Egypt’s Battles Reverberate on the Soccer Pitch
By James M. Dorsey
Al Arabiya
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Egypt’s post-revolution political and economic battles are being fought on the soccer pitch with crowned Cairo club Zamalek SC in the eye of the storm.
Egyptian clubs won a first battle this week by forcing the interior ministry to rescind an order that would have held the clubs rather than the police responsible for security …