{"id":18432,"date":"2026-04-10T20:48:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=18432"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:48:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:48:03","slug":"egypt-and-al-ahly-keeper-el-shenawy-banned-four-games-for-striking-referee-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=18432","title":{"rendered":"Egypt and Al-Ahly keeper El-Shenawy banned four games for striking referee | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>El-Shenawy was incensed \u200cafter Al-Ahly\u2019s \u200bappeal for a penalty following \u200ba handball in stoppage time was denied.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 10 Apr 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">10 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Al-Ahly goalkeeper \u2060Mohamed El-Shenawy \u2060has been handed a four-match ban after striking a referee on \u2060the head following a 1-1 draw with Ceramica Cleopatra, the \u2060Egyptian Pro League said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Egypt international, who was on the bench for Tuesday\u2019s game, was incensed \u200cafter Al-Ahly\u2019s appeal for a penalty following a handball in stoppage time was denied.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cHe handed a four-match ban and fined 50,000 Egyptian pounds [$942] for assaulting the \u2060referee by pushing or \u2060pulling,\u201d the league said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The ban means \u2060El-Shenawy, who is expected to be Egypt\u2019s starting \u2060goalkeeper at the World \u2060Cup in North America, will be sidelined until the final week of the league \u200cplayoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Ahly are third on 41 points, five points behind leaders Zamalek.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El-Shenawy was incensed \u200cafter Al-Ahly\u2019s \u200bappeal for a penalty following \u200ba handball in stoppage time was denied. Published On 10 Apr 202610 Apr 2026 Al-Ahly goalkeeper \u2060Mohamed El-Shenawy \u2060has been handed a four-match ban after striking a referee on \u2060the head following a 1-1 draw with Ceramica Cleopatra, the \u2060Egyptian Pro League said on Thursday. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}