UAE President Pardons Al Zamalek's Trio

On Tuesday, the President of the United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan pardoned Zamalek players Mostafa Shalaby and Nabil Emad and the club's sporting director Abdel Wahed El Sayed.

Earlier, the court declared that the players and the club's official to be prisoned for a month due to their violations of the organizing code of the Al Zamalek, and Pyramids game at the Egyptian Super Cup in UAE.

The three members of Al Zamalek's football club after they were each handed one-month prison sentences for assault during a match in the UAE.

In addition, they were fined to pay 200,000 dirhams ($55,000).

According to a statement published by Emirates News Agency: "The President of the State pardons those accused in the events of a football match that brought together the Egyptian clubs Zamalek and Pyramids in Abu Dhabi, based on the fraternal relations between the Emirates and Egypt."

The Egyptian Ministry of Youth and Sports said that: "The Egyptian state ends the Zamalek trio crisis within hours."

"It is expected that the complete end of the crisis and the return of the players will be announced in the coming hours, in the context of full respect for the legal frameworks and based on the historical relations between the two sister countries, Egypt and the Emirates."