The first Arabic newspaper upon its establishment, speaking in Arabic, English and French. Its headquarters are in London and Cairo, and soon in the Gulf countries and the Maghreb.
Egypt's national team advanced to the main round as group leaders after achieving a perfect record in the preliminary stage, winning all their Group D matches.
The clash saw Iceland narrowly outpace Egypt after a fiercely competitive start.
The opening minutes were evenly contested, with the score tied at 2-2 after nine minutes.
However, Iceland gradually began to pull ahead, establishing a two-goal lead by the 16th minute despite a resilient performance from Egypt's goalkeeper Karim Hendawi.
Egypt faced additional setbacks as two key players, Yehia Omar and Abdelrahman Faisal, were temporarily suspended.
Iceland capitalized on these challenges, extending their lead to 13-9 by halftime.
A missed penalty by Egypt's Mohamed Sanad in the 31st minute further compounded their struggles.
In the second half, Egypt fought valiantly to close the gap, but Iceland maintained their momentum.
By the 53rd minute, Iceland had stretched their lead to five goals.
Despite a late surge from Egypt, which narrowed the deficit to three goals, the match ended 27-24 in Iceland's favour.
With this result, Egypt was relegated to fourth place in the Group D standings.
The Pharaohs, who share the group with Croatia, Slovenia, Iceland, Argentina, and Cape Verde, have already faced Croatia and Argentina in the preliminary round.
Egypt will now focus on its upcoming matches, starting with Slovenia on Friday and Cape Verde two days later.
.jpg?locale=en)
.png?locale=en)
