Saudi sports minister leaves Egypt’s sports scene

The decision of the head of Saudi General Sports Authority Turki al-Sheikh to withdraw from Egyptian sports and sell his club Pyramids Football Club after being insulted by Al-Ahli fans at one of their games sparked controversy in Egypt.
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Saudi players listen to the head of the General Authority for Saudi Sport, Turki al-Sheikh (C), as they gather during a training session at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, June 13, 2018. - ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images
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CAIRO — Turki al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabia's sports minister and chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Sports Authority, has quit investments in Egypt’s sports. Sheikh decided Oct. 5 to sell his club known as Pyramids Football Club and to stop the broadcast of the club’s official channel.

On the same day, the channel went off-air. It only broadcast the following message, “There is no room for sports investment in an unhealthy environment.”

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