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The Egyptian Football Association says the club is banned for two seasons following Egypt's worst stadium disaster. At least one person is reported to have been shot dead and 18 others injured in clashes between security forces and angry soccer fans in Egypt's Port Said after their club al-Masry was banned for two seasons following the country's worst stadium disaster, a medical source said. The clashes began late on Friday and continued into the early hours of Saturday, witnesses said. "Hundreds of angry fans clashed with military police after the decision was announced," one witness said. "One was shot dead,...

CAIRO (AP) -- Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official said, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a soccer stadium killed 74, as sports violence spiraled into a new political crisis for Egypt. Protesters blame police for failing to control the riot after the soccer game in Port Said. In Cairo, thousands demonstrated Thursday in front of the Interior Ministry, which oversees the police. Demonstrators threw rocks, and police responded with clouds of tear gas. Hundreds were treated by medics. In Suez, witnesses said...