Al-Ahly to boycott local competitions in protest of player’s suspension

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The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced Sunday that Egyptian fans will be allowed to attend matches starting from the second part of the Egyptian Premier League. (AFP File Photo)

 

 

 

Egypt’s prominent football club Al-Ahly decided to boycott the Egyptian Football Association and all local competitions, in protest to the association’s decision to suspend player Ahmed El-Sheikh, on accusations of signing for more than one team.

Al-Ahly said in a Tuesday statement that it would proceed to take all necessary legal actions against the association to “defend the club’s rights”. The club’s board of directors refused the four-month ban and the 330,000 EGP fine on El-Sheikh.

Al-Ahly threatened to boycott local competitions before. Last month tensions over the location of the domestic football league’s most anticipated match of the season, between Cairo giants Al-Ahly and Al-Zamalek, required a top state authority’s intervention to reach a solution.

 

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