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The Egyptian Football Federation have announced an indefinite suspension of all leagues in the country following the trouble in Port Said, when rival fans invaded the pitch and fought after Al Masry recorded a surprise 3-1 win over Al-Ahly.

Blatter issued a statement to express his sympathy for the families of the victims.

“I am very shocked and saddened to learn this evening that a large number of football supporters have died or been injured following a match in Port Said, Egypt,” the statement said.

“My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their lives this evening.

“This is a black day for football. Such a catastrophic situation is unimaginable and should not happen.”

The Egyptian federation issued two statements last night, announcing a period of mourning and a suspension of football in the country.

“The Egyptian federation has decided to stop the football leagues in all four divisions for an indefinite period after the violence that occurred in the game between Al Masry and Al-Ahly, which represented a tragic shock to the centre of sport in general and the football family in particular,” one statement said.

The other added: “The federation has announced that Egyptian football will be in mourning for three days for the souls of those who have fallen victim to the violence that occurred in the wake of the Al Masry-Al-Ahly match.”

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Zimbabwe, July 2000
Tear gas was fired by police and 13 supporters died amid unrest at the Harare National Stadium during an international match between Zimbabwe and South Africa.

South Africa, April 2001
Mass overcrowding at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg at a derby match between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates led to 43 people being crushed to death. Some reports suggested as many as 120,000 people were admitted into a stadium which, at the time, had an official capacity of 60,000. The stadium was later renovated for use at the 2010 World Cup.

Ghana, May 2001
Police fired tear gas into the crowd after unrest at a match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium resulting in mass panic and a stampede. The incident resulted in the deaths of 127 people, making it the worst disaster of its kind in Africa.

Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2001
Fourteen people were killed during a stampede at a match between Lupopo and Mazembe.

Zambia, June 2007
Twelve fans were killed in crushes at the end of Zambia’s win over DR Congo in Lusaka. It came 11 years after a similar incident in the city in which nine died.

Ivory Coast, March 2009
A wall collapsed at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny before the start of a World Cup qualifier between Ivory Coast and and Malawi. The incident (below) left a reported 22 people dead and more than 100 injured – but the match was allowed to go ahead with the Ivorians winning 5-0. Officials blamed a stampede of ticketless fans at the 45,000-capacity stadium.

South Africa, January 1991
Forty-two people died in a stampede during a pre-season game in the mining town of Orkney between the Kaizer Chiefs and the Orlando Pirates. A Pirates fan had attacked Chiefs supporters in the crowd with a knife.

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Mohamed Aboutrika and Mohamed Barakat, who both have at least 70 caps for Egypt, told Al-Ahly TV that they would quit immediately after the mass violence that left at least 74 people dead at a stadium in the Mediterranean city of Port Said.

“I will not play football again,” Aboutrika said late Wednesday. Barakat told the channel that there would be “no football after today” for him.

Emad Moteab also said he will refuse to play until there was “retribution for the people that died,” leaving the door open for an eventual return to the game.

Aboutrika and Barakat started the game against Al-Masry, while Moteab was a substitute, and all were among the Al-Ahly players forced to flee the pitch after opposition supporters surged onto the field and clashes broke out.

Aboutrika criticised police and security officials for standing by as Al-Masry supporters, armed with knives, sticks and stones, chased Al-Ahly players and fans, who ran toward the exits and up the stands to escape, according to witnesses.

“People here are dying and no one is doing a thing. It’s like a war,” Aboutrika told the team’s TV station. “Is life this cheap?”

Al-Ahly’s Portuguese coach Manuel Jose has also reportedly asked the Cairo club – Egypt’s most successful ever – to cancel his contract and allow him to return to Portugal, while Al-Masry club president Kamel Abu Ali and coach Hossam Hassan have quit.

The Egyptian Football Association suspended all league games indefinitely before Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri dissolved the federation’s board on Thursday.

While Al-Ahly’s supporters apparently were not the instigators behind Wednesday’s violence, Egypt’s most successful club has a history of violent episodes connected to its matches.

Al-Ahly was voted Africa’s club of the century in 2000 and has won a record 36 Egyptian league titles and the African Champions League six times – also a record.

But its renowned ultras – or hardline supporters – have often been involved in fighting with police or fans of other teams, and anti-establishment violence has often been associated with its games.

Last year, Al-Ahly was forced by Africa’s football confederation to play games in the continental club competition behind closed doors after trouble with its fans.

In September, more than 70 fans and riot police were hurt in clashes that spilt out from a stadium into a Cairo neighbourhood following an Al-Ahly game.

It came amid long-standing and bitter animosity between the football supporters and Egyptian security forces after the uprising that toppled Egypt’s former president, Hosni Mubarak, was fuelled by anger over police abuse and brutality.

On Wednesday in Port Said, security forces were accused of doing nothing to stop the violence against Al-Ahly players, fans and officials.

The ultras accused the military council and former members of Mubarak’s regime of retaliating against them for their role in the uprising last year and in anti-military protests since.

“They want to punish us and execute us for our participation in the revolution against suppression,” the Ultras of Al-Ahly group said in a statement.

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England coach Fabio Capello has previously stated his intention to continue selecting his captain, insisting Terry is innocent until proven guilty.

Confirmation that Terry’s five-day hearing will not take place until July 9 seems certain to rubber-stamp the Chelsea captain’s place at this summer’s Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine.

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Another factor is that the player he is accused of abusing is the brother of Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand, who still has a chance of being selected for England.

Reading striker and radio pundit Jason Roberts tweeted: “Believe me…the Dressing room at the Euros will be TOXIC unless the correct decision is made..!!!”

