Red card for the ultras (JMD quoted in The Economist)
Red card for the ultras
The sport’s most volatile supporters are banned
May 23rd 2015 | CAIRO | From the print edition
FOOTBALL, like politics, arouses strong passions in Egypt. Bring the two together and you get a combustible mixture. Add police brutality and you get the explosive atmosphere of Egypt’s football league.
Rivalries between opposing clubs are …
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