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By Coptic Solidarity – Eight years after first raising the issue of discrimination against Coptic athletes in Egypt with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), they have finally replied [...]

Coptic Solidarity started advocating for Coptic athletes in 2016. Below we have compiled the most important actions and publications made on their behalf. Advocacy & Articles for Coptic [...]

By Coptic Solidarity on Standard News Wire (Washington, DC) August 12, 2024 Coptic Solidarity (CS) urges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to conduct an immediate investigation into [...]

By EFE via La Prensa Latina – Cairo, Dec 12 (EFE).- Egyptian Christian Mena Bendary saw his dream of becoming a professional soccer player shattered in the Muslim-majority nation, where [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Standard News Wire – Egypt’s delegation to the 2020 Olympics includes a single Copt out of 141 athletes. The delegation, which includes 37 women, will compete [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – The Olympics is a time for sport and fraternity to be celebrated globally, yet when Egypt’s national football team plays their first Tokyo 2021 game today against [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – Standard Newswire Coptic Solidarity (CS) strongly urges all corporate sponsors of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and the Premier League to end their [...]

By Coptic Solidarity – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has taken a strong public stance against discrimination within football through their rhetoric, governing [...]

By FIFA – The Bureau of the FIFA Council today decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) in accordance with art. 14 par. 1 (a) and art. 8 par. [...]

By Marc Español – Directa –  Era jornada de proves al camp de futbol del club egipci Petrojet, establert a la ciutat portuària de Suez. Mina Samir, un jove de 17 anys, evoca [...]