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.
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
Mamelodi Sundowns tell Al Gaish: Siyanda Ndlovu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Mohsen steps up from the Al Gaish academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ahmed Mohsen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Abdallah Hegazi joins the Al Gaish first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Abdallah Hegazi 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 Ibrahim Elneny from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ibrahim Elneny 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: Salah Mohsen joins the Al Gaish first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Salah Mohsen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ahmed Khaled
- The dugout Amro Tarek knocks on the manager’s door
- Looking ahead Hesham Balaha goes back to face Ghazl El Mahalla