CAIRO – 17 August 2021: Egypt recorded Monday 107 COVID-19 infections, and six deaths as well as 136 recoveries at isolation hospitals. He added that there is a slight increase in Coronavirus infections, whereas the patients showing mild to medium symptoms. In his statements to DMC channel, Taj El-Din noted that the health ministry is closely following with all of the updates regarding COVID mutations. Taj El-Din said. The Health Ministry Spokesperson Khaled Megahed noted that the available vaccines are: Sputnik V, Sinopharm, AstraZeneca, Johnson& Johnson and Sinovac.

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's new coach Julian Nagelsmann is looking for his first win in his sixth game in charge when the German champions face Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup on Tuesday. "It would be nice to win the first title with the first win," said Nagelsmann, who succeeded Hansi Flick. "They have had a brilliant start to their season," Nagelsmann said. We will try to win balls in our opponent's half and try to counter attack ourselves," Nagelsmann said. "Soccer is team work so we will try to work as a team tomorrow.

CAIRO – 16 August 2021: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry assured to his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, Egypt’s full solidarity with his country over the recent wildfires that swept through several parts of the North African country. Up to ninety Algerian were reported dead as a result of the country's wildfires during the past week. Algerian President Abdel Majid Taboun, said that some of these fires were intended and that 22 suspects were arrested and are being investigated, after being accused of setting fires deliberately. Earlier this month, Shoukry and Lamamra have strongly underlined deeply rooted cooperation ties between Egypt and Algeria in various domains. The message focuses on the need to enhance historic ties between Egypt and Algeria, Lamamra reiterated, lauding Cairo’s ongoing support for Algiers.

(Reuters) - Chelsea's returning striker Romelu Lukaku is in line to make his second debut for the club in Sunday's London derby against Arsenal, manager Thomas Tuchel said. We will try to prepare him to play against Arsenal and hopefully he can be on the pitch," Tuchel said. "N'Golo felt discomfort in his ankle on Friday. He played a little bit in pain and (on Friday) he felt it again," Tuchel said. He is in isolation and following the protocol, and that's why he could not be in the (Palace) group."

(Reuters) - Erik Lamela enjoyed an ideal debut with Sevilla as he scored twice in a 3-0 win at home to Rayo Vallecano in his new side's first game of the LaLiga season after visiting goalkeeper Luca Zidane was sent off early on. Zidane, the son of former Real Madrid coach Zinedine, had a nightmarish return to the top flight when he was shown a red card in the 16th minute for wiping out Sevilla midfielder Oussama Idrissi as he was about to score. Moroccan striker Youssef En-Nesyri beat substitute keeper Stole Dimitrievski from the spot to give Sevilla the lead and they always looked in control against Rayo, who won promotion back to LaLiga last season. Lamela, who joined Sevilla from Tottenham Hotspur as part of the deal which saw Spanish forward Bryan Gil move the other way, came off the bench to make his debut right after halftime and needed less than 10 minutes to make an impact. Lamela now has double the amount of league goals in 45 minutes with Sevilla as he managed in the last campaign with Tottenham and as many as the season before.

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CAIRO – 16 August 2021: The Arab Publishers’ Association announced the opening of registration for the 31st Doha Book Fair, from August 15 and until November 1, provided that November 1, 2021 is the last date for receiving subscription applications; November 18 is the last date for receiving subscription fees; and November 15 is the deadline for receiving delegates' passports. It was decided to hold the 31st Doha International Book Fair from January 13-22, 2022, under the supervision and organization of the Qatar Center for Cultural and Heritage Events, affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Sports. The United States of America will be the guest of honor for the upcoming edition, within the framework of the 2021 Cultural Year between Qatar and the United States of America. This comes in light of a tradition that the exhibition has followed since 2010, where a country is chosen to be the guest of honor. The beginning was with the United States of America, then Turkey, Iran, Japan, Brazil, Germany, and then France in the last edition.

All the talk beforehand was whether Tottenham's goalscoring talisman Kane, strongly linked with a big-money move to City, would be involved. City enjoyed the lion's share of possession but their best chance came early on when Riyad Mahrez sliced wide. The final whistle was greeted with a huge roar by Tottenham's fans who chanted "Nuno Nuno" as their new Portuguese manager proved an instant hit. They are also only the third Premier League champions to lose their opening game of the following season. Tottenham became increasingly ambitious on the counter-attack with Son failing to make the most of a couple of good positions.

