Suspension of the president of the Saudi youth club for two months

The Saudi Sports Ministry has decided to prevent Khalid Al-Baltan, president of the Al-Shabab club, from practicing sports for a period of two months, after the events marked by his team’s match against Al-Nasr on the 14th. February to the eighteenth stage. of the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Football League (Saudi Professional League).

The match, won 4-0 by Al-Shabab, witnessed several events. Sebastião Junior also accused the young player, Hussein Abdel-Ghani, the head of the Al-Nasr club, of racist statements against him.

The official Saudi Ministry of Sports website said it had also decided to prevent Al-Baltan from entering the club for a period of two months, as well as to prevent him from accompanying the team, whether this either inside or outside the country for the same end point.

The ministry clarified in its statement that according to the regulations, the vice president of the youth club will be responsible for the management of the club until Al-Baltan returns from the suspension period.

The ministry added in its statement that the charges against Hussein Abdul-Ghani, the head of the Al-Nasr club, were subsequently found to be false, thanks to an investigation carried out among Al-Baltan and Ahmed Al-Masoud, director of the Youth Media Center. .

The ministry also decided to suspend Ahmed Al-Masoud, director of the media center of the Al-Shabab club, until the end of the season, as he made it clear in his statement that it had been taken into account that Al-Masoud had repeated a violation. he signed up last season.

In addition to the investigations, she added that she relied on the merits of her decisions, in addition to the investigations, on a video clip that was posted on the official youth team account on the networking site. social “Twitter”, taking into account the decisions and measures taken by the Disciplinary Commission of the Saudi Football Association.

The Disciplinary Committee of the Saudi Football Association has issued a decision not to condemn Hussein Abdul-Ghani, executive director of the Al-Nasr club, and his innocence of racial discrimination, and decided to suspend him for two matches while forcing him to pay a fine of 40,000 riyals for his attempted assault on an official of the Al-Shabab club.

The committee, which posted its decisions on the FIFA website, confirmed the response to Al-Shabab club’s complaint against Hussein Abdul-Ghani, as its violation has not been proven.

The committee decided to suspend Khaled Al-Baltan, the young president, for three matches and fined him 40,000 riyals and the Brazilian Sebastião Jr.