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CAIRO (Reuters) – Al-Ahly striker Kahraba was suspended this week for an incident during a match against his former team Zamalek in January but neither the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) nor his club have revealed any details of the punishment. <\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Egyptian international was alleged by Zamalek to have joined with Al-Ahly fans in chanting insults at their rival club after contributing a goal to a 3-0 victory in the Cairo derby.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The suspension was not imposed, however, until after Kahraba had scored Al-Ahly’s second goal and won the Man of the Match award in a 2-0 league victory over Smouha on Monday.<\/p>\n

Kahraba, whose acrimonious departure from Zamalek to Portuguese club Aves in 2019 ended up in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), has denied chanting anything offensive after the January derby.<\/p>\n

No punishment has been meted out by the EFA to the Al-Ahly fans for the chanting, as would be normal in such a case. <\/p>\n

The EFA did not disclose the details of Kahraba’s punishment and declined to elaborate when contacted by Reuters, saying only that Al-Ahly had been informed. <\/p>\n

Al-Ahly said in a statement that the club had been informed and that the punishment would be discussed at a board meeting on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The board meeting was called after a group of Al-Ahly fans demanded the club withdrew from the Egyptian Super Cup clash with Zamalek in Abu Dhabi on May 5. <\/p>\n

Kahraba has scored eight goals in 13 matches since returning in January from a six-month suspension imposed on him by FIFA for breaking his contract with Zamalek to join Aves.<\/p>\n

The player insisted his contract with Zamalek was incorrectly registered but CAS ruled against him in March last year. <\/p>\n

CAS ordered him to pay $2 million with interest backdated to 2019 in compensation to his former club and Zamalek in January asked FIFA to ban Kahraba for none payment.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Reports in the Egyptian media said Kahraba was set to miss 12 matches because of the suspension and had been fined one million Egyptian pounds ($32,366).<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Shady Amir and Osama Khairy, Writing by Nick Mulvenney, Editing by Peter Rutherford)<\/p>\n

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