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Al Bawaba
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Turki Al-Sheikh confirms The Blue Elephant 3 with Karim Abdel Aziz: 'It Will Be Fire!'
ALBAWABA - Karim Abdel Aziz returns in The Blue Elephant 3 as Turki Al-Sheikh promises cinematic brilliance. Following the release of a picture of His Excellency, Counselor Turki Al-Sheikh, with the Blue Elephant film crew on his official Facebook page, there was a tremendous deal of public discussion. His remark, "The Blue Elephant will be fire," made it apparent that formal preparations for the third installment of this film—which is regarded as one of the most popular in Egyptian cinema—had begun. This action further demonstrates His Excellency's dedication to promoting Arab filmmaking and broadening its worldwide reach. He earlier expressed his wish to showcase The Blue Elephant 3 in a unique manner that surpasses audience expectations in an interview with Amr Adeeb, saying, "We seek to make The Blue Elephant go beyond its usual boundaries." Since this project is a profitable investment for all parties, we wholeheartedly support it. We anticipate that Blue Elephant 3 and 4 will set a new global standard, and there are presently agreements to fully support the fourth phase as well." It is important to remember that the first installment of the movie, which combined mystery, drama, and psychological suspense, was released in 2014 and was a giant hit with both audiences and critics. After a five-year break, psychiatrist Yehia Rashed returns to work at Abbasiya Hospital in the movie. Several tense events are set in motion when he becomes involved in assessing the mental health of a criminal who subsequently turns out to be an old buddy. Karim Abdel Aziz Instagram profile Critics did, however, express some disagreement with the movie. The Blue Elephant and the 2007 New Zealand movie The Tattoo share some dramatic lines, according to historian Mahmoud Kassem. Ahmed Murad, the original novel's author, acknowledged that the novel's and the movie's endings differed and that the latter was changed for the film's benefit to appeal to a larger audience.
Daily Mail
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Dana White becomes hero to fight fans with major Canelo-Crawford news as UFC promoter moves into boxing
Boxing fanatics weren't necessarily sold on UFC promoter Dana White when his involvement in the upcoming Canelo Alvarez-Terence Crawford bout was announced back in March. After all, his experience is primarily in mixed-martial arts and a fledgling slap-fighting circuit, so there was some natural skepticism about his capacity to win over the boxing audience. But on Tuesday, along with Saudi Boxing Federation president and Riyadh Season promoter Turki Al-Sheikh, White did just that by revealing Canelo-Crawford bout will be on Netflix and not pay per view. And according to another boxing promoter, that decision could make the highly anticipated September 13 bout historically popular. '#CaneloCrawford, streaming on @netflix, NO PPV, is a huge opportunity and showcase for #boxing,' veteran promoter and former HBO executive Lou DiBella wrote on X. 'It's also going to create proper momentum for the new Saudi/TKO promotion. Well done by Dana and all; re-securing Netflix was key. This will be one of the most watched fights EVER.' TKO is the conglomerate created by Endeavor as part of the highly publicized merger between the WWE and UFC parent company Zuffa. In March, the newly formed company announced a partnership with Al-Sheikh to launch a new boxing league next year which is being modelled after the UFC. Like DiBella, fans were understandably excited about the absence of any PPV fees: 'Crawford vs Canelo on Netflix at no additional cost?' one wrote, adding, 'Sign me up!' Not everyone was thrilled with the news about Netflix, particularly given the streaming giant's lackluster performance for the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul farce in November. Fans on both sides of the Atlantic faced poor image quality, prolonged buffering and spotty audio throughout the undercard. Meanwhile, hundreds online complained of error messages, while '#unwatchable' began trending on X. 'This unprecedented scale created many technical challenges, which the launch team tackled brilliantly by prioritizing stability of the stream for the majority of viewers,' Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone wrote to employees afterwards, as reported by Bloomberg. Despite the problems, Netflix saw the event as a success after claiming as many as 65 million households were viewing at one point. White does have some experience promoting boxing events, including the wildly profitable and utterly disappointing 2017 snoozefest between Floyd Mayweather and converted UFC fighter Conor McGregor. He's also promoted fight cards involving Ireland's Callum Walsh, which were streamed on UFC Fight Pass. A year ago, White predicted his involvement in boxing would only grow in 2025, and on Tuesday, he laid out the vision he shares with Al-Sheikh. 