Egyptian football player stripped after posting Israeli flag on referee's image

Egypt's Tamiya youth football center has permanently stripped player Moataz Mohamed Ali Abdullah over a TikTok video placing an Israeli flag on the referee's image.

• Tamiya Youth Center's board stripped Moataz Mohamed Ali Abdullah and suspended his financial dues after the video spread following a match against el-Saha el-Shaabyia.
• The center has notified the Egyptian Football Association and the Fayoum football region to strike the player from federation records.
• Fayoum youth undersecretary Adel Fahmy convened an urgent reconciliation session on November 3 on instructions from the minister and governor.
• The player said the penalty would destroy his football career and that he deleted the video within half an hour of posting it.