There have been demonstrations in the Egyptian capital Cairo and in Port Said after an Egyptian court today confirmed death sentences handed down to 21 soccer fans for their role in a stadium riot which killed more than seventy people in Port Said last year. The court also jailed two senior police officers for 15 years for their role in the riot. The case has provoked violent protests in the Suez Canal city since the death sentences were first announced on January 26, resulting in the killing of at least eight people this week. In Cairo, a police club and the Egyptian Football Federation building have both been set alight today. Demonstrators have also marched to the Suez canal threatening to stop ships passing.