Soccer takes center stage in Egyptian struggle for power
Soccer - Morsi's monkey wrench?
By James M. Dorsey
The Egyptian interior ministry has handed newly elected president Mohammed Morsi an unexpected asset to garner public support in his struggle for power with the country's dominant military by refusing to lift a six-month old ban on professional soccer.
The ministry justified its refusal to lift the ban imp…
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