Al Ahly Appoint Hussein Ammouta as Manager

Al Ahly named Moroccan coach Hussein Ammouta as first-team manager after ending Jess Thorup’s tenure earlier this month. milkshakeslot.lat

Al Ahly announced the appointment of Moroccan coach Hussein Ammouta as manager of the first football team, replacing Danish coach Jess Thorup.

The club’s board approved Ammouta’s appointment during a meeting chaired by president Mahmoud El-Khatib. His contract is set to run for two seasons.

Ammouta’s last job was with Emirati club Al Jazira. He previously coached Jordan, Morocco’s local national team and Wydad Casablanca.

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He is expected to arrive in Cairo soon to begin preparations for next season. Al Ahly will hold a press conference to introduce him.

Jess Thorup left Al Ahly by mutual consent earlier this month after a below-par season. He had taken charge in October on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

The Danish coach won the Egyptian Super Cup, but Al Ahly finished third in the league, missed out on next season’s CAF Champions League, and exited the current edition at the quarter-final stage.

Ammouta arrives with experience in African and Asian football. He led Wydad Casablanca to the 2017 CAF Champions League title, won the African Nations Championship with Morocco’s local national team, and guided Jordan to the 2023 Asian Cup final.

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Tunisia lost 5-1 to Sweden in their Group F opener, becoming the first Arab team defeated at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Tunisia became the first Arab team to lose at the 2026 World Cup after a 5-1 defeat to Sweden in their Group F opener in Monterrey.

Yasin Ayari, who was born to parents of Tunisian and Moroccan descent, scored twice for Sweden, opening the scoring in the seventh minute and adding the fifth goal in stoppage time.

Alexander Isak made it 2-0 in the 30th minute before Omar Rekik pulled one back for Tunisia shortly before half-time.

Viktor Gyokeres restored Sweden’s two-goal lead in the 60th minute, and Mattias Svanberg added the fourth in the 86th minute.

The defeat left Tunisia bottom of Group F after the opening round of matches. Sweden moved to three points, while the Netherlands and Japan drew 2-2 earlier in the group.

They became the first Arab side to lose in this edition of the tournament. Qatar drew 1-1 with Switzerland, while Morocco drew 1-1 with Brazil in their opening matches.

Tunisia will next face Japan before ending the group stage against the Netherlands.

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Doha: Qatar's high jump legend Mutaz Barshim and India's Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra will headline a star-studded Wanda Diamond League meeting in Doha this week, with Olympic champions Marileidy Paulino and Soufiane El Bakkali also among the top attractions.

The Road to the Final returns to Asia as the world's leading track and field athletes gather at the Mazzraty Doha Meeting at Qatar Sports Club on Friday.

Barshim will make his first appearance of the season in front of his home fans in the men's high jump, while Chopra returns to competition after recovering from injury and takes on a strong javelin field led by Sri Lanka's world leader Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage.

Barshim, the former Olympic champion and two-time Olympic silver medallist who won an unprecedented third successive global title with victory at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene 2022, will be in action against two of the world's best this season, Ukraine's Oleh Doroshchuk, currently ranked World No. 3, and Czech Republic's Jan Štefela, the World No. 4 and owner of a personal best of 2.33m.

Despite the absence of the ‘Flying Kiwi’ Hamish Kerr (MZL), the Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion, the high jump field will also feature Italy's world No. 6 Matteo Sioli and Mexico's world No. 9 Erick Portillo who will add further quality to the competition.

Meanwhile, Chopra, 28, is a late addition to the event.Neeraj Chopra

"First throw of 2026 lands in Doha! Neeraj Chopra returns to competitive action on June 19," his management firm Vel Sports announced on social media.

In May last year, the two-time Olympic medallist had breached the coveted 90m mark at the same venue. He had recorded 90.23m to finish second behind Julian Weber (91.06m) of Germany.

Weber won’t compete in Doha this time, but Pathirage, who recently made the eighth all-time best throw of 92.62m at the Rome Diamond League, is expected to pose a huge challenge.

Trinidad's Keshorn Walcott, the reigning world champion, former two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Anderson Peters (Grenada), and world bronze medallist Curtis Thompson (USA) are also expected to start at the Suheim bin Hamad Stadium.

Julius Yego (Kenya), former world champion and Olympic silver medallist, Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic), former Olympic and world silver medallist, and Artur Felfner (Ukraine), European U23 champion and former world U20 champion, complete the field.

Pakistan’s reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem is not yet in his pre-competition phase and therefore will skip the Doha meet.

Meanwhile, in the women's 400m, Olympic champion Paulino launches her bid to reclaim the Diamond Trophy, while Morocco's El Bakkali will look to continue his dominance in the men's 3000m steeplechase.

The meeting will also feature reigning world and Diamond League champion Cordell Tinch in the men's 110m hurdles, alongside several world and Olympic medallists across the programme.

The Doha Diamond League was to be originally held on May 8 as the season-opening event but was postponed due to the West Asia conflict.

Organisers have once again confirmed that athletes who set new meeting records at the 2026 event will be awarded a $5000 bonus, an innovative concept that was first introduced in 2025.

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