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EFA moves soccer Olympics qualifier against Sudan to Cairo for security reasons

EFA moves soccer Olympics qualifier against Sudan to Cairo for security reasons

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Jun 18, 2011
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EFA moves soccer Olympics qualifier against Sudan to Cairo for security reasons
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The Egyptian Football Association, in a bid to curb mounting soccer fan violence, has ordered that at a 2012 London Olympics qualifier between Egypt and Sudan be played on Saturday in Cairo rather than the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.
The EFA decision came after militant fans or ultras - highly organized, violence-prone, militant supporter grou…

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