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Ramadan Sobhi received a one-year prison sentence for academic fraud and faces a four-year doping ban confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- On Tuesday, the Giza Criminal Court sentenced 28-year-old Ramadan Sobhi to one year in prison in connection with an academic fraud case.
- He was arrested in July upon returning from Turkey after Pyramids' pre-season camp, authorities say Sobhi falsified documents and had someone else sit exams at a private tourism and hospitality institute in Giza Governorate.
- Sobhi, who has 37 appearances for Egypt, played for Al-Ahly, Stoke City and Huddersfield Town before joining Pyramids in 2020 and helping them win their first CAF Champions League title.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed anti-doping violations in November, leaving Sobhi facing a four-year suspension, and Sobhi's lawyer could not be reached immediately for comment.
- The court also sentenced a second defendant to one year with labour, acquitted a third, and handed a 10-year sentence in absentia to a fugitive, according to the story published on Tuesday.
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An Egyptian international who previously played alongside Mohamed Salah and also had a spell in the Premier League has been sentenced to a year in prison. Various reports from Egypt have revealed that Pyramids FC striker Ramadan Sobhi has been sentenced to a year in prison, including hard labour, over an exam fraud case in which he and three others are accused. According to the Egypt Independent, the Giza Criminal Court announced the sentence on…
Ramadan Sobhi Sentenced to Prison for Forging Exam Documents in Egypt
A criminal court in Giza sentenced Ramadan Sobhi, a 28-year-old international football player, on Tuesday, 30 December, to one year in prison with hard labor, finding him guilty of forging official documents at a tourism and hotels institute in the Abu al-Nomros district. The case rose from an incident in May 2025, when a man was caught taking an exam on Sobhi’s behalf. During questioning, the suspect admitted that he had received payment from t…
Former Premier League star sentenced to a year in prison for exam fraud
Ramadan Sobhi, the former Stoke City and Huddersfield Town winger, has been handed a one-year prison term after an Egyptian court found him guilty of academic fraud.The 28-year-old, once dubbed the "Egyptian Messi" during his youth career, made 46 appearances for the Staffordshire club following his £5million transfer from Al Ahly in 2016.He subsequently joined Huddersfield after Stoke's relegation from the top flight in 2018, before returning t…
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