The Al Gaish Courier
Match22 Aug 2026
Al Gaish win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 93th minute. Arab Contractors will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market24 Aug 2026
Ahmed Abbas puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Al Gaish, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Esteban Calderón will not be coming to Al Gaish
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at O'Higgins is saying, and nobody at Al Gaish is enjoying the guessing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Al Gaish
Karim Tarek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Al Gaish training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Camacho 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 targets24 Aug 2026
Atlético Tucumán tell Al Gaish: Carlos Abeldaño is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match22 Aug 2026
Ahmed Khaled the difference as Al Gaish beat Arab Contractors
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ahmed Khaled. 1‑0 against Arab Contractors, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
One of those days for Ahmed Khaled
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.04, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Francisco Fraga is in the works
- Squad Al Gaish are still strangers to each other
- Squad Bassem Soliman signs a new deal