Port Said emerges as Egypt’s focal point of soccer-driven protest

Soccer is Politics (JMD in The American Interest)

Egyptian death sentence for soccer fans puts president’s iron grip to the test

Government and fans battle in court and on the pitch in Egypt and Turkey

Egypt’s banning of ultras constitutes effort to outlaw legitimate opposition

Egyptian stage set for confrontations with ultras

Soccer militants put their mark on Egyptian protests

Rioting ultras and striking police officers may ease security reform

Soccer protests highlight Egyptian president Morsi’s fragile ties to the military

Soccer fans defy emergency rule, force work stoppage in Port Said

Egypt league to restart amid protests and finger pointing of police

Bradley fighting to give fractured Egypt World Cup hope (JMD quoted on ESPN FC)

Egyptian military authorizes resumption of soccer, confrontation with ultras looms

Soccer and Egypt (JMD quoted in The Nation)

Beyond The Pitch

Morsi opts for law enforcement, not inevitable reform

Egyptian soccer violence: a test of Morsi’s political savvy