Almost halfway through the Olympics

🥇Welcome to Day 6 of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

On the homefront: Last night, our handball team drew against double Olympic champion France, holding the lead after an impressive showing in the first half of the game. The results mean that Egypt now ranks third in Group B. Team Egypt will face Norway on Friday and Argentina on Sunday. Our football team is set to face Paraguay in the quarterfinals, with the match scheduled for tomorrow at 8:00 pm.

Highlights from Day 5: Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz — who pushed Rafael Nadal out of the competition — have each made it through to the quarter-finals in the men’s singles, potentially setting themselves up for a golden showdown. In swimming: The US’ Katie Ledecky brought home another gold for the 1.5k meters freestyle; while French Leon Marchand brought home two golds, putting France second to the top on the medals table.

The medal table at the Paris Olympics at time of publication:

• China (11 gold, 21 total)
• France (8 gold, 26 total)
• Japan (8 gold, 15 total)

TODAY

• Sailing: Men’s Skiff Medal Race (3:43 pm), Women’s Skiff Medal Race (4:43 pm).
• Canoe Slalom: Men’s Kayak Single Finals (6:30 pm).
• Artistic Gymnastics: Women’s All-Around Singles Final (6:30 pm).
• Swimming: Women’s 200m Butterfly Final (9:30 pm), Men’s 200m Backstroke Final (9:38 pm), Women’s 200m Breastroke Final (10:11 pm), Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final (11:03 pm).

TEAM EGYPT:

• Sailing: Khloud Mansy in the Women’s Dinghy (4:35 pm).
• Table Tennis: Omar Assar faces Sweden’s Truls Moregard (10:00 pm).

TOMORROW-

• Windsurfing: Men’s Final (3:23 pm).
• Football: Morocco vs. US (4:00 pm), Japan vs. Spain (6:00 pm), France vs. Argentina (10:00 pm).
• Badminton: Mixed Doubles Final (4:00 pm).
• Tennis: Men’s Singles Semifinals (8:00 pm), Mixed Doubles Final (8:00 pm).
• Trampoline Gymnastics: Men’s Final (8:50 pm).
• Swimming: Men’s 50m Freestyle Final (9:30 pm), Women’s 200m Backstroke Final (9:36 pm), Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final (9:43 pm).
• Athletics: Men’s 10k m Final (10:20 pm).
• Cycling BMX Racing: Men’s Final (10:35 pm), Women’s Final (10:50 pm).

TEAM EGYPT:

• Shooting: Nour Abbas in the 25m Pistol Women’s Qualification Precision (10:00 am), Omar Ibrahim and Azmy Mehelba in the Men’s Skeet Qualifiers (10:30 am).
• Rowing: Abdelkhalek Elbanna in the Men’s Single Sculls Final (10:30 am).
• Athletics: Mostafa Elgamel in the Men’s Hammer Throw Qualification (11:10 am).
• Trampoline Gymnastics: Malak Hamza in the Women’s Qualifiers (1:00 pm).
• Volleyball: Egypt vs. Brazil (2:00 pm).
• Fencing: Egypt vs. France (2:30 pm).
• Football: Egypt vs. Paraguay (8:00 pm).
• Handball: Egypt vs. Norway in the Men’s Preliminary Round Group B (10:00 pm).

SATURDAY-

• Tennis: Women’s Singles Gold Medal Match (1:00 pm), Men’s Doubles Gold medal Match (1:00 pm).
• Table Tennis:Women’s Singles Gold medal match (3:30 pm).
• Judo: Mixed Team Finals (5:00 pm).
• Artistic Gymnastics: Men’s Floor Exercise Final (4:30 pm), Women’s Vault Final (5:20 pm), Men’s Pommel Horse Final (6:16 pm).
• Athletics: Men’s Shot Put (8:35 pm), Mixed 4x400m (9:55 pm), Women’s 100m (10:20 pm), Men’s 1.5k m Decathlon (10:45pm).
• Swimming: Men’s 100m Butterfly Final (9:30 pm), Women’s 50m Freestyle Semifinals (9:37 pm), Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final (10:01 pm), Women’s 800m Freestyle Final (10:08 pm).

TEAM EGYPT:

• Swimming: Marwan Elkamash in the Men’s 1.5k m Freestyle (12:30 pm).

You can follow Team Egypt through this schedule or by heading over to our Paris 2024Guide.

Want to see when your favorite sport is on? Check out the official schedule here.

⚽ Catch these Nile League matches:

• Al Moqawloon vs. Ceramica Cleopatra (5:30 pm).
• Smouha vs. El Masry (9:00 pm).
• Al Ahly vs. Al Bank Al Ahly (9:00 pm).
• Zamalek vs. El Gouna (Friday, 9:00 pm).

Friendly matches abroad:

• Manchester United vs. Real Betis Balompié (5:00 pm).
• Manchester City vs. Chelsea (Saturday, 12:30 am).
• Bayern Munich vs. Tottenham (Saturday, 2:00 pm).