{"id":214602,"date":"2026-06-23T13:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/egypt-denied-flight-to-seattle-ahead-of-final-world-cup-group-match-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:47:18","slug":"egypt-denied-flight-to-seattle-ahead-of-final-world-cup-group-match-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/egypt-denied-flight-to-seattle-ahead-of-final-world-cup-group-match-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt denied flight to Seattle ahead of final World Cup group match &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Egypt\u2019s team will return to their training base in Spokane, about 450km east of Seattle, after rejected flight.<\/em><br \/>Save<br \/>Share<br \/>The Egyptian FIFA World Cup team\u2019s plan to fly directly from Vancouver to Seattle ahead of their final group match against Iran was declined by local security officials, coach Hossam Hassan has said.<br \/>\u201cThe security authorities refused the team\u2019s request to stay in the city of Seattle as planned after the New Zealand match in the World Cup, and therefore the team\u2019s delegation will return to the city of Spokane,\u201d Hossam said in a statement released by the Egyptian Football Association on Monday.<br \/>The Egyptian team had submitted a request to remain in Seattle this week, but will now return to their training base in Spokane, about 450km (280 miles) east of Seattle, according to a report by the Daily Mail.<br \/>Egypt posted their <a href=\"\/sports\/2026\/6\/22\/salah-scores-as-egypt-beat-new-zealand-3-1-for-first-world-cup-win\">first-ever World Cup victory<\/a> on Sunday over New Zealand in Vancouver. Mohamed Salah scored as Egypt rallied from a goal down to win 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Al Jazeera English:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s team will return to their training base in Spokane, about 450km east of Seattle, after rejected flight.SaveShareThe Egyptian FIFA World Cup team\u2019s plan to fly directly from Vancouver to Seattle ahead of their final group match against Iran was declined by local security officials, coach Hossam Hassan has said.\u201cThe security authorities refused the team\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-214602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}