KingFut is an English-language Egyptian website providing a variety of news and statistics for sports in Egypt, mostly focused on

football in Egypt Football is the most popular sport in Egypt, many Egyptians gather around to watch various Egyptian clubs and the Egyptian national football team play on an almost daily basis. Zamalek and Al Ahly are amongst the most popular in the country, ...

and news on Egyptian expatriate footballers.

History

The website was launched on 13 July 2012 by three young Egyptian

journalists A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

, Adam Moustafa, Mohamed Seif, and Moustafa El-Chiati, as an English-language news source covering Egyptian football. Since May 2015, KingFut includes

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

and

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news. On 26 May 2016, a partnership with

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was announced. On 13 August 2016, KingFut was appointed by

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club

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to manage its official

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accounts and digital media presence across different platforms, just two weeks after the English club announced the signing of Egypt's wonderkid

Ramadan Sobhi Ramadan Sobhi Ramadan Ahmed (; born 23 January 1997) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids. Sobhi began his career with the leading Egyptian club Ahly SC of Cairo, making his pr ...

. This move was part of the English club's strategy to expand its international reach and communicate with Arabic speaking fans in

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and the

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References

{{reflist 2012 establishments in Egypt Internet properties established in 2012 Egyptian sport websites Association football websites