Sports journalist Ahmed Shobeir wrote on his account on the X platform: “The great commentator icon, Mimi El-Sherbiny , has passed away. To God we belong and to Him we shall return.”

Mimi El-Sherbini, who died at the age of 88, had been away from sports commentary due to his struggle with illness in recent years

Sherbini was born in Mansoura , Egypt in 1938 and played for Al-Masry SC and then Al-Ahly SC.

Sherbini also underwent a training period before becoming one of the most famous Egyptian football commentators in its history since he passed the radio test in 1976.