CAIRO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) resumed Saturday the matches of local premier league without fans, after banned for a year over deadly riots early February last year.
The season opening match was between title holder Cairo-based al-Ahly and Ghzal al-Mahala team of Gharbiya governorate at a military stadium in Cairo, where al-Ahly scored a 1-0 win.
The league was suspended after last year's stampede at Port Said Stadium that followed a match between Port Said's al-Masry and Cairo's al-Ahly. The disaster left 74 killed and hundreds injured.
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