Al Ittihad's Serbian coach Branko Smiljanic had to be restrained from attacking the referee and then players from the opposing team.

BBC: Etoile edge closer to semis

One younger brother, Saadi, captains Tripoli's Al Ittihad team, and as simultaneous head of the Football Federation awards himself all the trophies.

ECONOMIST: Oh dear

But the controversial nature of the goal against Al Ittihad of Libya set off a 10-minute fracas near the end of the match.

BBC: Etoile edge closer to semis

The most popular Saudi clubs Al Ittihad, Al Nassr, Al Hilal, Al Ahli and Al Shabab are expected to raise the highest proportion of the money, which the advisory committee believes can be used to develop youth academies and the facilities of other sports under the club name.

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Though unknown to most Western observers, Aweys had notoriously served as military commander of al-Ittihad al-Islami (AIAI) an extremist Islamic organization that seeks to impose a strict version of sharia law on ethnic Somalis, and in parts of Ethiopia and Kenya.

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