Soccer Salaries: Egyptian Players Threaten to Walk Off the Job

A growing number of Egyptian soccer players are publicly opposing an Egyptian Football Association (EFA) proposal to cap transfer spending and salaries. In the latest rejection, four players—Islam Awad, Walid Soliman, Adel Mostafa and Nader Al-Ashri— threatened to leave if their club attempted to limit their salaries. These four all play for ENPPI, a team that is owned by the country’s... 

Potential Cap on Egyptian Soccer Salaries Face Mounting Opposition

Opposition to an Egyptian Football Association (EFA) proposal to cap transfer pricing and players’ salaries constitutes a shot across the bow of mounting pressure to radically reform Egyptian soccer. Ibrahim Hassan, an outspoken board member of Al Zamalek SC, one of the most storied and crowned clubs in the Egyptian Premier League, and Amr Zaki, a striker for the club, have publicly rejected... 

Egyptian Soccer Stadiums Emerge as Venue for Sexual Harassment

A Los Angeles Times report identifies soccer stadiums as a prime venue in Egypt for sexual harassment. By implication, the article revives the question of whether soccer fans who played an important role in the protests that earlier this month swept President Hosni Mubarak from power, may also have been responsible for a brutal sexual assault on an American journalist. This month’s brutal sexual... 

CAF to Decide Fate of African Matches Threatened by Political Turmoil

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is set to decide the fate of Egypt’s African qualifier against South Africam as well as of the U-20 African championship and home matches in Libya and Algeria in the wake of the political turmoil sweeping North Africa. CAF together with FIFA president Sepp Blatter will meet on Thursday in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum on the side lines of the second... 

Corruption Investigation Signals Restructuring of Egyptian Soccer

Egyptian state prosecutor, Abdul Mejid Mahmoud, is investigating corruption charges against senior figures in Egyptian soccer, including Egyptian Football Association (EFA) president Samir Zaher, according to soccer officials and analysts as well as Egyptian media reports. Some analysts and sources have said that Mahmoud is likely to file formal charges related to the financial management of those... 

Egyptian Soccer Clubs Urge Speedy Resumption of Suspended League

Egypt’s major soccer clubs have urged the country’s football federation to quickly lift its month-old suspension of professional league matches imposed at the outset of anti-government protests that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. The soccer clubs made their demand known in a meeting to discuss the 2010-2011 season with Egyptian Football Association (EFA) President Sami Zaher... 

Egypt To Request Postponement of African Championship Match Against South Africa

Egypt will ask the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone its crucial match against South Africa, currently scheduled for March 24, by three months because of the turmoil in its country. Egyptian soccer website FilGoal.com reported that the postponement was designed to allow the country’s national squad to get up to speed after a month of forced inactivity. The Egyptian Football... 

Egypt and Tunisia To Play Soccer Friendly Despite Historical Animosity

Egypt and Tunisia, the two Arab countries most successful to date in overthrowing their dictators, have agreed to play a soccer friendly despite their longstanding football animosity. Egyptian Football Association board member Ayman Younes said a date for the match, dubbed “the revolutionists’ game,” had yet to be set. Tunisians were the first in the Arab world to rise in protest,... 

Pro-Mubarak Footballers Express Support for Egypt’s Revolt

Members of the board of storied Cairo soccer club Al Zamalek SC have denied claims that they supported ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and opposed the mass protests demanding political and economic reform. In an interview with government-owned Ahram Online, Ibrahim Hassan, Zamalek’s director of soccer, speaking also on behalf of his brother and fellow board member, Hossam Hassan, said... 

Egyptian Military Authorizes African Match in Cairo Despite Turmoil

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has authorized an African Championship League match in Cairo scheduled for next week between storied Cairo club Al Zamalek SC and Kenya’s Ulinzi Stars. The EFA green light supports the efforts to return Egypt to normal by the military, which rules the country since mass protests last week ousted President Hosni Mubarak after 30 years in office. The authorization... 

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