Benfica Await Trial Reports Before Mohamed Hamad Decision

Benfica are awaiting reports on Mohamed Hamad’s trial before deciding whether to sign the 18-year-old Zamalek midfielder.

Zamalek youngster Mohamed Hamad returned to Cairo on Thursday, September 10, after completing his assessment with the Portuguese club. He has since joined Egypt’s under-20 training camp and resumed training. cricket-ipl.co.za

Benfica will review reports on his performances during the trial before making a final decision on a potential move.

The midfielder travelled to Portugal on September 3 for a week with Benfica after receiving Zamalek’s permission. He had recently extended his contract with the Egyptian club until 2029.

Zamalek previously explained that they approved the trip following Benfica’s insistence on assessing the player.

In a statement, the club said they would “support opportunities for their academy players to develop abroad.” They also rejected suggestions that allowing Hamad to attend the trial amounted to “giving up their young talent.”

Zamalek described the visit as “a chance to experience a different football environment,” adding that a successful trial would “benefit both the player and the club.”

Hamad has earned praise from Zamalek’s head of football, Hazem Emam, who compared his playing style to Abdallah El-Said’s.

Speaking on the Zamalkawy programme, Emam said the youngster could play in central midfield or on the wing, and highlighted Hamad’s technical ability, goalscoring, and strength in the air.

Hamad featured in Zamalek’s opening Egyptian Premier League match this season, replacing Ahmed Sherif in the 79th minute of a goalless draw with Ittihad Alexandria.

He has also represented Egypt at youth level, including appearances at the Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations and the Under-17 World Cup in Qatar.

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The first local race for purebred Arabian camels for the 2026-2027 season continued for the eighth day, organized by the Camel Racing Committee and running until September 18, with a large turnout from fans of this traditional sport.

The race competitions take place over 12 consecutive days in the morning only, with 5 days for the camels of Their Highnesses and Sheikh Al-Saada, followed by 7 days for the camels of the tribes.

Today's races were intense and exciting, featuring 20 heats for the foals (general heats) over a distance of 4 kilometers, with 12 heats for female foals and 8 heats for male foals. In the first heat for open female foals, /Dalila/ owned by Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Saeed Al-Naabet excelled, delivering an outstanding performance that allowed her to take the top spot in the heat, completing the race in a time of 6:15.98 minutes, ahead of /Malath/ owned by Mohammed Abdulhadi Al-Buraidi, who came in second with a time of 6:19.56 minutes.

In the main race designated for older horses, Dalham, owned by Ali Fahad Al-Safran, secured first place, recording a time of 6:15.20 minutes, leaving the runner-up position to Al-Wasmi, owned by Saleh Matar Al-Dosari, with a time of 6:16.35 minutes. Rasi, owned by Rashid Mohammed Al-Marri, came in third with a time of 6:20.67 minutes.

As for the best times of today's competitions, it was in the eighth race designated for older horses, achieved by Mumez, owned by Jaber Mohammed Al-Marri, who covered the 4-kilometer distance in a time of 6:07.29 minutes.

The competitions of the first local race will continue tomorrow, Tuesday, with the organization of 30 races for the age of horses (general races) over a distance of 4 kilometers, with 20 races for young horses and 10 races for older horses.

London: Hull held free-scoring Chelsea 2-2 at Stamford Bridge to go third in the Premier League as Liverpool failed to find a way past struggling Fulham in a 0-0 draw on Saturday.

It was a familiar tale for Chelsea as the front three of Morgan Rogers, Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer dazzled, but the Blues were undone by an inability to defend.
In five games against top-flight opposition since Xabi Alonso took charge, Chelsea have scored 16 times and conceded 12.

Hull were the last side in the Premier League to concede, but after three clean sheets they were finally breached when Rogers drilled in at the near post on seven minutes.

Mohamed Belloumi took advantage of Chelsea's slackness at the back to blast home on the volley after Jorrel Hato got caught under a cross to the back post.

The Algerian winger then put Hull in front with a deflected strike after Emi Martinez failed to deal with a corner.

Pedro drilled a Palmer cross into the top corner to bring Chelsea level just after the hour mark.

But the home side could not find a winner as Hull's honeymoon back in the Premier League goes on with only defending champions Arsenal and Manchester City above them in the table.

"We have to be happy," said Hull boss Sergej Jakirovic. "It's a huge result for us."

Liverpool remain unbeaten under Andoni Iraola but there were boos at Anfield after Fulham picked up their first point under Alvaro Arbeloa.

Former Liverpool defender Arbeloa was reportedly fighting for his job after losing his first three league matches since arriving in west London from Real Madrid.

Yet a Liverpool forward line featuring three £100 million ($135 million) players in Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak failed to click against the Cottagers' leaky defence.

"When you draw, especially at home, you can't be happy," said Iraola, who blamed fatigue after his side's Champions League exertions against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.

"Today we lacked a bit of freshness and we did not do enough offensively to make the difference."

It was Fulham who had the better chances to take all three points as Gonzalo Garcia missed a glorious opportunity in the first half and Alisson Becker produced a brilliant save to deny Josh King the winner.

Liverpool climb to sixth but could find themselves already six points off the top should Arsenal win at Sunderland later on Saturday.

Aston Villa are rooted in the relegation zone after Nottingham Forest exacted revenge with a 2-1 win at Villa Park.

Villa beat their Midlands rivals in the Europa League semi-finals last season on their way to lifting a first trophy for 30 years.

Eyebrows were raised at the club record reported £45 million Forest paid Chelsea for Liam Delap after failing to make the grade at Stamford Bridge.

But Delap proved his worth with a long-range strike into the bottom corner to open the scoring.

Alysson levelled with Villa's first league goal of the season, but Igor Jesus secured Oliver Glasner's first win as Forest boss.

Glasner's old club Crystal Palace's poor start to the campaign continued with a 3-2 home defeat to Ipswich.

The visitors were aided by Axel Disasi's first half red card as Zian Flemming's first goal for the Tractor Boys snatched all three points in stoppage time.

Brentford remain unbeaten thanks to Kevin Schade's double in a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

The Cherries, by contrast, are yet to win in the Premier League under Marco Rose despite leading in all four games.

Tottenham are aiming to kickstart their league season with a first goal and win at home to Everton later.

Manchester United host local rivals City in the pick of Sunday's action.