Controversial soccer club chief declares candidacy in Egypt's presidential election

From The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer Sat Apr 5 2014, 10:50:51

Presidential candidate and Zamalek chairman Mortada Mansour

By James M. Dorsey

Egyptian soccer is adding salt to the run-up to presidential elections that are certain to be won by the country's strongman, newly retired general Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, with the announcement of the controversial chairman of one of Egypt's foremost clubs that he too was a presidential candidate.

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