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Egyptian women eventually made their Olympic debut 88 years after the Games' inception, during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [4] This made Egypt the fourth Arab country to have female participants in the Olympics, after Algeria, Libya, and Syria. [5] Since then, Egyptian women have consistently participated in every Summer Olympics ...
Speed-Ball (Arabic: كرة السرعة / [kurat.assurʕa]) is a racquet sport invented in Egypt in 1961 by Mohamed Lotfy, [1] father of Hussein Lotfy (first world champion) and Ahmad Lotfy (the present president of FISB), for the training of beginner tennis players. Today it is a sport in its own right, enjoying popularity not only in Egypt ...
The following is a list of indoor arenas in Egypt, with a capacity of at least 1,500 spectators. [1] Most of the arenas in this list have multiple uses such as individual sports , team sports as well as cultural events and political events .
The Juan Escutia Sports Palace hosted the basketball events for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The Forum in Inglewood, California, hosted the basketball tournament for the 1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Los Angeles. For the Summer Olympics, there are 29 venues that have been or will be used for basketball.
Egypt competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1912, Egyptian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for two occasions: the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the worldwide Great Depression and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott.
Egypt women's national basketball team won the FIBA Africa Championship for Women in 1966 and 1968 and came second in 1970 as the United Arab Republic. In the 1974 championship Egypt won third place and they were the runner up in 1977 championship. More recently they came seventh in 2000 [2] 1966 – 1st; 1968 – 1st; 1970 – 2nd; 1974 ...
The first Summer Olympic Games was held in 1896 in Athens, but women competed for the first time in next games in 1900 in Paris. [1] An Egyptian woman was scheduled to compete for the first time in the 1972 Summer Olympics, but the Munich massacre during that Games led to the departure of Egypt's delegation before the she could compete.
FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. [ 1 ] The United States is by far the most successful country in Olympic basketball, with United States men's teams having won 17 of 20 tournaments in which they participated ...