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More than 70 people were killed and hundreds were injured as Al Masry fans invaded the pitch after a surprise 3-1 win over the Cairo club in Port Said last night.

There is anger among some who feel the security forces and police did not do enough to intervene, a claim backed up by Al-Ahly assistant coach Pedro Barny, or that the violence could have had a political motivation.

Jose himself was among those who were attacked.

“I was beaten with fists and kicks to the neck, head and feet,” said the Portuguese manager, 65, who has also coached Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and Braga in a career spanning more than 30 years.

Jose was eventually taken to his side’s dressing room.

“There I saw our fans die before us and we are unable to do anything,” he told El-Ahly’s official website.

“Nothing happened to any of the players but we feel overwhelming sadness and the return flight was made in silence, full of respect for the lives of our fans who died.”

Barny said there was very little security to prevent home fans bent on violence.

“What happened was an unspeakable catastrophe,” he said.

“From the beginning of the game, the fans of the opposing team were allowed to fire rockets and stones at us without any intervention.

“In the end, it turned into a state of madness without any role for the security in the stands.

“We tried to save the lives of some of the fans, but many died before our eyes.”

Al-Ahly announced Jose was returning to Portugal because he was “going through a bad psychological situation”.

Jose added: “I have to think about my life differently now.

“Although everybody loves me greatly here, this experience has changed my life completely.”

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Doctors in four local hospitals said that the death toll had reached 74, as ambulances continued to ferry in the injured after riots erupted at the end of the match.

Reuters reported one thousand people injured as Egyptian state television quoted Hesham Sheiha, deputy health minister, as saying that most of the injuries were caused by concussion and deep cuts.

Some of the deaths were the result of stab wounds, the doctors said.

A security official said the violence erupted as soon as the referee blew the final whistle in the match between Al-Ahly and Al-Masri clubs.

Live television footage showed fans running onto the field and chasing Al-Ahly players.

Fans of home side, who beat Al-Ahly 3-1, invaded the pitch and began to throw rocks, bottles and fireworks at the rival set of fans.

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi who is head of the ruling military council of Egypt vowed to track down those who instigated the riot and suggested the families of football fans killed will be compensated.

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Reports say at least 70 people have died in the unrest while up to a thousand others are injured after the violence quickly spread.

The Egyptian federation issued two statements tonight, announcing a period of mourning and a suspension of football in the country.

“The Egyptian federation has decided to stop the football leagues in all four divisions for an indefinite period after the violence that occurred in the game between Al Masry and Al-Ahly, which represented a tragic shock to the centre of sport in general and the football family in particular,” one statement said.

The other added: “The federation has announced that Egyptian football will be in mourning for three days for the souls of those who have fallen victim to the violence that occurred in the wake of the Al Masry-Al-Ahly match.”

Fifa president Sepp Blatter issued a statement to express his sympathy for the families of the victims.

“I am very shocked and saddened to learn this evening that a large number of football supporters have died or been injured following a match in Port Said, Egypt,” the statement said.

“My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost their lives this evening.

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A Scott Dann own goal in the 12th minute put the visitors ahead, but they had to survive a wealth of Blackburn pressure, including a David Dunn penalty that was saved by Tim Krul in the 43rd minute, before Gabriel Obertan made the points safe in injury time.

Pardew praised the attitude shown by his Newcastle players as they bounced back from Saturday’s FA Cup defeat by Brighton, saying: “With the loss of (Yohan) Cabaye this morning and so many key players out, I think we knew coming here it was going to be very difficult.

“We talked about it before the start of the game, to be resilient and strong. Blackburn put everything in your box. We had to be strong and we were, but we had some fortune in the game, something I didn’t think we got at Brighton, and sometimes that can make a difference.”

Cabaye appealed against a charge of violent conduct for a clash with Brighton’s Adam El-Abd on Saturday, but the Football Association rejected that and he must sit out two more matches, a decision that frustrated Pardew.

“I am disappointed, especially with everybody saying they don’t think there’s any intent in there and the FA still decide to (ban him),” he said.

The opening goal was a major slice of luck for Newcastle, with Ryan Taylor’s 25-yard effort looking comfortable for Paul Robinson before it hit Dann and flew into the opposite corner.

But Rovers only had themselves to blame for failing to take a host of chances, most crucially when Dunn placed his penalty far too close to Krul after Danny Simpson had been penalised for barging into Anthony Modeste.

Newcastle shored things up at half-time, with James Perch replacing Hatem Ben Arfa, but Blackburn still had more than enough chances to earn at least a point, Modeste, Dann and Mauro Formica all guilty of bad misses.

And Obertan rubbed salt into the wound in injury time, showing Rovers how it should be done by clinically finishing off a swift break.

For Blackburn manager Steve Kean, it was another costly defeat that kept his side mired in the relegation zone, and the circumstances only made the result all the more frustrating.

The Scot said: “I think we had enough chances to win three games, never mind one. We didn’t start the game well, but after the deflected goal we controlled the last 30 minutes of the first half.

“In that respect we were happy, we just felt we snatched at a few chances and didn’t show enough composure in front of goal. We’ve just got to take that one on the chin, sometimes the performance and chances don’t always equal a result.”

Kean again left out captain Christopher Samba, deciding he was still not in the right frame of mind after seeing a transfer request turned down, but loan signing Modeste was heavily involved on his full debut.

Kean said of the Bordeaux man: “I think Anthony did well. He was unlucky not to get a goal, he probably had enough chances to get a hat-trick, but each time it fell to him and it didn’t happen, maybe he just tried a little bit too hard.

“But I think he showed enough tonight that he’s going to add something to our squad. He didn’t know he was going to play until the very last minute because David Goodwillie had flu so maybe just a little bit of over-excitement on his part.”

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