Port Said emerges as Egypt’s focal point of soccer-driven protest
By James M. Dorsey Port Said, the Suez Canal city associated with the worst incident in Egyptian sporting history, is emerging as a prime...
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