Season 13/14 - June

Spain : Real Murcia - Castilla - 07/06/2014

Source : Mail

One murcian supporter under arrest for assault a cop.

Spain : Jaén - Alavés - 07/06/2014

Source : Mail + www.elcorreo.com

Spain : Real Betis B - Anguiano - 08/06/2014

Source : Mail

Figth oposed factions ultras Betis (United Family vs SGS)

Spain (7th Div.) : Cádiz 1812 - Xerez Deportivo - 08/06/2014

Source : Mail + http://www.cadizdirecto.com

Cerro del Moro habitants vs Biris and Kolectivo Sur Xerez.

'Thugs are intelligent, family men': The secret life of a football hooligan - 13/06/2014

Source : http://www.express.co.uk

BACK in the late Eighties, James Bannon infiltrated an infamous group of football hooligans as part of a covert police sting. As the World Cup kicks off he tells us what turns normal men into violent louts and why he's not afraid to speak out about his experience

Brazilian legend Pele nicknamed football the beautiful game, however there is a dark, sinister side to the nation's favourite sport that former policeman James Bannon knows only too well.

He was an eager 21-year-old officer when he was selected to infiltrate a notoriously violent group of football hooligans called the Millwall Bushwackers.

It was the late Eighties when football-related anarchy brought terror to communities across Britain.

Scotland Yard had decided to use undercover ­officers to pervade gangs and gather evidence for arrests.

James, now 48, reflects back on the moment he was chosen for the covert operation.

“I felt pretty elated. To work as a fully-fledged undercover police officer is a lot of kudos. To get that opportunity at 21 is pretty unheard of. At the time I was pretty proud of the fact that I’d been chosen to do that.”

Young James quickly had to learn how to adapt his lifestyle and personality in order to become a hooligan.

He and the three officers on the project began visiting pubs in London that were known hotspots for Millwall FC louts. Their regular attendance there ensured they were becoming chummy with the bar staff and regulars.

"When there was a game on, and everyone looked to see who we were, the bar staff knew us. We had an advantage because we were being accepted by the people who worked in the pub. That helped.

"For me I was loud and tried to be quite good fun and always had a fair amount of money on me to buy people a drink."

Friendships and relationships were gradually forged during the time spent in the local boozer.

"Firstly we spoke with people we’d ordinarily be attracted to. We were fortunate that we were able to associate ourselves with three people who weren’t top level hooligans. We gained a level of acceptance because of them."

James says a "normal day" for a football hooligan would begin at 12.30pm when all they'd all meet in the pub and drink. They'd then go to the ground to watch the match, before coming out and trying to find members of the opposing team.

They "may or may not have a fight" before returning to the pub for the reminder of Saturday night.

Did he ever fight?

"I was an undercover police officer infiltrating football hooligans. I needed to be vocal, loud and I needed everyone there to feel comfortable around me.

"There were times when I had to fight alongside the people with me. The difference is, what I never did, was instigate anything to start that. We were always reactionary rather than the other way around."

During his two years as part of the gang he says South London-born James saw "sickening levels of violence".

He recalls a time when a Millwall hooligan "viciously beat" a Crystal Palace fan to the ground and kicked him in the head, completely unprovoked on a packed train, in front of his wife and children.

It was moments like that when he felt he had to assess his "moral compass" and realise that it was part of the job.

"It’s a word that’s bandied around quite loosely now but you need to have a very, very, very good moral compass. It’s easy to justify anything you do because of the role you undertake.

"The ability of any undercover police officer is the fact that he can keep his eye and mind on the fact it’s a job not a lifestyle. For me, and the three guys that I worked with, we all managed to hold on to that handle."

To be an undercover police officer he says you need to be "really good at lying", have an "exceptionally good memory" and a "large set of bollocks".

Thanks to the harrowing things he saw and the situations he found himself in James admits he "feared for his life every day".

He also noticed his physical appearance dramatically changing.

"I went from 11 and a half stone and being very fit at the start of the operation to 15 stone, having pretty long hair, two earrings, and looking 35 years old.

"I didn’t really drink at all before I started the operation and football hooligans do a lot of that. I was eating at all the wrong times, too."

A question he gets asked a lot is: What turns people into football hooligans?

