Latest in Tag: Ultras Ahlawy Highlight
Latest in Tag: Ultras Ahlawy
Court orders retrial of 5 Ultras Ahlawy members
Members accused of inciting violence during basketball match between Al-Ahly, Zamalek in December 2014
8 Ultras Ahlawy members detained pending investigations into stadium clashes
Prosecution accused some spectators of belonging to Muslim Brotherhood
Recent clashes between Ultras Ahlawy, police may dash hopes of returning to stadiums
40 Ultras fans arrested over clashes with police, Ultras apologise, prosecution opens investigationÂ
Court postpones appeal against acquittal of 15 Ultras Ahlawy membersÂ
The members were previously acquitted on mid-November, but the prosecution appealed it
8 Ultras Ahlawy members imprisoned for an additional 15 daysÂ
Three other members added to the case, after it originally included five defendants
Five Ultras Ahlawy members imprisoned for 15 days pending investigationsÂ
The suspects were arrested on Sunday from their homes during security raids, the Ultras Ahlawy group Facebook page reported
2 police officers reportedly injured in clashes with Ultras
Nearly a dozen of the groupâs members were arrested
15 Ultras Ahlawy members acquitted from charges in handball match incident
The police arrested handball fans in September, accusing them of attempting to violently break in to attend a match
Al-Ahly handball fans to hear verdict on 15 November
Young Ultras Ahlawy members face charges of using violence as lawyer discredits investigations
19 Ultras Ahlawy members investigated over charges of bullying
The defendants insisted on attending a match which was scheduled to be played without fans or spectators in the stands
18 Ultras Ahlawy members released following arrest at Borg El-Arab stadium
Police arrested the fans on Sunday for vandalism and rioting after Al-Ahly FC lost a match against Moroccan team El-Wedad
80 Ultras Ahlawy members arrested for rioting in Alexandria
Those arrested had assaulted police officers following a match in Borg Al-Arab stadium, reported state mediaÂ
17 Ultras members released after clashes with police in Alexandria
Fans were charged with assaulting police personnel
Egyptian football fans set stage for growing anti-government protests
Militant, street battle-hardened Egyptian football fans set the stage for growing protests against the government of general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi when, earlier this month, they forced their way into a stadium, in protest against the countryâs long-standing ban on supporters attending football matches. The storming of the pitch in the Borg Al-Arab stadium in the …
We cannot be the accusers and the judges: Ultras Ahlawy
Football fan club urges revealing the details of Port Said stadium riots
Family reports “forced disappearance” of youth
Sherif El-Afifi was arrested from his house in Nahia last Thursday, says sister
Football deaths raise stakes for Egyptâs general-turned-president Al-Sisi
By James M. Dorsey The death of at least 40 militants, highly politicised, and street battle-hardened Egyptian football fans in clashes with security forces raises the stakes for General-turned-President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisiâs efforts to suppress political dissent. The incident is one of the worst in Egyptian sporting history and the latest in a number of …
âPort Said Massacreâ retrial postponed to 9 February
Charges are hypothetical and imaginary, says defence
Port Said massacre: The day the Away fans never came back
On 1 February 2012, 74 Al-Ahly supporters belonging to the clubâs biggest fan base Ultras Ahlawy were killed following a football match in the Port Said stadium in what became commonly known as the âPort Said massacreâ. Al-Masry fans stormed the pitch and attacked Al-Ahly players and fans. Clashes broke out between the two …
Port Said âfootball massacreâ victimsâ families protest upcoming Al-Masry game
74 Al-Ahly supporters were killed following football match in 2012
Football fans to return to Egyptian stadiums
Games have been played behind closed doors since 2012 Port Said massacre
Verdict on banning of Utras groups adjourned to 29 December
Lawsuit filed by Mortada Mansour, Zamalek club chairman, calling ultras âterrorist groupsâ
Militant football fans reassert their key role in protest with storming of Cairo stadium
By James M. Dorsey Militant, street battle-hardened football fans stormed a Cairo stadium in advance of the second leg of crowned Al-Ahly SCâs African Confederation Cup final against Ivory Coastâs SĂ©wĂ© Sport in a reassertion of the fansâ key role in protests against the regime of toppled president Hosni Mubarak and subsequent governments. The storming …
Port Said trial postponed to 20 December
Prosecution to present its arguments in the next session
Army refused to secure the match: Port Said trial defendant
Witness claims military refusal was because Al-Ahly fans insulted Tantawi and SCAF, trial adjourned to Monday
Jail sentences re-position Egyptian football as potential protest venue
By James M. Dorsey An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 militant football fans to five years in prison in an expansion of the military-backed regimeâs crackdown on its Islamist and non-Islamists opponents that could ultimately re-position football as a major platform of protest. The fans, members of Ultras Ahlawy, the well-organised and street battled-hardened militant …
Interior ministry between honesty and deception
“It is a scenario everybody has become bored with for its repetitiveness. Football in Egypt has returned as an empty theater show for the sake of the Egyptian police, as if the decisions of the Egyptian security [apparatus] are revelations from above, even if it does not mean a thing but their inability to perform …
Football fans reject security presence at stadiums
Ultras put aside rivalries to demand access to stadiums to watch football matches
Ultras Ahlawy member released
Attempts to fabricate the events of Port Said will fail, the group says
Ultras Ahlawy member arrested
Ahmed Idrees is arrested for “assaulting Al-Masry fans”