by Freddie Paxton | May 23, 2017 | Sports
For a 20-year-old, Ramadan Sobhi’s career has been quite a journey. He has, in no particular order, played in front of 100,000 fanatical supporters in Egypt, got an opponent sent off after standing on the ball mid-game, fallen out with his coach at al-Ahly and...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2015 | Sports
Cairo, AP—Egypt’s cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after at least 22 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside a Cairo stadium, three years after Egypt witnessed one of the deadliest soccer riots in the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 15, 2013 | Sports
Agadir, Morocco, Reuters—Jubilant Raja Casablanca fans shook the normally tranquil tourist resort of Agadir out of its slumber on Saturday after their team reached the Club World Cup semi-finals with a shock win over Mexico’s CF Monterrey. Barely a week after sacking...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 12, 2013 | Sports
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Al-Ahly striker Ahmed Abdul Zaher apologized to Egyptians on Tuesday for celebrating a goal with the so-called Rabaa salute, which has become a symbol of solidarity with ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Egypt’s Al-Ahly Football Club...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 9, 2013 | Sports
Cairo, AP—Prosecutors released 25 Egyptian soccer fans arrested after clashes at Cairo’s international airport, the state news agency reported Saturday, ahead of the first international match planned in the city in two years. The release of the fans of...
