Sports | AW

Sports

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

Mohamed Hamad-13230

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

Sudan

Sudanese al-Difaa, in yellow, and al-Sumood women play football in Omdurman, Sudan. (AP)

Women’s football league reflects change in post-al-Bashir Sudan

Turkey

Maruf Sefinc, president of Cizrespor football team, speaks during a news conference. (Courtesy of Maruf Sefinc)

Facing discrimination, Kurdish football team withdraws from Turkish competition

Constanze Letsch

tunisia

Tunisia's Ons Jabeur, during her match against Sofia Kenin of the United States at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, January 28. (DPA)

In Tunisia ‘normalisation’ debate invades tennis courts

tunisia

Ons Jabeur of Tunisia during her fourth round match against Qiang Wang of China on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament at Margaret Court Arena in Melbourne, Sunday, January 26. (AAP)

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur exits Australian Open as inspiration to youth at home

Stephen Quillen

Morocco

Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri celebrates scoring a goal against Benin during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations at Al-Salam Stadium, in Cairo, July 5. (DPA)

Sevilla sign Morocco international En-Nesyri