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Real Madrid Foundation Academy Tournament

By Halla Waleed – 6MJ

On Friday the 19th of April Real Madrid Foundation Academy had a football tournament involving its Cairo branches.

The tournament ended with the New Cairo branch winning four cups and the Gizeera team two.

There was a competition for both girls and boys.

There was a competition for both girls and boys.

My coverage is only on one main part of the tournament – the girls, and it’s not about the match but what came after. I call it the crisis.

The girls’ tournament was more or less one match between New Cairo and the Gizeera team. The new Giza team with ten girls was not allowed to compete in the cup as they were disqualified because of their age. This article is from the New Cairo team’s point of view.

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  • Published May 8, 2013.

UEFA semi-finals announced

By Gamal Abdelzaher – 7SD

ImageLionel Messi’s Barcelona FC will compete to win glory in the 2013 Champions League.

Friday was one of the most important days in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League as it was the day the semi-finals match-ups were drawn.

The man picking the balls was the former Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who also once played for Malaga. He is the player with the highest goal record in both UEFA Leagues.

With four balls in the ballot representing the four teams still in the hunt for the title – Chelsea FC, Fenerbahse SK, SL Benfica and Basel FC – van Nistelrooy started picking balls and opening them.

Ruud first picked the UEFA Europa League teams.

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  • Published April 16, 2013

CES fourth in volleyball tournament

By Halla Waleed – 6CB

CES’s boys volleyball team has finished fourth in a tournament held at school last week.

The team members were Youssef El Hamalawy, Youssef Nasr, Youssef Torky, Michael Saad, Youssef Dardir, Youssef el Ganiny, Rafeel Zaki, Omar el Lakany and Youssef Omar.

The day saw exciting volleyball played by all teams.

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  • Published March, 2013.

Rafa returns from injury

Gamal Abdelzaher – 7SD

After returning from a seven-month injury layoff, Rafael Nadal has stormed back to win the BNP Paribas Open final Rafaagainst Juan Martin Del Potro 4-6 6-3 6-4 in Indian Wells, USA.

Rafa suffered a knee injury seven months before the tournament and has been rehabbing since then. He injured his knee in Wimbledon, England, after his loss against Rosol in the quarter final.

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  • Published March, 2013.

Abdelrahman Essam: Swimming his way to success

By Halla Waleed – 6CB

Abdelrahman Essam an athlete that everyone knows in school but let’s take a look at the real him.

He is a swimmer who is very fond of his sport. Essam

At the age of 13 he has already been swimming for eleven years which is a long time for many but for honour for him.

He trains hard and treats each session like a personal challenge. He trains before and after school at El Ghaba Club.

The purpose of all his training and hard work is to be eligible to compete in a competition every three months. He has already won 32 medals in Egypt which he is very proud of.

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  • Published 24 March, 2013

BSME Sports Trip to Dubai – Day 1 blog

Around 40 CES students as well as parents and staff are in Dubai for the annual British Schools in the Middle East sports tournament.

Each day one of the students will be writing a blog about their experience during the day including an update on the team results.

The first post is by Youssef Fayed from 6LT.

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  • Published 14 March, 2013.

CES U14 boys football team make semi-finalFootball

The CES U14 boys football team has bowed out in the semi-final of in international schools tournament held at BCCIS.

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  • Published February 20, 2013

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