Cairo, 13 July 2021: Egyptian handball legend Ahmed Al-Ahmar, Barcelona star Ali Zain, and Zamalek star Yahya Al-Daraa adorn the list of Egypt's national team that will play the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Spanish coach Roberto Garcia Parrondo has chosen 16 players to compete in the Olympics. Egypt was drawn into the second group of the Olympics, which includes Denmark, Sweden, Portugal, Japan and Bahrain. The team's mission is headed by Ayman Salah. The team will have a rest on Tuesday, after which the team will enter a closed camp for two days before heading to Japan on July 16 to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Britain warned social media platforms they must take action over racist messages sent to England's Black soccer players following the Euro 2020 final defeat or they would face consequences. At least three Black players have been subjected to online racist abuse since the final on Sunday night. The Times reported that the government wants the platforms to provide details of those who made racially abusive comments. "We need to ensure that those platforms take action and if they don't, the government will take action against them," Stephen Barclay, chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Real Sociedad have signed Australia goalkeeper Mat Ryan from English Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion on a two-year deal, the La Liga club said. After four years at Brighton, 29-year-old Ryan returns to Spanish football, having had a three-year stint at Valencia from 2015-17. Ryan's deal includes an option for a one-year extension, Real Sociedad said. "I will work hard and I can't wait to get started playing for the team," Ryan, capped 61 times for Australia, said in a media release.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Galatasaray have decided to pull out of a friendly soccer match against Olympiakos Piraeus and return home after accusing Greek officials of discrimination after they refused to accept the players' PCR tests, the Turkish club said on Monday. Galatasaray described the incident as "clear discrimination against a Turkish team", saying the results of the PCR tests which Galatasaray had previously carried out were not accepted by the Greek officials, who demanded new tests be conducted. "We expect in the name of our country an apology from Greek offices and officials," the club said in a statement. He said in a statement that the Turkish team refused to undergo a rapid test in accordance with Greek legislation. "Given their refusal, the members of the mission were not allowed to enter our country, by my order," he said.

LONDON: La Liga champions Atletico Madrid have signed midfielder Rodrigo de Paul from Serie A side Udinese on a five-year contract, the club announced on Monday (Jul 12). Atletico did not disclose the transfer fee but British media reported that the deal was worth 35 million euros (US$41.50 million) for the 27-year-old Argentina international. He enjoyed an impressive 2020-21 campaign with Udinese, scoring nine goals and registering 10 assists in 36 Serie A appearances. De Paul spent the past five seasons in Italy after joining Udinese in 2016 and made 184 appearances in all competitions, scoring 34 goals and providing 36 assists. He previously played in La Liga for Valencia between 2014 and 2016.

CAIRO – 12 July 2021: The Coordination Committee of Party’s Youth Leaders and Politicians (CPYP) has drafted a law on the ownership and exchange of land between ministries to be used by youth centers and facilities. The draft law aims to fill the gap of youth-oriented centers in villages and towns and expand existing ones due to their small sizes. Lawmaker Ghada Ali submitted the draft law in the parliament on behalf of CPYP, requesting the formation of a committee to allocate or exchange pieces of lands for that purpose. The draft law entails that the minister of youth be the rapporteur of the committee, and the ownership of newly acquired lands be transferred to the Ministry of Youth. In no more than six months from approving the law, the Ministry of Youth shall present to the prime minister a list and a cartographic survey of all youth centers and facilities in Egypt.

LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - British police have so far arrested a total of 86 people during and following Sunday's Euro 2020 soccer final between Italy and England, they said on Monday. The Metropolitan Police said offences ranged from public order offences to actual bodily harm (ABH), drunk and disorderly behaviour and criminal damage. Some 53 of the arrests were at Wembley Stadium, where supporters clashed with each other and officials, breached security cordons and charged into the perimeter area before the start of the match, which Italy won on penalties. “Throughout the course of the Euros tournament, the vast majority of people have watched the matches responsibly and safely, and enjoyed the build up to last night’s final," said Deputy Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor. England's Football Association (FA) said it will conduct a full review into Sunday's security breach.

The Egyptian House of Representatives on Monday, approved submitted a bill 10 MPs aimed at dismissing employees affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood from the state’s administrative apparatus. The first article of the draft law stipulates that “without prejudice to the constitutional guarantees established for some groups against dismissal from office, the provisions of this law shall apply to workers in units of the state’s administrative apparatus, including ministries, departments, government agencies, non-local administration units, public bodies, and other bodies that its budgets are private, and employees whose employment affairs are regulated by special laws or regulations, and employees of public sector companies.”The second article of the law allowed the dismissal of employees in several cases, including “if serious presumptions are established against him regarding what affects the national security and safety of the country,” as “the inclusion of a worker on the list of terrorists be in accordance with the provisions of the law regulating the lists of terrorist entities and terrorists is a serious presumption.”Egypt has classified the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization since 2013, months after the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi following massive popular protests against his rule.

