mansour became the 16th president of Zamalek Club, downing the incumbent in a wild election campaign. Nashwa Abdel-Tawab was in the club on the day of reckoning

Mohamed Zidan was once dropped from the Port Said junior team only to land a four million euro contract with Germany's Werder Bremen. Mohamed El-Sayed follows the career of a world-class footballer most Egyptians have never seen play

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 offer periodic updates on the latest news of the five bidding cities, as provided by the candidates themselves