Unit to fight soccer hooliganism in France

France's Interior Ministry has announced the creation of a unit that will target soccer hooligans.

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Polish police arrest 27 after soccer clash

Polish soccer fans punched and kicked each other during a game, leading to 27 arrests.

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"SOUTH PHILADELPHIA June 1, 2009 (WPVI) -- For the second weekend in a row, teenagers attacked both people and property, causing a lot of damage to both. Police say word spread online for the teenagers to mass in the street.

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Another Anti-Peace Process Massacre in Nepal

The Armed Police under the command of Ex-Police Minister Khum Bahadur Khadka have massacred at least eight citizens on April 8 in Dang, Western Nepal.

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The fans could not believe the welcome. They are used to being received by riot police, not adoring admirers. This kind of revelry is normally reserved only for the World Cup. But, for a country that's not always so competent at crowd control, police were sparse.

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Soccer hooliganism is no surprise to anyone who's followed the sport, or read Among the Thugs, or even How Soccer Explains the World. "We are talking about a cancer, not a seasonal flu," one soccer commentator wrote after this latest example of soccer violence.

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A 17-year-old Italian youth is being questioned by police in the Sicilian city of Catania over the death of a policeman in riots last week

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Tottenham's next Uefa Cup opponents Feyenoord have been excluded from this season's competition. Uefa has banished the Dutch club after the crowd trouble during their match in France against Nancy on 30 November.

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Trouble-makers should stay away from England's World Cup quarter-final with Portugal, the FA's fans' ambassador said on Thursday. Actor Ray Winstone said the behaviour of the travelling England fans was improving but the mass arrests in Stuttgart last weekend were a warning t …

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The ABCs of FIFA World Cup 2006

Finish this sentence: Ronaldinho passes it back to ……… . It doesn't matter how big the beautiful game gets around the world, average North American sports fans just don't follow soccer as closely as their football-crazed counterparts in Europe and South America.

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