"It is a form of drug. The adrenaline is huge, the camaraderie, the banter, the belonging, all of that plays a part in it.

"Absolutely without question is not all football hooligans are shaven headed lunatics who want to run around having a fight. The people we infiltrated were bright, intelligent, family guys. It’s just that when Saturday came there was a switch in their head that flicked."

Despite successfully becoming "one of them", all his work came to nothing when Yard chiefs decided the evidence gathered would probably be torn apart in court by smart lawyers.

"They rang and said, 'The operation is now concluded. You are not allowed to associate with your targets or go to Millwall Football Club again. No one is going to be arrested because it isn’t deemed to be in the public interest. You will all return to uniform after rehabilitation for six months. Thank you.' That was it."

There was a "smattering of arrests" but no public trial.

"Two years of my life was concluded on a two minute phone call. Then we had to go back into uniform and through a period of rehabilitation.

"We were really good at what we did. We worked really hard and compiled a dossier of evidence. At that time they felt it wasn’t in the public interest to pursue a public trial."

After losing faith in the police James left and now works as an actor and writer. He has written a book about his remarkable story and tours as a one man show. He's even had former hooligans he knew come and watch him.

"I had a couple of the guys that I operated with in the hooligan side who came to see the show. They have been how I expected them to be, very eloquent about what they thought. I’m not going to be their best friend but one of the guys said there’s a mutual respect there for what I did.

"I managed to convince them while in the knowledge that if I got caught it would not have been good. It was 25 years ago. That’s one of the reasons I never wrote the book originally because it was still quite raw.

"Nobody was arrested, without a shadow of a doubt if there had been a criminal trial for what I did, there was no way in the world I would have written the book."

Chile - Spain - 18/06/2014

Source : http://www.ctvnews.ca

Rampaging Chilean fans mistakenly break into arena's media room

Nearly 100 rampaging Chilean fans broke through a security checkpoint at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday, rushing through a large media room and breaking down walls as they tried to force their way into the sold-out Spain vs. Chile match at the World Cup.
The red-shirted supporters, mostly young men, surged through the media centre underneath the stands, shouting and shoving their way past journalists and TV crews toward a corridor they apparently thought would lead to the grandstands.
To get to the corridor, the fans broke down a temporary wall in a corner of the room, sending metal lockers crashing to the ground, according to Associated Press journalists. They then rushed back down the corridor in the other direction, smashing other parts of the same wall down onto media work tables and television screens.

Security at the Maracana -- where the World Cup final will be held July 13 -- were slow to react to the mass break-in less than an hour before kickoff. They eventually contained the fans in a section of the corridor around 15 minutes after they first forced their way in.
The Rio de Janeiro state security secretariat, which oversees security forces, said in a statement that 85 fans were detained. FIFA said it was at least 85. Some were marched away in a line by security officials, their arms resting on the shoulders of the people in front of them.
An official with the Rio security secretariat said that the detained fans would spend the night in jail -- and then likely be notified by Brazil's Federal Police, who enforce immigration laws, that they must leave the country within three days.
The official spoke on condition his name not be used, as he wasn't allowed to discuss the issue with the media.
Outside the stadium after the rampage, riot police armed with stun guns forced dozens of the detained fans to walk single-file toward a holding area. There, the Chile supporters chanted and loudly complained about scalpers charging $1,000 a ticket for the game. "I travelled thousands of kilometres to get here!" one fan yelled, while others chanted "FIFA is a mafia! FIFA is a mafia!"
Asked how many guards should have been watching the entry where the Chileans broke through, security guard Diego Goncalves said "about 20."
"I was the lone guy standing out there," near the entry to press centre, Goncalves said. "All of a sudden they knocked down the fence and just pushed their way through."
In a joint statement, FIFA and Brazil World Cup organizers said they "condemn these acts of violence."
"Ahead of the Spain versus Chile match at the Maracana a group of individuals without tickets violently forced entry into the stadium, breaking fences and overrunning security," FIFA and Brazil's organizing committee said. "They were contained by the security and did not make it to the seats."
But the fans came extremely close to racing down a corridor that leads onto the field. They apparently didn't know how close they were and surged back toward the media room, chased now by security staff in bright orange vests.
The guards eventually gained control of the situation, waving their hands frantically, restraining some supporters and ordering them to sit down in a large group before leading them away. Many fans covered their face with scarves showing Chile's logo as they were photographed and filmed by journalists.
After the fans broke in, security was beefed up, with long lines of heavily armed military police standing watch as thousands of fans lined up to get inside the 74,000-seat stadium. Chile later won 2-0 to eliminate defending champion Spain from the World Cup.
The Rio de Janeiro state security secretariat said that because of the "aggressive and orchestrated" behaviour of the Chile fans, FIFA asked police for help in controlling the situation and detaining the fans. An investigation is underway.

