Arsenal lynchpins Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil will not be allowed to leave the club before their contracts expire in 18 months' time, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday. British media reports this week suggested Chilean forward Sanchez and German playmaker Ozil want new deals that will put them on a par with the Premier League's highest earners.

Japanese champion Kashima Antlers beat Auckland City of New Zealand 2-1 in the opening game of the Club World Cup on Thursday.

Real Madrid are targetting a second Club World Cup triumph in three years to complete a sensational year of renewal under former midfield great Zinedine Zidane.

Regardless of whether FIFA president Gianni Infantino's plan for a 32-team Club World Cup becomes a reality, this year's tournament in Japan is likely to highlight the need for some sort of change. On paper, the idea of bringing together the champion club teams from each continent is perfectly laudable.

Real Madrid will not conserve energy against Borussia Dortmund despite having already qualified for the Champions League last 16 and are intent on taking top spot in Group F, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Tuesday.

The “Downtown Cairo Geneva Run”, an event organised through the cooperation of the Cairo governorate, Cairo Runners, and the Embassy of Switzerland, took place on 2 December and witnessed thousands of participants join in to hit the pavement of Cairo’s downtown streets.

Egyptian athletes obtained nine medals at the 2016 Sahl Hasheesh Triathlon on Friday. The first race in the morning saw Egyptians Khaled Essam, Omar Magdy, and Mohamed Gaber win gold, silver, and bronze respectively in the male race, while Egyptian Basmala El-Salamony won gold in the women’s competition, followed by British Mady Morgan and Croatian Nives Gajic. The race consisted of swimming for 750 metres, cycling for 20 kilometres, and running for 5 kilometres.

Ahly keeper Sherif Ekramy was the hero as he blocked a fifth-minute stoppage-time penalty from rivals Maqassa to keep a clean sheet and ensure his side come up a 1-0 Egyptian league victory at Cairo's El-Salam Stadium.

After enjoying a winning start by beating lowly Dakhleya 3-0 on Saturday, Zamalek's reappointed manager Mohamed Helmi asserted that his team can win all the competitions this season.

Roma have received a huge blow ahead of Sunday's derby with Lazio as inspirational forward Mohamed Salah was ruled out with an ankle injury, Sky Italia confirmed on Thursday. The Egyptian international winger had to pull out of Wednesday's training after colliding with teammate Thomas Vermaelen.

Serena William has written an open letter criticizing what she perceives to be the double standards faced by women in sport. The American tennis star says female athletes are “constantly reminded they aren’t men. “In a letter published in Porter Magazine and republished by British newspaper The Guardian, the 22-time Grand Slam champion addressed "all incredible women who strive for excellence."

On Wednesday, the 2016 Women’s World Team Squash Championship held the third round of the first group, in which Egypt defeated Mexico with a 3-0 victory.

Five months after saying he lacked the experience to coach England, Gareth Southgate landed one of soccer's toughest roles on Wednesday by showing he can handle the responsibility.

The International Silat Championship is scheduled to take place on 2 December in Bali, Indonesia. Following their win at the Egyptian Silat National Championship in 2015, Ahmed El-Zoghby and Abdel Rahman Ramadan have qualified for the upcoming competition.

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the latest Real Madrid star to sign a contract extension. This comes just a week after fellow attacker Gareth Bale extended his time at the Spanish giants.Real Madrid have secured the services of Cristiano Ronaldo for another five years, extending the Portuguese star's deal until 2021. Ronaldo said renewing his contract at the club was never in doubt and he wanted to continue to make history with "the biggest club in the world."

For a few glorious days, tiny Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense was the side of the moment, the latest in a string of sporting surprises in 2016. Like Leicester City winning the Premier League for the first time or the Chicago Cubs finally taking baseball's World Series after a 108-year wait, Chapecoense bucked the odds and delighted the romantics.

Egyptian club Ahly will have to do without midfielder Amr El-Solaya for almost a month due to injury.

Walid Soliman came off the bench in the second half to score twice and create a goal for in-form Nigerian forward Junior Ajayi as Ahly crushed promoted El-Nasr Taadeen 3-0 to move back to the top of the Egyptian Premier League on Sunday.

Ahly's summer-signing Junior Ajayi will be looking to continue his scoring run after netting three goals in three consecutive games when his side visit newly-promoted El-Nasr Taadin on Sunday.

AS Roma manager Luciano Spaletti has commended the performance of Egyptian winger Mohamed Salah after the team's 4-1 Europa League home victory over Czech's Vicktoria Plzen, despite the forward missing several score chances during the game.

Zamalek attacking midfielder Mohamed Ibrahim is likely to make his comeback from injury after being named in the squad for the Egyptian league fixture against Arab Contractors for the first time in more than four months.