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Al-Hilal secured three points after defeating Nasaf 3-2 at Pakhtakor Central Stadium during the AFC Champions League second-round contest. Sergej Milinković-Savić opened scoring in the 22nd minute before Bakhramov leveled five minutes later, and Theo Hernandez restored the Saudi side's advantage...

Al-Ittihad Club dismissed speculation about striker Karim Benzema departing for European competition on Monday evening. Riyad Al-Muzhar, the Saudi team's institutional communication director, and official spokesperson, refuted media reports suggesting the French forward planned to leave before...

Liverpool travels to Ali Sami Yen Sports Stadium on Tuesday for their Champions League group stage encounter with Galatasaray at 10 p.m. Cairo time. The Turkish side has dropped just three home fixtures across their past 18 European contests, but enters winless through seven continental matches...

Chelsea hosts Benfica at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday for their Champions League group stage second-round clash at 10 p.m. Cairo time. Jose Mourinho returns to face his former club in his first European assignment during his second stint with the Portuguese side. The Blues hold a perfect...

Real Madrid travels to face Kairat Almaty on Tuesday for their second Champions League group stage fixture at Almaty Central Stadium. The 7:45 p.m. Cairo time kickoff marks the first European meeting between these sides, and represents the Spanish giant's debut against Kazakh opposition. Kairat...

Al-Hilal manager Simone Inzaghi expressed satisfaction with his squad's performance against Nasaf Qarshi despite missed scoring chances during the post-match news conference. The Italian tactician acknowledged his players failed to convert numerous opportunities, but remained pleased with the...

Video Football Support technology has made its tournament debut at the Under-20 World Cup as officials work to improve match fairness, and reduce referee mistakes. The system allows coaches to file a restricted number of review requests when they believe clear errors occurred on decisions...

Court No. 16 in Barcelona has formally charged Josep Maria Bartomeu, the former FC Barcelona president, according to Spanish newspaper El Mundo. Joan Laporta, the current president, filed the complaint in 2022. Bartomeu and former board members face accusations of paying hidden commissions...

Manchester United officials are exploring options to replace manager Ruben Amorim amid a disappointing campaign that has left the club in 14th place in the Premier League standings. Xavi Hernandez has emerged as a top candidate for the position after completing his recovery period following his...

MTN South Africa completed a core network upgrade with Ericsson that delivers faster data speeds and lower latency across the country. The telecommunications company deployed cloud-native packet core functions during the first half of the year under the MTN Unified Cloud Acceleration framework...

Airtel Madagascar confirmed voice over LTE technology availability on Wednesday, Sept. 23, during an event at the Digital Center by MNDPT in Antananarivo. The telecommunications company demonstrated the service to government officials, and Digital Development Minister Stéphanie Delmotte attended...

Guinea-Bissau established a pharmaceutical traceability system on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, when Public Health Minister Augusto Gomes authorized the national Track and Trace mandate. Antares Vision, an Italian technology provider, will deliver the framework through its Government Solutions...

IFZA started Scale360 to help entrepreneurs expand operations in the United Arab Emirates market through a partnership with Plug and Play. The free program received 136 applications from global technology companies, and organizers narrowed selections to 56 candidates before choosing 17 ventures...

Africell Angola activated an artificial intelligence service that operates through text messages and mobile codes without requiring internet access. The platform delivers responses to questions about academic subjects, cultural information, science and technology. Subscribers pay 30 kwanzas...

The Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi developed a 2-micrometer high-power fiber laser for medical and industrial applications. The Thulium-based system delivers precise performance in water-rich environments, and the compact modular design enables integration into surgical instruments...

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC has launched a program to train 125,000 young Ethiopians in digital and cloud technology skills over a three-year period. The company partners with Amazon Web Services Skills Center and AWS Educate to deliver the training through Safaricom Ethiopia...

Cape Verde accelerates its digital economy through a World Bank-funded program targeting government modernization and competitive growth. The initiative establishes ambitious benchmarks for online service delivery, aiming for 60 percent coverage by 2026 and 80 percent by 2030. World Bank...

Apaya partnered with GPayments to deliver fraud prevention tools to merchants in the Middle East and Africa. The collaboration allows businesses to activate 3D Secure authentication within minutes through Apaya's connector marketplace. GPayments provides its ActiveServer platform to reduce...

Samsung revealed its solid-state drive strategy at the Global Memory Innovation Forum in Shenzhen, and the company will ship a 256-terabyte PCIe Gen 6 model during early 2026. The PM1763 device delivers twice the speed of current products while consuming 25 watts of electricity. Engineers will...

NVIDIA will release its GeForce RTX 50 Super graphics cards between March and May of 2026, and the launch will arrive before Computex begins in June. The company abandoned earlier plans for a January debut at CES. Three models will receive upgrades: the RTX 5080 Super, RTX 5070 Ti Super, and RTX...