Spain : Several arrested and injured in a fight between Hercules and the fans Elche Area Light - 15/06/2014

Source : http://www.alicanteactualidad.com (thx to the sender)

The night from Saturday to Sunday took place in the center of Alicante one fight between radical fans Hercules and Elche.

The incident took place around one Sunday morning in a local leisure Hazel area, specifically in the pub "Concerto" at number 6 Calle Teniente Alvarez Soto, forcing a number of agents body National Police and the local police in the capital to intervene to bring peace to occur several arrests.

According to eyewitnesses, the fighting was "brutal" and setting in which the events took place was badly damaged.

England - Italy - 15/06/2014

Source : http://www.DailyMail.co.uk

Not such a beautiful game: England fans scrap on the streets after Three Lions defeat against Italy in opening match.

There was a heavy police presence in Bedford, with some fans burning Italian flags in response to the defeat.

'Booze buses' were used in London to cart drunk supporters to the hospital before and after the game.

Two police officers were seriously injured after a mass brawl broke out in Devizes, Wiltshire, following the defeat.

Violent revellers had to be pulled apart outside a takeaway in Manchester after starting a fight in the street.

Despite isolated incidents, police forces said the behaviour of most fans was similar to a normal Saturday night.

Rowdy supporters took to the streets to vent their anger last night after England lost 2-1 to Italy in their opening game of the World Cup.

Two policemen were assaulted in the market town of Devizes in Wiltshire, after a mass brawl broke out, while two men had to be pulled apart following a violent scrap outside a Manchester takeaway.

Fans in Bedford were spotted burning Italian flags while 'booze buses' in London were kept busy transporting drunk fans to hospital.

Extra police officers were on duty in town and city centres as fans spilled out of pubs and bars in the early hours of the morning after watching the devastating defeat.

Revellers in Bedford set fire to the red, white and green flag in the early hours after the final whistle had blown in Manaus, Brazil.

They held the flag emblem aloft as hundreds of England supporters spilled out of the pubs around the town centre following the teams disastrous defeat.

Detectives have launched an investigation into the incident that took place in Bedford, where one in five residents is Italian - the highest proportion anywhere in the country.

When the sides last met in 2012 England lost on penalties and there were clashes on Bedford's Embankment as celebrating Italy fans were targeted.

Eyewitnesses described the police as being 'out in force' during and after the match and, but said there was no repeat of the violence between rival supporters.

'Apart from the pockets of rowdy behaviour and the flag burning the police had it all under control,' said one England supporter, who declinded to be named.

'The odd smoke bomb was also set off as many of the fans congregated in the High Street after the match, but there were no violent clashes.'

Peter Eaton, control room supervisor for Bedfordshire Police said that officers were aware of the flag burning incident. He said:'This is being looked into by officers, but at this stage no arrests have been made.

'In the past we have had trouble when Italy have played England because Bedford has quite a large Italian population, but last night passed relatively problem free.'

News of the flag burning incident quickly spread on social media. Nick Smith tweeted: "England fans burning Italy flags in Bedford town centre. Classy.'

Daniel also told followers: 'Burning Italian flags outside Yates in Bedford... Pathetic useless English again.'

Karl Hensman tweeted: 'Interesting night in Bedford with the best part being two smokes being let off during the game in Yates. Bouncers had no clue what to do.'

Outraged Italian community leaders reacted to the flag burning with one saying it was'likee something out of the Middle East.'

Luigi Reale, who established the Bedford Italian Circle community group, said: 'To set fire to the Italian flag is completely stupid: 'This is a small minority of people and it is an extreme act. It is very negative - it's like something you would see in the Middle East with people burning the American flag.

