Two English soccer fans were convicted by a French court on Monday of involvement in rioting and sentenced to two and three months in prison. The convictions in a packed Marseille courtroom came just ...
In the months before Euro 2004 in Portugal, pundits predicted an epidemic of violence. In the previous two European international tournaments—Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands, and the 1998 ...
In 1985, the European Cup soccer final descended into chaos. At Belgium’s Heysel Stadium, supporters of England’s Liverpool team broke through a barrier separating them from supporters of their ...
Russian soccer fans clashed with police and Poland supporters in separate incidents in Warsaw on Tuesday, just hours before the two teams met in a Euro 2012 match. In what appeared to be the most ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While living in England in the 1980s, the American writer and editor Bill Buford did an astonishing thing. He embedded himself in ...
PARIS – French authorities bracing for more hooligan violence in the north of the country involving Russian and English troublemakers say they have turned away 14 suspected hooligans who were trying ...
PARIS – Hooliganism is making a comeback, and the timing could be bad with four high-risk matches in the first week of the European Championship in a country where the police force is already under ...
Reports in the Spanish press have cited bars owners in Madrid who are concerned about English 'hooligans' ahead of this weekend's Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham. The final will ...