Ahead of the resumption in the Egyptian Premier League, the stand-off over unpaid wages between referees and football authorities has been resolved.
The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) announced on Wednesday that the refereeing committee received all outstanding payments dating back to the previous season.
Before the debts were settled, the committee members had staged a demonstration against the EFA.
In another context, the committee's president, Essam Siam, has given all the referees the authority to cancel any match if they detect any danger to the players.
Waves of concern dominate Egyptian football as the domestic league resumes on Wednesday after two and a half months as the country was gripped by the revolution that accounted for former president Hosni Mubarak.
The anxiety around security at football matches was enflamed by the ugly pitch invasion and violence by fans late into the African Champions League clash between Zamalek and Tunisian side Club Africain in Cairo, forcing a re-think over whether it was appropriate to resume the league in such a tense atmosphere.
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