Egyptian athlete banned and stripped of medal for supporting Mohammed Morsi - Mohamed Youssef told by national federation he can no longer represent Egypt after showing support for ousted president at competition in Russia. The family of an Egyptian kung fu champion says he has been banned from representing the country after he showed support for ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi during a tournament in Russia, although the government denied the accusation. In a photo on the state-run Al-Ahram website, Mohamed Youssef was shown on stage in St. Petersburg holding his medal and wearing a T-shirt with a symbol commemorating the pro-Morsi protest camp that was crushed by security forces on Aug 14, leaving hundreds dead. Youssefs brother Hamem told Reuters that he had been stripped of the medal, removed from a list of eligible kung fu players in the sports national federation, and told he could not represent Egypt in future tournaments. Zeid said he had asked the ministry to conduct an investigation into the incident, but added that if the sportsman had displayed the yellow four-fingered Rabaa hand symbol it was a wrong way to conduct himself. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/10410702/Egyptian-athlete-banned-and-stripped-of-medal-for-supporting-Mohammed-Morsi.html
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 01:06:45 +0000