The Al Gaish Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hesham Balaha gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Hesham Balaha has just signed for Al Gaish, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Kermit Tau
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Al Gaish have done the hard part with Platinum Stars, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Amro Tarek signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Amro Tarek and Al Gaish agree another 1 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Hesham Balaha in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Al Gaish this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Al Gaish training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Thulani Khune
Al Gaish asked and SuperSport United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al Gaish promote Hossam Warda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hossam Warda has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Emad Salah joins the Al Gaish first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Emad Salah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Al Gaish promote Salah Soliman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Salah Soliman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Al Gaish promote Ibrahim Soliman from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ahmed Khaled
- The dugout Amro Tarek knocks on the manager’s door