ROME (AP) - Vatican-sponsored soccer league matches went ahead as scheduled this weekend on a hill overlooking St. Peter's Basilica. For the 16 teams of seminaries, missionaries and oratories, however, the pre- and postgame talk veered from pure... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egyptian soccer fans rampaged through the heart of Cairo on Saturday, furious about the acquittal of seven police officers while death sentences against 21 alleged rioters were confirmed in a trial over a stadium melee that left 74 peopl... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict torc... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly club have stormed Egypt's soccer federation headquarters, setting it ablaze in anger after a court acquitted seven of nine police officials on trial for their alleged role in a deadly stadium melee last ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences handed down against 21 people for their role in a deadly 2012 soccer riot that killed more than 70 people in the city of Port Said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Two mortars exploded next to a soccer stadium in central Damascus on Wednesday, killing one player as violence moved closer to the heart of President Bashar Assad's seat of power and into areas of the capital once consider... [Full Article]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's state-run news agency says two mortars have exploded inside a soccer stadium in central Damascus, killing one player and injuring several. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ROME (AP) - Last week it was Silvio Berlusconi who got into hot water for praising Mussolini. This week it's the former premier's younger brother who has sparked outrage - by calling an Italian superstar soccer player of African descent the... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country's worst bout of soccer violence. (... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Angry relatives and residents rampaged through an Egyptian port city Saturday in rioting that killed at least 27 people after a judge sentenced nearly two dozen soccer fans to death for involvement in deadly violence after a game last ye... [Full Article]
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