Al Ahly board backs former president Mahmoud Taher after health crisis

Al Ahly's board, led by Mahmoud El-Khatib, has issued a statement supporting former club president Mahmoud Taher after he was hospitalized.

• Taher was admitted to hospital after suffering a health crisis during the past few days.
• The board, headed by El-Khatib, along with club staff and sports sectors, wished Taher a speedy recovery in an official statement issued Saturday.
• Taher led Al Ahly from 2013 to 2017, when El-Khatib defeated him in the 2017 elections.