"To go a goal behind to a team like Switzerland and show the endeavour to get back into it is a credit to the players. They are a great group of lads and the grit they showed in this game is no surprise to me." Wales stay in Baku to face Turkey on Wednesday, a must-win game ahead of their clash with the powerful Italians in Rome in their final pool match. It is now about the Turkey game. It does leave the group a little bit open, and we are looking forward to our game on Wednesday."

Meteorologists predict hot weather on Sunday during the daytime over Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, with moderate weather along the northern coasts and very hot weather on Upper Egypt and South Sinai. The weather will be mild by nightfall over Greater Cairo, Lower Egypt, and northern coasts, and moderate on South Sinai and Upper Egypt. Maximum temperatures:Alexandria: 29CCairo: 35CHurghada: 39CSharm el-Sheikh: 40CQena: 45CAswan and Luxor: 46CActive winds are expected on Greater Cairo, northern coasts, and South Sinai, it will blowup sand and dust on northern Upper Egypt. Waves in the Mediterranean Sea will be moderate, ranging between 1.5 and two meters in height with northwestern surface winds, while in the Red Sea will be moderate, ranging between 1.5 and 2.25 meters in height with northwestern surface winds.

Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar Enaba announced Saturday that his country is preparing to expand air traffic within Africa through national airline EgyptAir in the coming years, following the end of the pandemic. Enaba said that the Egyptian national airline has 36 flight points across the continent, and partnerships have been conducted with many African countries to facilitate the movement of goods through aviation throughout the continent. He explained that the first of these partnerships was with Sudan and South Sudan, and the air cargo fleet has been expanded in a vital step to increase trade movement. The increase in Africa’s share of world trade is linked to the reduction in the cost of aviation between African countries, and the digitization of transport traffic, he noted. Egypt is actively coordinating efforts to set open skies agreements to protect the nascent African national aviation industry to play an active role in improving the intra-African trade movement.

English media reports confirmed Saturday that Egyptian international and Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah is not leaving Liverpool, following recent speculation that he would move into a historic deal to the French club Paris Saint-Germain. According to the Liverpool Echo website, the Liverpool administration is “very keen on concluding a new contract with Salah”, although negotiations have not yet begun. Salah had been rumored to move to Paris Saint-Germain this summer, where he would receive three times his salary in Liverpool. Salah, 28, has a contract with Liverpool until 2023, but several reports have recently indicated the possibility of his departure. Liverpool ranked third in the English Premier League standings for the 2020/2021 season, and scored 69 points from 38 games, to guarantee qualification directly to the group stage of the Champions League.

REUTERS: West Ham United manager David Moyes has signed a new three-year contract after guiding the London side to a sixth-placed finish in the Premier League, the club announced on Saturday (Jun 12). I'm excited to be given this opportunity to build on what we all have already achieved here," Moyes said in a statement. "The owners and I are fully aligned with how we want to keep developing and improving the football club. The board and everyone at the club have been fantastic to work with, giving me great support. The vastly-experienced Moyes, 58, is fourth in the all-time list of Premier League matches managed with 583 games under his belt - behind Arsene Wenger (828), Alex Ferguson (810) and Harry Redknapp (642).

We believe that constructive dialogue is the right way to build a real democratic system, and it is the right way to build the future of Egypt. In three years, CPYP was able to establish a platform for national dialogue that brings together youth representatives of 25 parties and a large number of political youth of various specialties and from different political and intellectual backgrounds. We believe that any political dialogue must be based on a scientific system that respects scientific and technical specializations, and this is the essence of our motto "Politics with a New Concept." CPYP has thus far provided six deputies for governors, 32 members of the House of Representatives, and 16 deputies in the Senate. Also, President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi was keen on making the experiences of the youth successful, a keenness that we have seen in a national dialogue launched by the National Youth Conferences.

Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announced Saturday a contract will soon be signed with Sudan to construct the longest suspension bridge over Lake Nasser at a length of six km for railway travel between Egypt and Sudan. During his participation in the first edition of Integration for Growth Forum in Africa, Wazir said that all studies related to the railway connection project with Sudan have been completed. Sudan has expressed a desire to extend the line to Abu Hamad and then to Khartoum, and an interchange station will be established in Abu Hamad for railways, Wazir added. Egypt hopes that the new railway line linking Egypt to Sudan will act as a platform for the export of Egyptian products to Sudan, Central Africa and the rest of the continent. Egypt and Sudan had established a joint railway committee in 2008 in to promote railway connections between the two countries.

