An ongoing rift between Massimiliano Allegri and Leonardo Bonucci has threatened to overshadow an excellent week for Juventus ahead of their Serie A return after Wednesday's Champions League victory over Porto. It often appears as though nothing can stop this Juventus side, with the league leaders seven points clear after winning their last six and firmly on course for a record sixth straight Scudetto ahead of the visit of 17th-placed Empoli on Saturday.

Egyptian taekwondo team placed first in the 2017 Egypt International Open Taekwondo Championship, which concluded its events at the beginning of this week. At the championship—which included 24 countries—Ivory Coast, Italy, and Tunisia’s national teams acquired second, third, and fourth places, respectively.

Egyptian Premiere League matches will continue to be played behind closed doors until the end of the current season, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) Chief Executive Sarwat Swelam revealed on Wednesday. "It is confirmed that fans won't return to the stands in the remaining matches of the Egyptian Premiere League," Swelam told Ahram Online.

Barcelona and Argentina football great Lionel Messi arrived in Cairo on Tuesday to promote the country’s Tour n’ Cure medical tourism campaign and paid a visit to the Giza Pyramids. Messi, named the world's best player for a record five times, toured the pyramids of Giza, a Wonder of the Ancient World, shortly after landing in Cairo.

Starting today, the social networking website Twitter will promote a medical tourism campaign in Egypt, in which Barcelona FC football superstar Lionel Messi and Juventus footballer Dani Alves will also participate. Twitter announced the partnership on Tuesday with the Egyptian medical tourism campaign for treatment in Egypt. The campaign, which combines tourism with medical treatment, is dubbed "Tour 'n Cure" and will focus on the treatment of Hepatitis C and other ailemtns.

Zamalek playmaker Ayman Hefni scored two goals during Monday's game against Talae El-Geish, guiding his team to a precious 3-2 win in the Egyptian Premiere League. Despite being hit with an early goal, the Whites cleverly controlled the game, scoring two first half goals by Hefni and a third goal in the second half by Nigerian striker Stanley Ohawuchi.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has warned his side to beware of Monaco's "killers in the box" when they host the principality club in the first leg of their Champions League, last 16 tie on Tuesday.

Zamalek playmaker Ayman Hefni scored two goals during Monday's game against Talae El-Geish, guiding his team to a precious 3-2 win in the Egyptian Premiere League.

Forgotten striker Emad Meteb reminded Ahly of his class when he came off the bench to score his first league goal of the season and lead his team to a precious 2-0 win over Arab Contractors in the Egyptian Premier League on Monday.

Keeper Ahmed Buska blocked two penalties in a shootout to help Egypt's Masry reach the African Confederation Cup round of 32 at the expense of Nigeria's Ifeanyi Ubah of Nigeria following a 1-1 aggreagte draw on Sunday.

Zamalek coach Mohamed Helmy has blamed bad luck for his side's 2-1 defeat Wednesday against El-Entag El-Harby in matchday 18 of the Egyptian Premier League. "The team missed many chances and was unlucky against El-Entag," Helmy said in the post-match press conference.

Argentinean football star Lionel Messi, playing for FC Barcelona, postponed his visit to Egypy which should have taken place Wednesday morning, according to Prime Pharma’s press office. Prime Pharma’s press office added that the visit will take place soon, and a press release will be issued to notify about it.

Police were called to investigate an altercation involving Diego Maradona and a woman at a hotel in Madrid, authorities said Wednesday. Officers were dispatched after a call from the hotel, but found no evidence of any serious disturbance after talking to Maradona and the woman. They said neither Maradona nor the woman showed signs of having been involved in a confrontation, and neither wanted to make a formal complaint.

Full time: Ismaily 0-0 Ahly Yellow cards: Karim Walid, Emad Hamdi, Diego Calderon / Hossam Ashour, Ali Maaloul Starting line ups: Ismaily: Mohamed Awaad, Baher Elmohamady, Mahmoud Metwaly, Richard Baffour, Bahaa Magdy, Hosni Abd Rabou (Omar El-Wahsh 70'), Mohamed Fathi, Emad Hamdy, Ibrahim Hassan, Islam Abdel-Naem, Diego Calderon

Ahly coach Hossam El-Badry has announced the 22-man squad for their match Wednesday with Ismaily, as play resumes in the Egyptian Premier League. Newly-signed Ivorian striker Souleymane Coulibaly has been called up for the anticipated game, alongside newcomer midfielder Amr Barakat.

In January and February, a series of sensational football records were broken, ending non-winning streaks for some football teams. In January, the Egyptian national team qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations final in Gabon, while Zamalek SC won the local Super Cup.

Zamlaek star winger Mahmoud 'Shikabala' Abdel-Razik appeared to open a new chapter with his boyhood club Sunday, promising greater discipline with the team moving forward. With mediation from the club's former coach Ahmed 'Mido' Hossam, the 30-year-old player vowed to renew his dedication to the club, under the guidance of coach Mohamed Helmy and chairman Mortada Mansour.

Ismaily Czech coach Frantisek Straka has said he considers Wednesday's game against Ahly "different," promising a positive result against the title holders. "We will be playing the league leaders and this is something else. We have to do our best to deliver a good performance," The 58-year-old, who replaced Ashraf Khedr in late December, told an Egyptian television programme Sunday.

As Roma coach Luciano Spalletti lavished praise on Mohamed Salah after the Egyptian winger led Roma to a 2-0 win over Crotone on Sunday.

In the presence of the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Khaled Abdel Aziz, and the president of the Egyptian Basketball Federation, Magdy Abou Farikha, the draw of the 2017 Basketball World Cup for players under 19 years took place on Saturday in Mohamed Ali’s palace, Cairo.

After finishing as runners-up in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt climbed twelve positions to 23 in the FIFA global football rankings published on 9 February, up from 35 last month. The Pharaohs played six games in the Nations Cup with a goalless draw with Mali, and 1-0 wins over Uganda, Ghana and Morocco before beating Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalty shoots. Egypt lost the final game of the tournament 2-1 to Cameroon.