always thought that sports were about sportsmanship and not politics. Too much politics appear to be thrown in, even in the Olympics.
Egyptian Player Highlights Problems Of Sports Governance Analysis
By James M. Dorsey
November 14, 2013
This weeks banning of a prominent Egyptian soccer player for expressing political views on the pitch goes to the core of international sports problems: a refusal to recognize the inextricable linkage between sports and politics, the political manipulation of soccer by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa with the tacit endorsement of world soccer governing body FIFA, and the continuous flaunting of their own rules and regulations by FIFA and other international, regional and national sports governing bodies.
Striker Ahmed Abd El-Zaher was banned by crowned Cairo club Al Ahli SC and put up for sale despite having another four years on his contract at the behest of the minister of sports in Egypts military-backed government, Taher Abouzeid, and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) for showing an opposition four finger sign after scoring a goal in a match against South Africas Orlando Pirates that helped earn the club its eighth African club championship title.
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Banning Of Egyptian Player Highlights Problems Of Sports Governance - Analysis Eurasia Review
Egyptian Player Highlights Problems Of Sports Governance Analysis
By James M. Dorsey
November 14, 2013
This weeks banning of a prominent Egyptian soccer player for expressing political views on the pitch goes to the core of international sports problems: a refusal to recognize the inextricable linkage between sports and politics, the political manipulation of soccer by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa with the tacit endorsement of world soccer governing body FIFA, and the continuous flaunting of their own rules and regulations by FIFA and other international, regional and national sports governing bodies.
Striker Ahmed Abd El-Zaher was banned by crowned Cairo club Al Ahli SC and put up for sale despite having another four years on his contract at the behest of the minister of sports in Egypts military-backed government, Taher Abouzeid, and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) for showing an opposition four finger sign after scoring a goal in a match against South Africas Orlando Pirates that helped earn the club its eighth African club championship title.
Continue reading at:
Banning Of Egyptian Player Highlights Problems Of Sports Governance - Analysis Eurasia Review
