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Egyptian Basketball referee Sarah Gamal gestures while holding a ball during a match in the country’s northern city of Alexandria, on April 17, 2021. (AFP)

Sarah Gamal, first Arab woman basketball referee at Olympics

tunisia

Ons Jabeur of Tunisia plays Sofia Kenin during the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on March 28, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AFP)

Ons Jabeur defeats world number four at Miami Open tennis

Libya

Libya’s national team players take part in a training session in Benghazi, ahead of their African Cup of Nations qualifier against Tunisia on March 25. (AFP)

Libya to host football game after FIFA ban lifted

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

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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

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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

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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

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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