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Mortada Mansour is no stranger to controversy, but his current jail sentence will prevent him returning to his position as Zamalek president
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Zamalek president Mortada Mansour has been jailed for one month for verbally insulting the president of bitter Egyptian ris Al Ahly.<\/p>\n

Mansour, who is also a politician and former member of parliament, had previously used parliamentary immunity to protect him from such lawsuits.<\/p>\n

But after losing an election in late 2020, Al Ahly chairman Mahmoud El Khatib, a legendary former player for the Red Devils, filed a defamation case over a video that appeared on social media and the Zamalek club channel.<\/p>\n

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Mansour was found guilty and initially sentenced to a year behind bars but that was reduced to one month in August 2022.<\/p>\n

However, a further appeal has now been rejected and Mansour has been jailed.<\/p>\n

According to Egyptian law, he will not be able to return to his position as president because anyone convicted of a crime judged to impact reputation, honesty, honour or integrity is not entitled to obtain or occupy a public position.<\/p>\n

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It is not the first time that Mansour has landed himself in hot water with some of his comments.<\/p>\n

In 2007, he was sentenced to three years in jail by a criminal court in Cairo for insulting court officials and calling them corrupt, while in 2018 the Confederation of African Football (Caf)\u00a0banned the 70-year-old from all football-related activity for a year following comments about Caf officials.<\/p>\n

He was also a vocal critic of Mark Clattenburg,\u00a0the former English referee who was briefly in charge of the Egyptian Referees Committee.<\/p>\n

Zamalek and Al Ahly, both based in Cairo, have long been two of the dominant forces in African football.<\/p>\n

Ah Ahly have been crowned African champions 10 times, more than any other side, with Zamalek joint-second on the list with five titles.<\/p>\n

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