'I'm very concerned about this and the police need to investigate quickly. This is very hurtful for Italians living in Bedford.

'We are a big part of a unified community and this does not reflect what Bedford is like. We are unified and respect each other, and this (incident) is not acceptable.'

The police officers in Devizes were both receiving treatment for their injuries at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire. No details of the nature of their injuries were released.

The officers were trying to break up the fight when they were both seriously assaulted in the early hours.

A police spokesman said that two men had been arrested on suspicion of causing grevious bodily harm and actual bodily harm.
They were being held in the police cells and were expect to be quizzed by detectives about the incident in due course.

A police spokesman said: 'There was a large number of people in the area at the time and we appeal to them to come forward and tell us what they saw, we are particularly interested in hearing from witnesses who may have captured any part of the incident on video footage on their mobile phones, and anyone with information about what was happening before Police arrived.'

Elsewhere, the disorder was limited, with many viewers making their way home safely after the 1am finish.
Fans in Newcastle, with St George's Cross draped across their backs, walked glumly through the city centre after the defeat of Roy Hodgson's men.

The Home Office announced in March that licensing laws would be relaxed during England matches. Extra buses were laid on in London to get fans home, though the Tube did not run late.

Police said the late England v Italy game made it a busy night in Devon and Cornwall.

Officers said they dealt with hundreds of calls - one every minute - but admitted it was a fairly normal Saturday night involving revellers.

In one football related incident in Exeter a group of troublemakers were moved out of the city centre.

Uruguay - England - 19/06/2014

Source : http://www.DailyMail.co.uk



Brazilian police arrested 14 people accused of throwing fireworks at English fans outside a bar in Sao Paulo on Thursday, hours before England were to play Uruguay in the World Cup.

A group of youths, many with their faces covered, threw several fireworks in the direction of the English fans, a police spokesman told Reuters.

No one was injured in the incident, two other local police officials said.

"All of the sudden bottles started flying and fireworks were being thrown in our direction," English fan Mark Edward told local newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. "I know that the English fans have a very bad reputation, but there was no retaliation. Everyone simply ran."

The nationality of all the arrested was not immediately determined, but most of them were believed to be Brazilians, the police said.

They were arrested carrying at least one knife, several fireworks, brass knuckles and a mouth guard.

Brazilian security officials are worried about fights between fans during the World Cup as hundreds of ticketless foreign supporters mill around outside stadiums or Fan Fests.

Brazil has beefed up security in and outside stadiums, deployed undercover cops and stepped up control at its borders to bar hooligans from Argentina and other countries from entering the country, police officials in some host cities said.

A record 30 people died in soccer-related violence last year in Brazil, the highest in the world after Argentina and Italy, according to data compiled by Brazilian researcher Mauricio Murad.

Football's governing body FIFA has seen its security breached in several occasions during the tournament. On Wednesday, dozens of Chilean fans stormed Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium in a bid to watch their team play Spain.




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10 England fans taken to hospital after firecracker incident at bar near Fan Fest in Sao Paulo

Ten England fans were left in hospital after a fire cracker incident at a bar near the FIFA Fan Fest in Sao Paulo.
Police have confirmed that 15 people have been arrested after the attack, which occurred in front of two bars located on Avenida Sao Joao around 1.30pm local time (5.30pm UK time).
The attackers wore hoods and dark clothing and, according to police, they were all Brazilian.
According to police a bomb was thrown at British fans in front of the Guanabara Bar and the snack bar Planeta Fruta (Fruit Planet).

After hurling mortars the rioters ripped up the flags of fans. The group then fled and tried to get on a bus.
Police reported that they seized six rockets, one brass knuckles, a dagger, a mouth guard for fighting and fireworks.
Reginaldo Pereira, owner of Planet Fruit, said the action seemed to be an attempted trawler to rob British supporters of their possessions.
He said: 'It was very fast. They rushed into the area trying to hit everyone, breaking things up and throwing bombs.
'Every time we have big events this happens. Everybody ran inside the bar when things kicked off.'
'I'm from Northern Ireland, we have bombs there too. So these things don’t scare me,' he said.

