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Egypt Cup Cancelled Amid Sharpening Political Fault Lines

Egypt Cup Cancelled Amid Sharpening Political Fault Lines

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James M. Dorsey
Feb 15, 2011
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Egypt Cup Cancelled Amid Sharpening Political Fault Lines
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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has cancelled this season’s Egypt’s Cup as political fault lines in Egyptian soccer sharpened by the protests that last week toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reverberated within one of Egypt’s most storied clubs.

The cancellation of the Egypt Cup comes almost a month after the EFA suspended all professional…

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