Tahya Misr also is preparing to send a humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza Strip, including more than 100 containers, under the slogan [We share for humanity]. President Sisi directed, with the rapid sending and entry of equipment into Gaza Strip. And, on May 10-20, Israel shelled and carried out airstrikes against Gaza Strip. The strikes also caused the destruction of more than 2,000 residential units in Gaza Strip while 15,000 others were partially damaged, according to AP. As a consequence, 50,000 Palestinians fled from the North to the South of Gaza Strip.

CAIRO-12 June 2021: Mahmoud El Wensh, Zamalek and Egypt national team defender stated that he hopes to be one of the three over-aged players, who will be included in the national team squad for the competition. El Wensh’s name has emerged as one of the main candidates for one of the three places that will reinforce Egypt’s squad in the competition. “It would be an honour to play at the Olympics and represent my country but everything is in the hands of the team coach Shawki Gharib.” El Wensh stated. Egypt U-23 national team has been drawn in Group C of the Tokyo Olympic Games alongside Spain, Argentina and Australia. Egypt qualified for the Olympics after clinching the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations title at home in November 2019.

The Egyptian government announced Saturday that the Cairo International Airport has received the Airport International Health Accreditation (AHA) certificate. The cabinet’s media center published a video stating that this serves as international recognition of the precautionary measures applied by Egypt’s airports to combat the spread of coronavirus. The airport’s commitment to applying the best health and safety standards sends a message of reassurance to all travelers worldwide, crews and representatives of airlines that Cairo Airport and Egyptian airports are healthy and ready to receive air traffic, in accordance with international standards. The video reviewed the most prominent efforts made in this issue, and explained the application and follow-up of all measures adopted at the Cairo International Airport since the resumption of flights, whether domestic or international, with great care for the safety of travelers. It pointed out that infected foreign passengers are returned on the same plane, while any Egyptian passengers are transferred to the Abbaseya Fever Hospital if the results of the tests are positive.

CAIRO - 12 June 2021: The Egyptian Health Ministry said 733 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 271,789. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 37 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 15,547. Egypt has so far received millions of coronavirus vaccine doses and is planning to locally produce the first batch of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine this month. As the country has started its vaccination campaign in January, more than 3.5 million citizens have been vaccinated, according to Health Ministry spokesman Khaled Megahed earlier this week. Also, the ministry started vaccinating homebound citizens against coronavirus through sending medical teams to their houses.

CAIRO - 12 July 2020: Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Manar said Saturday that Egypt has been working on establishing companies and cargo villages in African countries to increase trade movement with the African countries. The minister's statements came during the first session of the forum of heads of African investment authorities which started in Sharm El Sheikh on Friday. He also said that Egypt seeks to establish a flexible, safe and effective air passage to increase world aviation movement to the country. Manar said that Egypt has partnerships with many African countries including Sudan, South Sudan and Libya. The forum is attended by investment authorities in 33 African countries, officials of international institutions and ministers.

Reuters - France striker Wissam Ben Yedder said the reigning world champions are in the toughest group at the European Championship and that they must make a strong start to their campaign against Germany in Tuesday's opener. France, who defeated Croatia to lift the 2018 World Cup, are in Group F alongside title holders Portugal, four-time world champions Germany and 37th ranked Hungary. "The first match is very exciting against Germany," Pavard said. Les Bleus are favourites to win the European showpiece, but Pavard said Germany and Portugal are also in contention for the title. We have to play match by match and we will see."

The Directorate of Agriculture in Egypt’s New Valley Governorate announced its success in a pilot project to grow dry rice, an alternative to regular rice, for the first time at the governorate level. Morsy added that the directorate organized a series of seminars on dry rice in the presence of irrigation officials, engineers and agricultural supervisors to present the methods and benefits of cultivating dry rice. The governorate’s Agriculture Directorate has introduced new varieties of dry rice to conserve the water while maintaining supplies. Morsy added the dry rice pilot project showed that it took just 3,500 cubic meters of water per feddan to grow dry rice, as compared to regular rice’s 7,000 cubic meters per feddan. The study also found that the average yield of dry rice per feddan reached 3.2 tons, which is worth LE15,000.

Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir met with the Chinese ambassador to Cairo, Liao Liqiang, on Thursday to discuss a number of transportation projects between Egypt and China. The meeting was also attended by the commercial attaché of the Chinese embassy, and the head and leaders of Egypt’s National Tunnels Authority. The two sides discussed the Light Electric Train (LRT) project from al-Salam city to the new Administrative Capital and the 10th of Ramadan City. Wazir invited the Chinese ambassador for a tour of the project, which is being implemented by the Chinese AFIC / Creek alliance, in order to inspect progress. Egypt will receive three trains from China by the end of July, which will be used in test runs.