Russie=a: free fight - 14/06/2014

Source : mail

Capitals + 9-ka (Dynamo Moscow) vs Music Hall (Zenit)
32х32
3 minutes.
Dynamo won

Sweden: free fight - 14/06/2014

Source : mail

Wisemen (IFK Goteborg) vs Gais
35 vs 35
1,30 minutes
Wisemen won

Sweden/Denmark : free fight - 14/06/2014

Source : mail

Wisemen Youth (IFK Goteborg) vs Brondby
20 vs 20
3 minutes
Swedish won

Free fight - 07/06/2014

Source : mail

Karlsruhe + Zurich  vs. Bröndby + Copenhagen
19 vs 19
KSC + Zurich won

Czech Republic : Free fight - 08/06/2014

Source : mail

Prague Boys (Sparta Prague) vs. CHzB (Baník Ostrava)
U23 years
1 minute 30
Prague Boys won

Prague Boys

Russia : Free fight - 12/06/2014

Source : mail

Nižnij Novgorod (Jugend youth) vs Volga Nižnij Novgorod (Milice)
11 vs 11
3,30 min
Milice won

England - Costa Rica - 24/06/2014

Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Armed police step in to quell trouble between England yobs and Brazil fans at Estadio Mineirão

Crowd trouble marred England's final World Cup game against Costa Rica as armed military police officers had to intervene to separate English and Brazilian fans here.
A scuffle broke out in the upper tier of the Estadio Mineirão when a group of bare-chested England supporters began throwing paper cups of beer towards the pitch, and soaking spectators below them in the process.
Stewards quickly moved in to form a barrier between the two sets of fans, and within seconds around 30 military police, some carrying riot shields and others pump-action shotguns, had arrived to prevent the situation escalating.
The ugly scenes 20 minutes from the end of a drawn match for Roy Hodgson's team were the closest hooliganism has come to returning among the ranks of England followers during the World Cup.
One fan was pictured making what appeared to be a Nazi salute, while others chanted defiantly towards the military police.

England : No arrangement between police and Sheffield Wednesday over who should fill terraces at Hillsborough - 23/06/2014

Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk

No formal arrangement was ever made between the police and Sheffield Wednesday FC over who was responsible for safely filling terraces at the club, the Hillsborough inquests heard.

That was the opinion of Inspector Clive Calvert, who was responsible for liaison with the club.

Mr Calvert has since passed away so the jury listened to evidence he gave at the Taylor inquiry.

The inquests heard that between 1981 and 1985, Inspector Calvert attempted to get an arrangement with the club that clearly established what the stewards’ responsibilities were.

Written instructions were given to stewards from the police and the club, but neither made it clear that overcrowding was their responsibility.

During the Taylor inquiry, Inspector Calvert was asked what his answer would be, if he’d been asked in 1985 whether there was an arrangement between the police and the club over the proper packing of the terraces.

He said he regarded it as the club’s responsibility, but added that the police took it upon themselves to do it in the absence of the club not doing it.

He said as far as he was concerned there was no formal arrangement between them over who was responsible for the proper and safe filling of the terraces.

The jury heard that at the Leppings Lane end, the police had assumed ‘de facto’ responsibility.

When Inspector Calvert was asked during the Taylor inquiry if there was anything the stewards should have been doing on the Leppings Lane end, that they weren’t, he said: "On the terraces themselves I don't think there was a great deal they should have done. In the other areas at the rear, yes there should have been stewards."

He said police often directed fans, but stewards should have been directing people where to go once through the turnstiles.

The jury heard that the police would ask the inspector who was on the concourse to divert fans away from certain pens, and he would give instructions to stewards - so their directions effectively came from the police.

The court also heard that Inspector Calvert wrote a report at the end of each year, setting out what officers thought about safety matters.

The report at the end of the 1986 season, contained a reference to Inspector Calvert’s view that barrier 144 should go, as he felt it “could give rise to danger”.

The barrier was positioned across the entrance to the central pens, once fans entered Leppings Lane through the central tunnel. Inspector Calvert had noticed this caused a build up as they entered.

He said: “We could not get them in and I was convinced - and I think that others were convinced - that if we could not get them in, we could not get them out” in an emergency.