'Turki wants to make the biggest fights that the fans want to see in boxing and this is right up my alley,' White said in quote he posted on X. 'Are you kidding me that the first boxing fight I'm going to get to promote is Canelo vs. Crawford? 'It's literally a once in a lifetime (sic) fight. Live on Saturday, September 13, streaming globally on Netflix, two of the GREATEST boxers in the sport will meet in a historic fight from Las Vegas.' A venue has not been named, but the city does have options ranging from the Raiders' Allegiant Stadium to the Golden Knights' T-Mobile Arena. It will be a huge task for Crawford given Canelo has never lost a fight at super middleweight. Crawford, who has a 41-0 record with 31 knockouts, will come up from 154 pounds to 168 pounds for the September showdown, having fought only once over 147 pounds in his entire career. What's more, he would be out of action for 13 months by the time he steps in the ring with Canelo. It will be a huge task for the American given Canelo has never lost a fight at super middleweight. The 34-year-old Alvarez is a four-weight world champion and entered his last fight against William Scull with the WBA, WBC and WBO titles at 168 pounds. He was previously stripped of the IBF belt last July when he declined to make a mandatory defense against Scull.
The Sun
07-06-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Moses Itauma to fight Dillian Whyte on August 16 in Saudi Arabia as Brit sensation take huge step towards title shot
WHYTE SPIRIT THE Moses Itauma steam train is on course to collide with Dillian Whyte on August 16. The 20-year-old heavyweight sensation has been struggling to find incremental step-up opponents, after demolishing his last two victims inside three combined rounds. 2 2 But the 37-year-old Brixton Body Snatcher has leapt up to the challenge and will face the hottest prospect in world boxing in the scorching Saudi desert on August 16. The clash would come just three months after the Slovakia-born Kent wonderkid battered poor Mike Balogun inside two rounds on May 24 and barked: "I don't have to worry about doing rounds, but my team wants to see me in a 10-rounder. 'And then I want in with the big dogs." Whyte was scheduled to have a tune-up fight last night (SAT) in Ipswich but withdrew as soon as the big-money fight was placed on his table. Itauma was also slated to have another litmus test on the July 19 Wembley showdown between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. But Saudi boxing kingpin Turki Al Sheikh is a man on a mission to make the biggest and best bouts that he fancies. And all the best-laid plans and blueprints go up in smoke when he dreams up a fantasy fight and stumps up the Riyals to stage it.
Associated Press
02-06-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
African Champions League title stays in Egypt after Pyramids beats Mamelodi Sundowns
CAIRO (AP) — The African Champions League soccer title stayed in Egypt with Pyramids winning the final Sunday just seven years after the club was renamed and moved to Cairo. The president of African soccer's governing body Patrice Motsepe presented the trophy after watching the South African club he owns, Mamelodi Sundowns, lose the second leg in Cairo 2-1, giving Pyramids a 3-2 aggregate win. Pyramids took a first-half lead with Congo forward Fiston Mayele's competition-best ninth goal. Defender Ahmed Samy added a second in the 56th minute for the team coached by Krunoslav Jurčić from Croatia. Iqraam Rayners cut the lead in the 75th and Pyramids survived pressure during 10 minutes of stoppage time added. Egypt now has a record 19 African club titles by four different teams. Al Ahly has 12, including the past two competitions, Zamalek has five and Ismaily one. Pyramids was rebranded and brought to the Egyptian capital in 2018 by Saudi sports executive Turki Al-Sheikh, who is now a key official in boxing. One year later the big-spending club's new owner was Salem Al-Shamsi, a businessman from the United Arab Emirates, who had been its vice president. Pyramids' first African title earned a place at FIFA's Club World Cup in 2029. Sundowns, which won its only African title in 2016, qualified to play in the United States next month in the first 32-team edition of the FIFA tournament. The South African club was drawn in a group to play Ulsan in Orlando on June 17, then Borussia Dortmund in Cincinnati and Fluminense in Miami. ___ AP soccer:
