Soccer-Two Zamalek players handed one-month prison sentence for assault


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - African Confederation Cup - Final - Second Leg - Zamalek v RSB Berkane - Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt - May 19, 2024 Zamalek's Mostafa Shalaby celebrates with a flare after winning the African Confederation Cup REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo

(Reuters) - Zamalek's Mostafa Shalaby and Nabil Emad have been given a one-month prison sentence and fined 200,000 dirhams ($55,000) each for assault during this month's Egyptian Super Cup semi-final in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court said.

Zamalek sporting director Abdel Wahed El Sayed got the same punishment after the three men were involved in a scuffle with a stadium organiser at the Al Nahyan ground in Abu Dhabi. Zamalek beat Pyramids 5-4 in a penalty shootout on Oct. 20.

The court said in a statement on social media platform X on Tuesday that the three men were "... committing acts that would disturb public order and incite riots in front of the fans ..."

Zamalek declined to comment.

(Reporting by Ahmed El Khashab; Editing by Ken Ferris)

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