Barrier 144 was removed in 1986. At a previous hearing during these new inquests, Dr Wilfred Eastwood, the structural engineer in charge of Hillsborough, said it was clear the removal of this barrier created a "line along which pressure can flow" and it was “quite likely” the decision to remove the barrier had contributed to the collapse of another barrier during the tragedy on April 15, 1989.

In evidence read out to the court, Inspector Calvert said that if the barrier had still been present on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, casualties may have been in a different part of the pens.

He said ultimately, it was a case that there were too many people in the same space - not that the barrier had been removed.

Croatia - Mexico - 23/06/2014

Source : Mail



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Source : https://sports.yahoo.com

Mexico fans arrested celebrating victory over Croatia

On Monday Mexico beat Croatia 3-1 with a flurry of late goals to clinch a spot in the World Cup round of 16, a huge accomplishment for a squad that almost failed to qualify for the tournament. Mexico manager Miguel Herrera couldn't contain his jubilation on the sideline – but his reaction was measured compared to a celebration of El Tri supporters in the U.S.

At least four people were arrested as fans hit the streets Monday evening in Huntington Park, Calif. The excited Mexican supporters began to block streets and rock vehicles that were trying to pass by. According to the Los Angeles Times, fans went as far as blocking the freeway ramp in the aftermath of the victory.

The situation escalated to the point that police officers began to arrive on horseback and in riot gear as a precaution, which only provoked the cheering fans even more.

One woman was arrested after apparently throwing a bottle at one of the officers on horseback while the others were arrested upon suspicion of public intoxication. Video footage showed police wrestling people to the ground and handcuffing them.

Argentinian football fan shot in brawl - 26/06/2014

Source : http://www.independent.co.uk

An Argentinian citizen was shot in the leg in a World Cup brawl on Wednesday, adding to security concerns as Brazil cracks down on Argentina's hooligans.

An Argentinian news agency, Telma, reported 35-year old Gonzalo Nunez was shot in the leg in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre during a heated argument as a group of men quarreled over rival football clubs, throwing beer bottles and trading insults. He was rushed to hospital and is recovering from a minor injury.

Brazilian authorities have stopped more than 30 Argentinian fans with a record of hooliganism from entering the country in an effort to prevent violent incidents. In addition, two ultras have been notified they must leave the country within 72 hours.

Overall, more than 100,000 Argentine fans have arrived in Brazil to watch their national football team play in the World Cup, which could see Argentina and Brazil clash in the final on 13 July.

Algeria - Russia - 24/06/2014

Source : http://rt.com

Algeria supporters riot across France after historic World Cup qualification

French police deployed tear gas on exultant Algeria supporters as their celebrations spiraled out of control, following a landmark World Cup match. Thousands of fans flooded streets across France with officers making at least 74 arrests.

The Algerian team drew with Russia (1-1) on Thursday night and qualified for the knock-out stages of the World Cup for the first time in history. The milestone moment was marked throughout France by the country’s large Algerian community.

While most of the celebrations were peaceful, there were outbreaks of trouble with some supporters clashing with police who retaliated by firing off tear gas.

In the southern city of Marseilles, violence flared at around 1.00am when groups of supporters began hurling stones at police cars. Officers quickly responded with tear gas and arrested at least 6 people in the unrest.

In the central city of Lyon, police were forced to deploy water cannon to control supporters who had torched a dozen vehicles.

"Groups took advantage of the crowds to create disorder," an officer told Le Monde newspaper.

The worst violence was witnessed in the North, with over twenty supporters detained for torching vehicles and vandalizing public property.

Thousands of jubilant fans flooded Paris’ Champs Elysees, waving Algerian flags and chanting “Vive l’Algerie.” The raucous celebrations brought the iconic avenue grinding to a halt, as fans hung out of car windows and tooted their horns, reported Le Parisien newspaper.

There were no reports of violence in the French capital, but hundreds of police were deployed across the city to prevent any disorder.

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Source : Mail

French lads agaisnt algerian thugs in Paris

England - Uruguay - 19/06/2014

Source : http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Police investigate after England fan has earlobe bitten off by another supporter in allegedly racist attack during World Cup game

Police are searching for an England football fan who bit the earlobe off a fellow supporter in an allegedly racist attack.
The incident took place at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo following England’s defeat to Uruguay on June 19.
The victim, believed to be Courtney Farquharson - also reportedly known as Robert and thought to be in his early twenties – was left bloodied, with part of his ear missing.
Video footage of the incident, obtained by the Sunday People, showed him appearing dazed but still smiling.
When asked what happened, the victim appears to tell the camera: "He bit off my ear and called me a black ----."

