Egyptian soccer fans secure second political victory
Disqualified: Hani Abou-Reida
By James M. Dorsey
Egyptian militant soccer fans, one of the country’s largest civic groups, won their second political victory this month with the Egyptian Football Associations’ (EFA) disqualification of world soccer body FIFA executive committee member Hani Abou-Reida as a candidate for the EFA presidency.
Mr. Abou-Reida’s …
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