The deadliest soccer stadium disaster since 1996 unfolded in the Mediterranean city of Port Said on Wednesday night following Al-Masry's league match against Al-Ahly, with fans crushed to death while others were fatally stabbed or suffocated in a ...
Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri announced the decision during Thursday's emergency parliamentary session, a day after a match between Cairo giants Al-Ahly and host city's Al-Masry soccer teams in the Mediterranean city of Port Said turned deadly.Port Said Helps Forge Bridges and Reopens Fault Lines in EgyptMiddle East OnlineEgypt: Soccer riot witnesses recount horrific violenceGlobalPost
PEDRO SERVIN, AP Egyptian fans rush into the field following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Dozens of Egyptians were killed Wednesday in violence following a soccer ...
STR / AP Egyptian fans rush into the field following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Dozens of Egyptians were killed Wednesday in violence following a soccer match in ...
He and his wife participated in a non-violent protest of the violence the day after the Al Ahly-Al Masry match to show solidarity with the Egyptian people. ''This is a much deeper situation than football - really not the case of football fan violence ...
But he described reports that it was linked to last week's soccer riots as "the usual gossip." A Justice Ministry official said Sunday that el-Mallawany is under investigation for allegedly paying thugs to attack fans after a soccer match in the ...