Former Liverpool footballer Stan Collymore led condemnation of the attack which he claimed was racist.
The incident is the second allegedly racist occurrence at the match, following claims by British actor and musician Riz Ahmed that he suffered racist abuse from fellow England fans.
Police said that officers from the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) were reviewing video footage of the ear-biting attack to try to identify the assailant.
A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers said they were currently looking at it simply as an incident of alleged assault and were not currently treating it as racially aggravated.
Seven officers from the UKFPU were in Brazil during England’s campaign and searched the crowd at England’s final match, against Costa Rica, for the attacker but with no success.
Chief Superintendent Rachel Barber said: "We were made aware during the England vs Uruguay match in Sao Paulo that an incident had taken place which resulted in an England fan having a portion of his ear bitten off by another England fan.
"In the immediate aftermath, we managed to make contact with the victim and offered advice and support.
"The day after the attack, the victim chose to make a formal complaint to the local police, and they opened an investigation."
She said they had identified several witnesses but these had been “unable to give us a name for the alleged attacker”.
"Efforts are ongoing to identify the suspect and bring him to justice either in the UK or, if possible, back in Brazil where the offence occurred,” she said.
Mr Farquharson posted photos on social networking site Facebook that appeared to show him, ear bandaged, striking a series of jovial poses with friends. He did not return requests for comment on Sunday.
The incident happened before Uruguay and Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned from the competition for biting an Italian player but details of the attack have only just emerged.
On the day of the incident England lost 2-1 to Uruguay at the Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, with two goals from Suarez.
The Uruguayan striker was handed a nine-game international ban and four-month suspension from all football after his third biting incident during a game.

England Fans Face Portugal Rioting Charges From Euro 2004 - 30/06/2014

Source : http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

Three England fans deported from Portugal during the Euro 2004 football championships have voiced their anger after being told to return to face charges of rioting, it was reported today.

Portuguese authorities have named them as arguidos - or suspects - and ordered them to stand trial, with possible jail sentences of five years if convicted, according to Sky News.

The charges are said to date back to June that year when hundreds of England fans clashed with police in Albufeira on the Algarve.

Several dozen England supporters were arrested and deported after summary court hearings. After arriving back in the UK they were told by British police that no further action would be taken.

Some 21 other England fans were considered for belated prosecution, but because of the time delay they are unlikely to be returned. Meanwhile officials say they have until December to prosecute these three, the report said.

Builder Richard Freeman, from Berkshire, denies being involved in the disturbances and said: "It's the first I've heard of it. After all this time, it's a farce. I've no idea what to do. If I go back what chance have I got of a fair trial? If I don't go, they might extradite me."

Newly-wed Lewis Andrews, from Oxfordshire, said: "I'm not going to court because they might arrest me again.
"I was just walking back to my hotel doing nothing when police attacked me with batons. Why are they bringing this up now, after 10 years ?"

Extra police deployed ahead of France, Algeria World Cup matches - 30/06/2014

Source : https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

French towns and cities are gearing up for a noisy night as the national team, as well as Algeria in a separate game, get set to play their round-of-16 World Cup matches on Monday night.

Police have been mobilized in force across the country, while European Affairs Minister Harlem Désir made an impassioned call for calm following a number of incidents last Thursday after Algeria drew 1-1 with Russia to go forward to the next round.

“We call on everyone to be serene in the way we celebrate victory,” he told LCI TV on Monday. “At the same time we are not going to be naïve about this. We will not let [a repeat of last week’s violence] spoil what should be a party atmosphere.”

France plays first, at 6pm Paris time (GMT+2) against Nigeria. Later in the evening at 10pm, Algeria – which has never progressed so far in a World Cup – will play Germany.

West Germany infamously denied Algeria progress beyond the group phase in 1982 when they played out a lacklustre game with Austria, ensuring both European sides got through to the next round at Algeria’s expense.

Both in Algeria and in France, fans have been glued to their sets, following the “Desert Foxes” (Fennecs) progress with intense interest and jubilation at their successes.

