Mansour back in charge of Zamalek

An Egyptian court has confirmed that Mortada Mansour is Zamalek's president after turning down the head of Egyptian Higher Council for Sports (HCS) Hassan Saqr's appeal.

كتب : Hatem Maher

الثلاثاء، 01 أغسطس 2006 - 23:25

An Egyptian court has confirmed that Mortada Mansour is Zamalek's president after the appeal launched by the head of Egyptian Higher Council for Sports (HCS), Hassan Saqr, was overturned.

The verdict will allow Mansour reassume his post as Zamalek president officially on Tuesday.

The court reinstated Mansour as president of Zamalek club last week, overturning the decision made by Saqr to relieve Mansour of his duties as Zamalek president.

The HCS issued a statement saying that it appealed the court's ruling regarding the return of the "suspended" Zamalek president to his duties and will uphold their original decision until a final verdict is reached.

However, the new ruling will hand the club to Mansour for the second time after former Minister of Youth Mamdouh Al-Beltagi decided to discharge all of Zamalek's board late last year.

The Egyptian HCS took the decision to suspend Mansour after the tribunal saga that paralleled last season's Egyptian Cup final between Ahli and Zamalek.