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"That's Beyond Belief": Watch Mohamed Salah's Stunning Solo Goal For Liverpool Against Watford
Not content with scoring a worldie against Manchester City, Mohamed Salah decided to make a mockery of Watford's defenders by dancing past them and scoring another stunning solo goal.
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Egypt Court Upholds Death Penalty to 11 Fans Over 2012 Football Riots
The Port Said riot in 2012, which claimed 74 lives, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs.
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Egypt Court Sentences 11 to Death for Soccer Riots
As many as 73 people, including nine security officials, were arrested right after the February 2012 riots at the end of a game between Al Ahly and Al-Masry clubs in the Suez Canal city.
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Cairo to host African Super Cup
Football games in Egypt with large crowds have been rare since a riot incident at a stadium in 2012 in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 people were killed.
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After court verdict in football riot case, angry fans go on rampage in Cairo
An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer federation headquarters and a police club in Cairo in protest.
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Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences handed down against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said.
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Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences
Many residents of Port Said, which is located on the Mediterranean at the northern tip of the Suez Canal, have seen the trial as unjust and politicized, and soccer fans in the city have felt that authorities were biased in favor of Al-Ahly, Egypt's most powerful club.
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Egypt braces ahead of verdicts on football riot
A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest.
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Death toll rises to 31 in Egypt violence
Egyptian health officials say the death toll from rioting in the city of Port Said has risen to 31.
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Football riot verdicts spark deadly clashes in Egypt
Protesters attacked police stations and set tyres alight and relatives of those who were sentenced clashed with security forces as they tried to storm the prison in Port Said where the defendants are being held.
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Egypt clashes after 21 given death sentence in football riot
Among those on trial are nine security officials. The soccer melee on February 1, 2012 between Port Said's Al-Masry fans and Cairo's Al-Ahly fans was the world's deadliest soccer violence in 15 years.
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13-year-old boy shot dead at Egypt football protest
A 13-year-old boy was shot dead when Egyptian security forces clashed with fans protesting against a ban on Al-Masry football club over a deadly stadium riot, state media said on Saturday.
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Egypt charges 75 people in deadly soccer riot
Egypt's top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people with murder and negligence in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said.
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FIFA's Blatter slams political interference in Egypt
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed "political interference" in Egyptian football, in the wake of the death of 74 fans in riots following a midweek domestic match.
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Two dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot
A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said.
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"That's Beyond Belief": Watch Mohamed Salah's Stunning Solo Goal For Liverpool Against Watford
Not content with scoring a worldie against Manchester City, Mohamed Salah decided to make a mockery of Watford's defenders by dancing past them and scoring another stunning solo goal.
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Egypt Court Upholds Death Penalty to 11 Fans Over 2012 Football Riots
The Port Said riot in 2012, which claimed 74 lives, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs.
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Egypt Court Sentences 11 to Death for Soccer Riots
As many as 73 people, including nine security officials, were arrested right after the February 2012 riots at the end of a game between Al Ahly and Al-Masry clubs in the Suez Canal city.
-
Cairo to host African Super Cup
Football games in Egypt with large crowds have been rare since a riot incident at a stadium in 2012 in the Mediterranean city of Port Said, where more than 70 people were killed.
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After court verdict in football riot case, angry fans go on rampage in Cairo
An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torched the soccer federation headquarters and a police club in Cairo in protest.
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Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences handed down against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said.
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Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences
Many residents of Port Said, which is located on the Mediterranean at the northern tip of the Suez Canal, have seen the trial as unjust and politicized, and soccer fans in the city have felt that authorities were biased in favor of Al-Ahly, Egypt's most powerful club.
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Egypt braces ahead of verdicts on football riot
A court in Cairo was set on Saturday to deliver a verdict on 52 people allegedly involved in a deadly football stadium riot, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest.
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Death toll rises to 31 in Egypt violence
Egyptian health officials say the death toll from rioting in the city of Port Said has risen to 31.
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Football riot verdicts spark deadly clashes in Egypt
Protesters attacked police stations and set tyres alight and relatives of those who were sentenced clashed with security forces as they tried to storm the prison in Port Said where the defendants are being held.
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Egypt clashes after 21 given death sentence in football riot
Among those on trial are nine security officials. The soccer melee on February 1, 2012 between Port Said's Al-Masry fans and Cairo's Al-Ahly fans was the world's deadliest soccer violence in 15 years.
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13-year-old boy shot dead at Egypt football protest
A 13-year-old boy was shot dead when Egyptian security forces clashed with fans protesting against a ban on Al-Masry football club over a deadly stadium riot, state media said on Saturday.
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Egypt charges 75 people in deadly soccer riot
Egypt's top prosecutor on Thursday charged 75 people with murder and negligence in connection with a deadly soccer riot last month in the Mediterranean city of Port Said.
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FIFA's Blatter slams political interference in Egypt
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has slammed "political interference" in Egyptian football, in the wake of the death of 74 fans in riots following a midweek domestic match.
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Two dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot
A narrow stadium exit turned into a death trap. Crowds of Egyptian soccer fans fleeing supporters of the opposing team armed with knives, clubs and stones rushed into the corridor, only to be crushed against a locked gate, their rivals attacking from behind, survivors and witnesses said.
