Al-Ahram Weekly Online   12 - 18 August 2010
Issue No. 1011
Sports
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Best of all
Egypt not only won all the individual medals in the 2010 Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship, but now holds all four main world team titles
Fun with the first family
As Syria readies to host the Special Olympics Middle East and North Africa Regional Games taking place from 24 September to 3 October, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asmaa paid a surprise visit to Syria's intellectually disabled athletes at their training camp, joining them in basketball, volleyball and badminton...
Domestic debut
The Egyptian football league kicked off a new season with title holders Ahli and runners-up Zamalek drawing separately, Ahmed Morsy reports
Famous fan
One of Zamalek club's most diehard supporters, George Saad, has passed away, leaving behind a long history of backing the White Castle...
Pot of medals
The 17th African Senior Athletics Championship has concluded, Ghada Abdel-Kader reports from Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi
Now, London
After Egypt's outstanding performance in the African Athletics Championship in Kenya, the goal now is the 2012 Olympic Games, reports Ghada Abdel-Kader

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