BERLIN (Reuters) -Former West Germany striker Gerd Mueller, one of the game's greatest goalscorers who was nicknamed "Bomber der Nation", has died at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich said on Sunday. Mueller netted a record 365 goals in the Bundesliga in a trophy-laden career that included four league titles, four German Cups and three European Cups with Bayern. Mueller was the greatest striker there has ever been and a fine person, a personality in world football," Bayern president Herbert Hainer said in a statement https://fcbayern.com/de/news/2021/08/der-fc-bayern-trauert-um-gerd-mueller?shortURL=gtjiH. Without Gerd Mueller, Bayern would not be the club we all love today. "As a player and as a person, Gerd Mueller stands like no other for Bayern and its development into one of the largest clubs in the world.

NEWCASTLE, England: West Ham United forward Michail Antonio missed a penalty before scoring with a thundering shot as the Londoners came from behind to outclass Newcastle United 4-2 in a breathless Premier League season opener at St James' Park on Sunday. Benrahma had earlier made it 2-2 with a header to put West Ham on course for a victory which seemed unlikely after they had conceded in the fifth minute to Callum Wilson. The Newcastle striker came into the contest having netted eight goals in 10 top-flight matches against West Ham, and he did not take long to spark celebrations as he nodded in Allan Saint-Maximin's cross. But Murphy went from hero to villain later in the game as he fouled Pablo Fornals to concede the penalty that led to West Ham's revival. "We showed our ability last year," Antonio said of West Ham's sixth-placed finish in the 2020-21 campaign.

CAIRO – 15 August 2021: Egypt has embarked on mega solar energy production projects as part of its vision for 2030. - The economic feasibility of solar energy components and its price are very high all over the world. Hend Farrouh, director of the Solar Cell Systems Project at the Industrial Modernization Center, told Youm7 on Sunday that solar energy has great economic feasibility and maximizes the local component of projects. The minister said Egypt naturally has a great potential in solar energy because of its bright sun most of the year. Benban Solar Park in Aswan is the largest solar energy project in the world and is expected to generate up to 1,600 megawatts of energy upon completion.

CAIRO – 15 August 2021: In just 120 years, the size of the Egyptian population jumped from nine million to over 100 million. Hence the government has set a target for the population not to exceed 143.6 million in 2052. Currently, the population growth rate is 2.5 percent. Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Said elaborated that the government aims for the fertility rate to become 2.1 children per woman in 2032 and 1.6 in 2052, down from 3.2 at present. As such, the annual population growth will stand at 400,000.

(Reuters) - Chelsea are widely tipped as the team most likely to challenge champions Manchester City for this season's Premier League title, but manager Thomas Tuchel has ruled the London club out of the race, saying they first need to close in on top-ranked rivals. European champions Chelsea, who added the Super Cup https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/kepa-hero-chelsea-win-super-cup-6-5-penalties-2021-08-11 to their collection this week, got their Premier League campaign off to a flying start with a 3-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, even without new signing Romelu Lukaku. Tuchel, who took over Chelsea midway through last season and led them to a top-four finish, said his team are "fourth favourites" to win the league and must hunt down Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool - last season's top three teams. "This is the Premier League, a tough competition. It's on us, we are in this role and in the role of the hunters, we have to close the gap to Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United.

VITORIA-GASTEIZ, Spain (Reuters) - Karim Benzema picked up where he left off last season by scoring twice to fire Real Madrid to a 4-1 win away to Alaves in their opening game of the LaLiga campaign. Benzema scored a scrappy second goal in the 62nd but moments later Alaves pulled one back when striker Joselu slotted in a penalty after a foul by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. "To call Benzema just a striker does not do him justice. The Italian also criticised his side for their sluggish start but was pleased with how they improved after halftime. "But we were much better in the second half, we showed more intensity and had more quality."

CAIRO – 14 August 2021: Egypt extended condolences to Russia after a Russian plane deployed to Turkey to fight wildfires crashed on Saturday, killing all its crew. “Egypt also expresses its solidarity [with Russia] in this painful affliction and extends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims,” the ministry added. The Russian plane crashed shortly before landing near Adana, in southern Turkey. The afflicted Russian plane was sent on 8 July to fight the wildfires that has ravaged Turkey in recent weeks. Turkey has been ravaged by around 300 wildfires in the last two weeks, which caused eight people to die in addition to the plane victims.