LONDON (Reuters) - Liverpool left back Andy Robertson said on Monday he had sustained ligament damage in Sunday's 1-1 friendly draw with Athletic Bilbao. "Scan suggests nothing too major but there’s some ligament damage which will need to mend. Robertson limped off at the end of the first half of the match at Anfield as he attempted to block a cross. Liverpool wrapped up their pre-season friendlies with a 3-1 win against Osasuna on Monday. Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara both made their first pre-season appearances for Liverpool in Monday's match at Anfield.

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - English football's 100 million pound man Jack Grealish knows how Lionel Messi feels after saying his own tearful farewell to Aston Villa. The 25-year-old midfielder explained that he had joined the Premier League champions to win trophies and cement his position with England. "I've always said how much I wanted to play Champions League football and I couldn't do that at Villa this year," he said. "I have come here to win silverware and play in the Champions League, so that is my only focus now." City lost out in last season's Champions League final to league rivals Chelsea.

PARIS (Reuters) -A Barcelona member has filed complaints with a French court and the European Commission with the aim of blocking Lionel Messi's potential move to Paris St Germain, according to documents seen by Reuters on Monday. Barcelona, like their main La Liga rivals Real Madrid, are fully owned by their subscription-paying members known as "socios". FFP rules forbid top European soccer clubs from paying their playing squads an excessive share of their total revenues, according to the member's complaints, which also state that the transfer of 34-year-old Argentine Messi to PSG would breach the code. PSG and France's professional soccer league LFP did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Any transfer of Messi from Barcelona to PSG would constitute a distortion of competition with other national leagues, the complaints say, and would be detrimental to Barcelona fans.

Russian tourists to Hurghada received a warm welcome upon arrival - Min. of Tourism & AntiquitiesKamel welcomed the tourists and presented them with roses, souvenirs and promotional materials about the Egyptian tourist destinations in Russian. She spoke to them about the Egyptian tourist destinations and its various tourist products and activities that they can enjoy throughout their vacation in Egypt. Russian tourists to Hurghada received a warm welcome upon arrival - Min. Russian tourists to Hurghada received a warm welcome upon arrival - Min.

CAIRO – 9 August 2021: Egyptian and Emirati air forces continue the activities of their joint air training (Zayed-3), which kicked off last week in the United Arab Emirates shortly after the arrival of the Egyption forces at Al Dhafra Air Base. During past week, the joint forces carried out number of training operations with the aim of enhancing the ability to operate joint air missions and exchange experiences between both sides. Members of the Egyptian Air Forces participating in the Egyptian-Emirati joint air exercise [Zayed-3] arrived August 2, at Al Dhafra Air Base, in the United Arab Emirates. This joint training comes as part of supporting and strengthening military cooperation and joint coordination between the Egyptian and Emirati armed forces through the implementation of several joint exercises in various specialties. The Egyption and Emirati last joint air exercise [Zayed-3] lasted for two weeks and was concluded in May.

Egyptian actress Nelly Karim postponed her wedding until after mourning for actress Dalal Abdel-Aziz, who passed away on Saturday. With Abdel-Aziz’s death, Karim has chosen to wait until after the three days of mourning. Abdel-Aziz passed away at the age of 61 due to COVID-19. Since the death of her husband, Abdel-Aziz was in the intensive care unit. The actress has been trending on social media this week after announcing her marriage to her millions of followers.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Egypt announced it has supported the medium, small and micro enterprises projects with nearly three billion LE in funds during 2020, which raised the number of these projects to more than 103,000. The medium, small and micro enterprises sector was amongst the sectors hit the hardest by the coronavirus pandemic last year, it said. It added, on its official Twitter page, that half of the beneficiaries were women. Egypt’s Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala al-Saeed said last year that around 5.8 million Egyptians work in the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) sector, representing about 43.1 percent of the total number of workers in the official sector. Egypt’s Vision 2030 represents a major pillar in encouraging knowledge, innovation and scientific research, she added, aiming by 2030 to transform Egypt into a creative and innovative society conductive to science, technology and knowledge.

The Grand Egyptian Museum has succeeded in installing the metal structure containing the first boat of King Khufu in its final display in the museum at a building specially allocated to King Khufu’s fleet, the Antiquities Ministry announced Saturday. The boat was transferred to the museum at Saturday dawn, coming from the area of ​​the Pyramids of Giza according to the Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Archaeological Affairs at the Grand Egyptian Museum, Al-Tayeb Abbas. The ship will remain inside its metal hull until the completion of the Khufu Boat Museum building, where a tight environmental control system was set up to monitor temperatures and humidity. As soon as the boat arrived and was installed, archaeologists and restorers at the museum examined the boat, Executive Director of the Restoration and Transportation of Antiquities at the Grand Egyptian Museum, Issa Zeidan said. He added that the restorers will begin restoring and rehabilitating it until it is presented in its final form.

