Port Said Soccer Violence Leads To 21 Death Sentences, Which Kick Off…

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Today, nearly a year after 79 died when supporters of rival soccer teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly fought in the Al-Ahly stadium after a Feb. 1 game in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a court sentenced 21 people to death in connection with the riot. Trouble began to brew in Port Said shortly after the verdicts were…

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Hooliganism

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Scary, Ski-Masked Serbian Homophobes Disrupt Euro Cup Qualifier

Hooliganism

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Tuesday's Italy-Serbia Euro qualifier was called before it began when rioters, protesting the Serbian government's offer to protect a gay pride parade, burned flags, lit flares, and did other rioty things. [SB Nation]

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Soccer

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Schadenfreude Saturdays Are For Soccer Riots

Soccer

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You think your job sucks? Try being a security guard at a Eastern European soccer match. You're just doing your job, apprehending a streaker on the pitch, and a riot breaks out. [Josh Q. Public]

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