Zamalek's Omotoyossi banned for four Caf Champions League games
The White Knights are in shock and have already sent an appeal to Caf to reduce the penalty as they prepare for their next game against Morocco’s Maghreb
Officials of the Egyptian giants have given a strong indication that they will appeal the ban against the Benin international, who was given a straight red for challenging the final whistle of the game.
“We sent an appeal to Caf and we are confident the penalty could be reduced to one or two matches,” assistant manager Ismail Youssef told the club’s official website.
“Of course, Razak’s suspension would affect us but we have alternatives to fill the void left by his absence after the return of Shikabala and Mido to training.”
Despite the loss, the White Knights qualified thanks to the away goals rule. Their next game is against Maghreb Fes of Morocco.
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El Hadji Diouf arrested after Manchester club fight
El Hadji Diouf did not play for Doncaster on Saturday
Six men, including footballer El Hadji Diouf, were arrested after a nightclub brawl which left a man seriously hurt.
The Doncaster Rovers striker is understood to be one of five
men who were bailed until 23 May following the fight at a Manchester
club.
QPR's Anton Ferdinand is understood to have been interviewed under police caution but not arrested.
A 33-year-old man is seriously ill but stable in hospital, said a Greater Manchester Police spokesman.
The alleged incident took place at 03:40 BST on Sunday in the
Circle Club and the injured man was found close to the Barton Arcade
club.
A GMP statement said: "Six men were arrested on suspicion of
violent disorder, five of whom have been bailed until 23 May pending
further police inquiries.
"Another man has assisted the investigation, which is ongoing."
Mr Diouf, 31, who appeared for Senegal in the 2002 World Cup
and has previously played for Liverpool, Bolton and Blackburn, did not
play in Doncaster's 4-3 defeat by Portsmouth on Saturday, which saw them
relegated from the Championship.
Mr Ferdinand, 27, who was a team-mate of Mr Diouf's at
Sunderland and is the brother of Manchester United and England defender
Rio Ferdinand, played in his club's 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion
on the same day.
Caf announces seeding system for final 2013 qualifiers
The Confederation of African Football has announced the seeding
system for the final round of qualifying for the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations.
A total of 30 teams play in a final knockout round to decide the
15 nations who will join hosts South Africa at the tournament next year.
Caf will use performances at the last three Nations Cup
to decide the top 15 seeds, who will drawn to face a team from the
bottom ranked 15 countries.
The 16 finalists from the 2012 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have all been given byes to the final round.
Joining them there will be the 14 winners of the second round ties.
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R.I.P. Piermario Morosini
The death of Italian second division soccer player Piermario Morosini
during a game on Saturday has triggered investigations into a delay in
the ambulance's arrival and calls for more medical equipment at sporting
events.
The 25-year-old Morosini, a midfielder for Livorno, collapsed after a cardiac arrest in the 31st minute at Pescara in central Italy. He never regained consciousness.
After the news of his death, Italy's soccer federation postponed all the weekend's professional matches. No date to play the Serie A games has been set although a midweek programme at some point in the next two months is likely.
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 Piermario Morosini |
The 25-year-old Morosini, a midfielder for Livorno, collapsed after a cardiac arrest in the 31st minute at Pescara in central Italy. He never regained consciousness.
After the news of his death, Italy's soccer federation postponed all the weekend's professional matches. No date to play the Serie A games has been set although a midweek programme at some point in the next two months is likely.
The ambulance was delayed by three minutes outside the Pescara stadium because a city police car was parked in front of the emergency passageway. Stadium stewards were forced to break the car window, put it in neutral and push it out of the way.
Pescara mayor Luigi Albore Mascia announced an internal investigation to find out who was responsible and said the probe would be wrapped up by early Monday.
Overnight, city police in Pescara were kept off the streets and replaced by federal police units because they were afraid the would be targeted by angry fans, municipal police commander Carlo Maggitti said.
Pescara prosecutor Valentina D'Agostino is also investigating to see if the delay may have cost Morosini his life. Doctors who were on the scene suggested that three minutes time probably would not have changed the tragic outcome.
"Everything that could be done was done," Ernesto Sabatini, one of the doctors who treated Morosini, told Ansa news agency.
"I was one of the first on the pitch and when I got to him he was already stiff."
Doctors said that Morosini's heart had stopped when he was on the field but an official autopsy is to be carried out on Monday to determine cause of death.
Piero Gnudi, Italy's minister for sport and tourism, told state television late on Saturday that he would see whether sophisticated medical equipment, including defibrillators, should be readily available at all professional sporting events.
Last month former Italy volleyball international and Olympic silver medallist Vigor Bovolenta, 37, died on court in a fourth division game after a similar heart problem to Morosini.
Hundreds of Livorno fans visited the stadium on Sunday and left flowers and team scarves under a banner that read: "You fought right up until the end, goodbye great Moro." Many said Livorno should retire his number 25 jersey.
Morosini's girlfriend arrived in Pescara on Saturday to identify the body for legal purposes.
"He was smiling slightly. He was beautiful," she told her friends afterwards before breaking into tears, Ansa reported.
Morosini had himself known tragedy. He lost both his mother and father when he was a teenager and a brother committed suicide, newspapers reported.
Morosini had also played for Udinese among other Italian club sides and Italy's international under-21 team.
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