For years, Germany has been a top study abroad destination for Egyptian students. The country has noted a 77 percent increase in Egyptian students intending to graduate from German colleges and universities between 2016 and 2019. Last year, around 38.7 percent of all Egyptian students in Germany received German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funding to pursue their higher education in the country, an Erudera.com press release reports. In addition to Egypt, Syria, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and Ghana hae also witnessed massive increases of international students intending to Graduate in Germany. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, students everywhere pivoted to online education, including many Egyptian students in Germany.

CAIRO – 12 July 2021: Under the patronage of Egypt’s Cultural Development Fund Sector, the oud duo Dina Abdel Hamid and Ghassan Al-Yousef will present a concert on July 16 at 8 p.m. at the Al-Manasterly Palace's Garden Theatre, with the participation of pianist Noha Darwish, guitarist Mohamed el-Sayed, percussionists Mohamed Marjan and Hamada, and students of the Arab Music Institute. The duo prepared a unique program including their own works and selections from folk Arab music. It is noteworthy that the Syrian artist Ghassan Al-Youssef and his Egyptian wife, Dina Abdel Hamid, are considered the first Arab duo to play on a single lute [Oud].They studied music from a young age and graduated from the Arab Oud House. They participated in many specialized international festivals, including the Oud Festival in Tetouan (Morocco), the Music Institute in Istanbul (Turkey), the International Oud Festival held under the auspices of the Egyptian Opera House and the Arab Music Festival.

Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Maryam al-Sadiq said on Monday that her country is studying an agreement to establish a Russian logistic center on Sudan’s Red Sea coast. According to Sadiq, this is the process for all current international agreements, not just agreements with Russia. On the future of Russian business in Sudan, the minister said “Russian companies will continue to work in the fields in which they operate. The document, which was signed by Russia and Sudan on December 1, 2020 and published on the Russian legal information portal, stated that the Russian fleet can use the logistic center in Sudan for a period of 25 years. According to the agreement, the maximum number of Russian personnel will not exceed 300, and no more than four Russian ships will be able to stay at the center at once.

CAIRO - 13 July 2020: The Health Ministry said Monday night that 110 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 283,212. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said seven patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 16,403. As many as 879 patients were discharged from isolation hospitals after receiving necessary medical care, taking the number of recovered cases to 219,291 so far, the spokesman said. Advisor to the Ministry of Health for Research Dr. Noha Assem said that there are agreements to locally manufacture many vaccines, whether for Corona or for children, inside the Vaccera factories, stressing that “Egypt is heading towards self-sufficiency in vaccines.”She added that Egypt will soon obtain batches of Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson anti-COVID vaccine. “Egypt, from the first moment, has knocked on all doors in order to obtain vaccines, and it will witness extensive coverage in terms of Corona vaccines, starting next August,” she said, adding: “Egypt has already manufactured the Chinese vaccine, and agreement is underway to manufacture the Russian vaccine.”

Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the organization's headquarters in the Belgium capital, Brussels on July 12, 2021. Press PhotoCAIRO – 12 July 2021: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shokry met Monday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the organization's headquarters in the Belgium capital, Brussels. The meeting is within Egypt's keenness on holding consultations with international parties over regional and international affairs, and presenting the Egyptian vision on them. Shokry and Stoltenberg conferred over ways of activating and developing cooperation and partnership programs between both countries. Shokry also displayed Egypt's comprehensive approach toward combating terrorism asserting the country's commitment to backing international efforts aimed at combating terrorism and extremist thought.

Irrigation officials in Egypt announced that the country has developed a plan to secure its water needs until 2050, in statements that come two days after a session held by the UN Security Council to consider the dispute between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Undersecretary of the Egyptian Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources, Ragab Abdel-Azim, said that “a plan has been devised to secure Egypt’s water needs until 2050.”He pointed out that Egypt has been working since 2017 to solve water deficit issues, and has implemented strategies such as building 100 agricultural wastewater treatment plants and limiting water-hungry crops such as rice and sugar cane. Abdel-Azim’s statements came during an open dialogue on ways to manage Egypt’s resources in light of water challenges, which took place on Saturday under the Supreme Council for Media Regulation. Ethiopia officially informed Egypt on July 5 that it had started the second filling of GERD reservoir, a move that was unilaterally rejected by Egypt. The Renaissance Dam is the largest hydroelectric project in Africa, with a cost of more than US$4 billion.

The Egyptian House of Representatives on Monday approved the extension of the state of emergency across Egypt for three more months starting July 24 at 1:00 am. The Prime Minister is also delegated the powers of the President of the Republic stipulated in the Emergency Law, according to the the decision’s second article. Under emergency law, the Egyptian armed forces and police can take any necessary measures to confront terrorism and its financing, maintain security throughout the country, and protect public and private properties. According to Egypt’s emergency law the president can restrict freedom of assembly, movement, and residency in the country. Censorship is legalized under a state of emergency, and the government can, in the name of security, shut down media outlets.