Turkey Bans Blogger for Hosting Turkish Soccer League Videos

A Turkish court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir has banned Google’s popular blogging platform Blogger in response to a complaint by satellite television provider Digiturk, that Blogger users had illegally posted videos of Turkish Super League matches that are owned by Digiturk’s Lig TV. The ban, widely viewed as disproportionate, has prompted outrage among Turkey’s 600,000... 

Zamalek Bans Foreign Coaches and Players But Exempts Its Premier Soccer Team

Financially troubled Cairo club Al Zamalek FC has opted against hiring foreign players and coaches across its spectrum of sports activity, but has exempted its Premier League soccer team from the ban. The decision comes amid heated debate about financial austerity measures proposed by the Egyptian Football Association in the wake of Egypt’s political turmoil that last month forced the resignation... 

Egyptian Players Boycott Training in Protest against Salary Cuts

A majority of Port Said’s Al-Masry Club’s Premier League soccer team boycotted training this week in the first labor protest against plans by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to curb salaries for soccer players and coaches, soccer website FilGoal.com reported. Al-Masry was forced to cancel its training session on Monday when only eight of the team’s 28 players showed up. FilGoal... 

Chairman of Zamalek Resigns Amid Criticism of Financial Management

Galal Ibrahim, the chairman of storied but embattled Cairo soccer club Al Zamalek SC, has resigned amid mounting criticism of his financial management, according to Egyptian soccer website FilGoal.com. Ibrahim’s resignation comes as Zamalek is battling the financial fallout of the political crisis in Egypt that last month forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign after 30 years in office. The... 

Egypt Military World Cup Performance Barometer of Military Performance as Rulers

Five-time World Military Cup winner Egypt will be playing for more than just the Egyptian military’s honor when it competes this July in Brazil for this year’s cup. With the military in power since last month’s ousting of President Hosni Mubarak by mass anti-government protests, the team will represent not just the military but the government too. Its performance is likely to be a... 

Egyptian Soccer Introduces Financial Austerity

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA), introducing financial austerity in the wake of the popular uprising that last month toppled President Hosni Mubarak, has announced salary reduction for all its employees. The reduction comes amid fury about EFA proposals to cap transfer pricing, as well as salaries of players and coaches. The EFA said on its website that no member of its staff would earn more... 

Egyptian Soccer Focuses on Corruption Rather Than Performance

The talk in Egyptian soccer focuses these days on financial austerity and corruption rather than performance on the pitch that remains empty with professional league matches suspended since anti-government protests erupted late January. The shift in focus was prompted by a call by the Egyptian Football Association to cap transfer-pricing and the salaries of players and coaches. The proposal has inadvertently... 

Egyptian Military Under Pressure to Lift Ban on Soccer Matches

Egypt’s ruling military is under increasing pressure to lift the one month-old suspension of the country’s professional league matches following Sunday’s African championship defeat of Kenya’s Ulinzi Stars by storied Cairo club Al Zamalek SC, the first soccer match to be played in Egypt since mass anti-government protests erupted in late January. Both teams wore black armbands... 

Egyptian Protests Force First Soccer Resignations

Egyptian mass protests that earlier this month overthrew President Hosni Mubarak have forced the country’s first soccer resignations. Angry fans demonstrated outside the headquarters of Ittihad Al Skandarya, the port city of Alexandria’s main team, demanding that board reshuffle because of the club’s poor performance. The protests prompted club president Mohamed Moselhi and three... 

US Embassy Cancels Funding for Egyptian Police Soccer Program

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo has cancelled plans to fund an Egyptian Interior Ministry youth soccer mentorship program because of the ministry’s brutal use of police and security forces to crackdown on protesters that earlier this month forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign after 30 years in office. In a letter to Congress obtained by The Cable, a Foreign Policy magazine blog, State Department... 

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