Egyptians and football: A different appetite?
The suppression of local football fandom and the rise of international superstars are changing fan alliances in Egypt
The suppression of local football fandom and the rise of international superstars are changing fan alliances in Egypt
Cairo Criminal Court ordered a reinvestigation into the deaths of at least 20 hardcore football fans, who were killed in February 2015 outside Cairo’s Air Defense Stadium. The court referred the…
Sayed Moshagheb emerged from 11 years of imprisonment to a spontaneous celebration organized by a number of his friends in front of…
He has spent 7 years in prison on charges in the Air Defense Stadium case.
A court sentenced 14 to prison and acquitted 2 others on charges related to the February 2015 clashes. All defendants were acquitted…
The prosecutor general referred 16 people, including 12 Muslim Brotherhood members and Zamalek hardcore football fans — the Ultras White Knights — to…
All of the football fans killed on Sunday in front of the Air Defense Stadium died from injuries sustained in a stampede,…
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