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Iraqi Kurdistan

A paramotorist flies parachute with Kurdish flag over the Korek Mountain resort north of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AFP)

The sky is the limit for wind sports in Iraqi Kurdistan

sports

Al Ahly’s Afsha and Al Marwan Mohsen celebrate after winning the final, in Cairo International Stadium, November 27, 2020. (REUTERS)

Al Ahly wins African final over Egyptian rival Zamalek

Maradona

Fans bid farewell to Diego Armando Maradona in front of the government palace, on November 26, 2020, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (DPA)

Tunisian referee who missed ‘Hand of God’ praises Maradona

tunisia

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur in action during her third round match against Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka, October 3 in Paris. (REUTERS)

Tunisian player is first Arab woman to reach round 4 of French Open

tunisia

Tunesia’s Ons Jabeur plays a shot against Japan’s Nao Hibino in the second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France. Oct. 1. (AFP)

Rising Tunisian tennis star confident ahead of French Open third-round

Sport

Ons Jabeur, of Tunisia,, returns a shot to Madison Keys during the second round at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Aug. 24, in New York. (AP)

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur makes history, cracks top 30 in projected WTA rankings

Egypt

Egyptian club Pyramids FC. purchased by Turki al-Sheikh, head of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, then sold to Emirati businessman Salem Saeed Al Shamsi. (Pyramids FC facebook page)

Gulf investors eye Egypt’s sports market

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tunisia

Tunisian women learn to cycle at the Japanese garden in central Tunis . (AFP)

Tunis bicycle school allows women to challenge norms, gain mobility

Nasser Al-Khelaifi

French former FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke (L) and Paris Saint-Germain's Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi (R). (AFP)

BeIN sports chairman indicted in FIFA bribery case