Vodafone’s Egyptian Meltdown: Arab Spring Victim?
JAMES M. DORSEY: It’s been a bad year for Vodafone in Egypt. Are the problems of their own making?
Hooligans Are ‘Terrorists’, Player’s A ‘Traitor’
JAMES M. DORSEY: The drama off the pitch surpasses anything on it at the moment in Israeli soccer.
Football Fans Unite To Resist Egyptian Crackdown
JAMES M. DORSEY: It looks like there’s been a sea-change in Egypt’s football politics – Ultras White Knights and Ultras Ahlawy have united.
The $750,000 Guantanamo ‘Pitch’ to Cooperate
JAMES M. DORSEY: The $744,000 pitch outside a $39 million penitentiary-style building is intended to reward the most cooperative of the 120,171 inmates.
Saudi Women Get to Be Fans on the Stands With New Soccer Stadium
JAMES M. DORSEY: Saudi Arabia is building its first stadium especially designed to allow women who are currently barred from attending soccer matches…
Israeli Football’s Bad Boys Look for Finance
JAMES M. DORSEY: Mired in controversy, as ever, Israel football team Beitar Jerusalem are looking for a way out of their dire financial situation.
Turkish Soccer: High Debt, Unorthodox Economics
JAMES M. DORSEY: Turkish soccer faces the same risks as the country’s economy, it operates on the same principles: high debt, unorthodox monetary policy.
Own Goal: Bahrain National Goalkeeper Imprisoned over Role in Protests
JAMES M. DORSEY: Military court sentences goalkeeper, plus two other sportsmen, despite pledge by the King to move trials to civilian courts.
Fake Soccer Websites ‘Key’ To Iran Cyber-Attack
JAMES M. DORSEY: The creators of the Stuxnet virus, which allegedly did significant damage to Iran’s nuclear programme, used fake soccer websites to smokescreen their handiwork
Jinjirrie (@Jinjirrie): 
Mohammed Mirza al balushi: 
Mat Haam (@mathaam): 
EsTeh/Go2Jordan (@EsTeh): 
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