Simmering racial tensions

But in France, which has a population of an estimated 1.7 million Algerians and French citizens of Algerian descent, the North African country’s success in this year’s World Cup has not been without tension.

When Algeria drew 1-1 against Russia on Thursday to qualify for the next round, France experienced an eruption of joy from its many Algerian supporters at home.

Not all of it was peaceful. With simmering racial tensions and ingrained hatred of the police among France’s immigrant population, there were confrontations with police and some 74 people were arrested.

This was especially the case in the south-eastern city of Lyon, where on Monday the regional head of security Albert Doutre said an extra 500 officers had been drafted for the night.

It is a bigger police presence than for most national holidays including the New Year and the July 14 “Bastille Day” celebrations.

‘A minority of troublemakers’

Doutre insisted that last week’s violent incidents were sparked by “small groups” and did not represent the majority of peaceful Algerian supporters.

“There is always a minority of trouble makers,” said Harlem Désir. “We will make sure that they are caught and prosecuted.”

Any victory for France and Algeria in Monday’s matches will be met with another wave of euphoria, although bookmakers are giving much better odds of a French victory over Nigeria than an Algerian win against Germany.

But if both teams win, they will go on to face each other in the quarter-finals, an event that would require another huge police presence.

On Monday, anti-immigration far right leader Marine Le Pen called for an end to double nationality and questioned why so many in France were supporting a foreign country (which also happens to be an important former French colony).

Le Pen said she would not be watching either match. “Politicians have better things to do,” she said.

Nice mayor bans foreign flags ahead of World Cup riot fears - 30/06/2014

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Ban on "ostentatious use" of flags in centre of Nice comes just hours before Algeria play against Germany in last 16 of World Cup

The mayor of Nice has imposed a ban on the waving of foreign flags by football fans in the Riviera city, as police in cities across France braced for a possible repeat of the rioting that followed Algeria’s victories in World Cup matches.
The ban on the “ostentatious use” of flags in the centre of Nice came just hours before Algeria were due to play against Germany in the last 16 on Monday night, just after France take on Nigeria.
The ban, which will last until the Cup final on July 13, aims at “maintaining order… and avoiding excesses such as those we saw on the night of 26-27 June in the Paris metropolitan area, in Lyon, Marseille and in the north,” said the conservative Nice mayor, Christian Estrosi.
Tens of thousands of Algeria fans took to the streets of cities across France last Thursday to celebrate their team’s historic qualification for the knockout stages of the World Cup.

The celebrations were largely peaceful but were marred by violence in several cities. Riot police fired tear gas at youths on the Champs Elysees in Paris, and there were similar clashes in Marseille and Lyon, where dozens of cars were set alight.
Trouble had also flared following Algeria’s win over South Korea the previous Sunday.
European Affairs Minister Harlem Désir called on fans of Algeria to avoid further violence but warned that police would not tolerate any trouble.
France has a population of nearly two million 1.7 million Algerians or French citizens of Algerian descent.
Police plan to deploy more officers on Monday night than they do for national holidays such as the New Year and the July 14 Bastille Day celebrations, when youths in disaffected immigrant suburbs frequently take to burning cars and battling with the law.
Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right anti-immigrant Front National, said the clashes between police and football fans after Algeria’s World Cup wins were proof that France’s immigration policy had failed.

Costa Rica - Greece - 29/06/2014

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Police arrest 31 at rowdy Costa Rica World Cup party

Thirty-one rowdy fans were arrested in Costa Rica during street celebrations that erupted after the country won its first-ever trip to the World Cup quarter-finals, police said Monday.
Most of the arrests were for brawls or public disorder, police said in a statement on their 20-hour operation around the team's match against Greece on Sunday, which Costa Rica won on penalty kicks after a nail-biting 1-1 draw, despite playing one man down.
Police also seized two guns, a knife and drugs, they said.
Traffic police for their part stopped 27 people for drunk driving.
In all, police said they had received 486 reports of domestic violence, 602 of public disorder and 411 of assaults or street fights.
The Central American country partied long into the night after their team's victory in the northeast Brazilian city of Recife.
Police urged Costa Ricans to behave responsibly when the team plays the Netherlands in the quarter-finals Saturday.