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Which Cairo neighbourhood club, founded in 1911 by British colonial administrators, is the oldest surviving sports and social club in the country and has produced numerous Olympians in swimming, tennis, and squash?
Answer: Gezira Sporting Club — Gezira Sporting Club, occupying the entire southern half of Zamalek Island, was founded as the Khedivial Sporting Club on land carved from the Khedive Ismail's private gardens — its clay tennis courts, grass croquet lawns, and Olympic-sized swimming pool made it the elite cradle of Egyptian tennis and aquatics for over a century.
- A Alexandria Sporting Club
- B Maadi Sporting Club
- C Tersana Club
- D Gezira Sporting Club ✓
Gezira Sporting Club, occupying the entire southern half of Zamalek Island, was founded as the Khedivial Sporting Club on land carved from the Khedive Ismail's private gardens — its clay tennis courts, grass croquet lawns, and Olympic-sized swimming pool made it the elite cradle of Egyptian tennis and aquatics for over a century.