Day after day, crises between Egypt and Qatar escalate and take a turn that seems completely unrelated to politics. Weeks after the scandal caused by Egypt returning a 2 billion Egyptian pound (about $286 million) deposit to Qatar, and Qatar reneging on an agreement with Cairo as part of an aid program to kick-start the Egyptian economy, Egypt responded by broadcasting the soccer game of Egypt and Ghana as part of the World Cup playoff on national television, without prior consent from the Qatari Al Jazeera channel. It is important to note here that the latter has exclusive rights to broadcast the games. This comes in light of Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood regime and Al Jazeera's position in support of deposed President Mohammed Morsi’s supporters, saying that the current ruling party has assumed power through a coup.

The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) has been threatened with financial sanctions after the Al Jazeera Sports network announced it would sue the Egyptian and Algerian national television channels. This was done after they broadcast the games of their national teams in World Cup playoffs, with both teams losing, respectively, to Ghana and Burkina Faso. Al Jazeera considered this move to be a violation of its exclusive rights to broadcast the African World Cup playoffs.

Even though Algeria was the first to violate the rights of Al Jazeera, the crisis with Egypt took a political turn, contrary to what happened with Algeria. This came after the announcement of the head of Egyptian Radio and Television Union, Essam al-Amir, that the broadcast of the game came as a response to Al Jazeera’s unlawful use of Egyptian equipment and property during the protests by Morsi supporters in Rabia al-Adawiya square. Additionally, Al Jazeera Live Egypt continued its activities regardless of the decision to ban it issued by Egyptian authorities. Amir said that disregarding the broadcasting rights of Al Jazeera came as a result of Al Jazeera's not acknowledging the Egyptian state television channel’s ownership of the outside broadcasting vans it used for 41 days during the protests in Rabia al-Adawiya, without paying a dime of the union dues for operating these vans.

“We will not observe the rights of Al Jazeera or abide by any judiciary provisions issued in its favor, since it has not respected the decision of Egyptian judiciary system and continued the activities of Al Jazeera Live Egypt in Egypt. This will not be limited to the Ghana-Egypt game, but will also include any game the Egyptian television wishes to broadcast. No one will be able to stop us,” Amir continued.