By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

By James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television...

By James M. Dorsey Caught between a rock and a hard place, Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has agreed to allow...

By James M. Dorsey A staunch supporter of general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, has called...

By James M. Dorsey A refusal by Morocco to host next month’s 2014 African Cup of Nations soccer tournament for fear that it could import...

By James M. Dorsey Clashes this weekend between security forces and militant supporters of crowned Cairo club Al Ahli SC and a political...

Militant Al Ahli fans commemorate 74 killed in politically-loaded Port Said brawl By James M. Dorsey Little better illustrates the...

By James M. Dorsey Militant, street battle-hardened soccer fans played a key role in toppling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and...

February 03, 2011 Egypt’s political crisis has put African national soccer teams that participated in last month’s seven-nation inaugural...

February 02, 2011 Anti-government youth activists have called for mass demonstrations in Sudan on Thursday, the eve of the opening of the...

February 01, 2011 The death this weekend of a Sudanese student in fierce clashes with security forces is fuelling calls for...