Egypt’s Health and Population Ministry announced the availability of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the 126 offices and international vaccination centers affiliated with the ministry throughout the country to vaccinate travelers abroad. In a statement on Monday, the ministry added that vaccines for travelers abroad are free of charge and will never be sold. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine is a viral vector vaccine, it explained, operating through the same method as AstraZeneca and Sputnik. Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced Monday that Egypt has received its first shipments of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A Health Ministry statement explained that 261,600 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been received at Cairo International Airport, in cooperation with the African Union.

CAIRO – 9 August 2021: Cairo international airport received, Monday the first patch of Johnson & Johnson Vaccine against coronavirus. According to the Ministry of Health, this shipment which included 21,600 doses of the vaccine, will be will be assigned to travelers. Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed said the shipment will undergo tests at the labs of The Egyptian Drug Authority (EDA). The spokesman also urged citizens to register their names again at the ministry's website to get vaccinated. Health Minister Hala Zayed said last month that Egypt will receive 148.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine between August and the year end.

CAIRO – 9 August 2021: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, greeted on Monday the Egyptian people and the Muslim world on the New Hijri Year 1443. “I extend my sincere greetings to the Egyptian people and the Islamic nation on the occasion of the new Hijri year. That glorious occasion that embodied the loftiest meanings of sacrifice in the love of the homeland and patience over the affliction and hardship of life.” Sisi tweeted. The university prayed to Allah to preserve the homeland and bless it with security, peace, safety and prosperity. The Hijri [Islamic] lunar calendar consists of 12 months and 354 or 355 days.

Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed announced that Egypt has received its first shipments of the US “Johnson & Johnson” vaccine. Approximately 261,600 doses of the vaccine were received at Cairo International Airport Monday morning as part of the ministry’s plan to diversify and expand its provision of coronavirus vaccines. She confirmed other shipments of the vaccine will be received shortly. He added that the shipment received on Monday will be distributed to 126 centers designated for the vaccination of travelers abroad. The shipment will be subject to analysis in the laboratories of the Egyptian Drug Authority, he assured, pointing out that the “Johnson & Johnson” vaccine has proven effective in preventing infection with the coronavirus through only one dose and does not require booster doses.

CAIRO - 9 August 2020: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli declared Sunday that the executive regulations of a new law on blood operations and collecting plasma for manufacturing and exporting plasma derivatives will contribute to the accurate application of the law. Madbouli also emphasized the major importance of a national project adopted and regularly followed up by President Abdel Abdel Fattah El Sisi to regulate blood operations for these purposes to secure the country's needs of plasma derivatives and reduce dependence on blood plasma exports, leading to ensuring drug security. The premier said during a meeting to discuss the draft executive regulations with the ministers of health, higher education and scientific research, and justice. In addition to the definitions of relevant constitutional terms and concepts, the six-chapter document sets forth the measures to regulate blood operations, like the licensing procedures for blood and plasma donation centers, Cabinet Spokesman Nader Saad said in a statement. It also includes a set of general provisions about the donation process and the tests needed before donating or using blood plasma.

CAIRO - 9 August 2020: The Health Ministry said Monday that 65 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases reported in the country since the beginning of the outbreak to 284,706. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 9 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,575. As many as 402 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 233,227 so far, the spokesman said. Egypt will receive 148.2 million doses of coronavirus vaccine between August and the year end, Health Minister Hala Zayed said last month. The doses will be sufficient to inoculate 83.7 million citizens, the minister said during the weekly cabinet meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli at the cabinet headquarters in new Alamein city.

Flight MS724 of an Airbus A330-300 arrived Hurghada with 300 Russian tourists on board. The airport staff received Russian tourists with roses, souvenirs, and flyers that include information about Egyptian tourist destinations in the Russian language. Lamia Kamel, Assistant Minister of Tourism and Antiquities for Promotion was among the recipient to welcome Russian tourists at the airport. She noted that the Russian tourist group expressed his happiness to return to the Egyptian tourist resorts in the Red Sea where they will enjoy the sunny beaches, landscapes, warm atmosphere and the various marine activities. Kamel also said that the Russian tourists will conduct tourist, cultural and entertainment tours, in addition to visiting the cities of Cairo and Luxor.