AAA Jan. 26, 2013 9:54 AM ET 2 soccer players among 27 dead in Egypt port city By AYA BATRAWYBy AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press Families and supporters of those accused of soccer violence from the Port Said soccer club react to the announcement of verdicts for 21 on trial in last years Port Said stadium incident which left 74 people dead, in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Egyptian security officials say at least 8 people have died in the Mediterranean city of Port Said after a judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence. (AP Photo/Mohammed Nouhan, Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT Families and supporters of those accused of soccer violence from the Port Said soccer club react to the announcement of verdicts for 21 fans on trial in last years Port Said stadium incident which left 74 people dead, in Port Said, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club celebrate in front of their club in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. An Egyptian court sentenced 21 people to death on charges related to one of the world's deadliest incidents of soccer violence, which killed 74 mostly teenage fans of Egypt's most popular sports club last year. Poster in background showing one of the victims with Arabic reads "martyr Hamed Fathi Hamed." Egyptian soccer fans of Al-Ahly club celebrate in front of pictures of victims of soccer violence at their club premises in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013. Arabic reads, "we will never forget you." CAIRO (AP) - The director of hospitals in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Port Said says two soccer players are among the 27 people killed in riots there. Violence erupted in Port Said after a judge sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a Feb. 1 soccer melee that killed 74 fans of the Cairo-based Al-Ahly team. Dr. Abdel-Raham Farah says Mahmoud Abdel-Halim al-Dizawi, a soccer player in Port Said's Al-Marikh club, was shot three times and died. He says Tamer al-Fahla, a soccer player who used to play for the city's main Al-Masry team, was also shot dead on his way to Al-Marikh club. The club is near a prison residents tried to storm Saturday to free defendants in the soccer trial. The military has been deployed to try and restore security. News Topics: General news, Government and politics, Sports, International soccer, Violence in sports, Men's soccer, Soccer, Violence, Social issues, Social affairs, Men's sports