Football hooliganism

 Police stops fan clash in... women's volleyball

By George Georgakopoulos

There are few more hazardous occupations in world sport at the moment than being a referee in the Greek Cypriot football league with officials on the Mediterranean island having suffered six criminal attacks in a year. 

Egypt said on Feb. 25 its premier football league, suspended after a deadly stampede and clashes at a Cairo stadium, will resume but no fans will be allowed to attend.
      
The government suspended the league after 19 people were killed on February 8 when police fired tear gas and birdshot at fans trying to force their way into the stadium, leading to a stampede.
      

The Montenegrin capital will host its second Gay Pride parade this Sunday, in spite of the violent attacks on activists that marred the first-ever parade in the country last year.

Gay activists will walk the same route as last year, after police estimated that the 1,400-foot-long trail in the centre of Podgorica was easiest to secure.

Football hooligans clash in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Two groups of supporters of Belgrade's Red Star and Partizan football clubs on Wednesday engaged in a mass fight, when one man was injured.

According to reports, shots were heard fired during the incident that took place in Ljutice Bogdana St..

Beşiktaş chairman Fikret Orman has drawn the ire of women after using 'girls' in a pejorative context to criticize a group of football hooligans

The EU delegation in Belgrade said the authorities should take action after a Serbian police spokesman called on football hooligans to target peace group Women in Black.

BiH cracks down on fan violence and nationalism

Increased security measures and bans are part of the BiH football federation's plan to curtail fan violence and nationalist rhetoric.

BiH football fans throw flares onto the field after Egypt scored a second goal during a friendly football match in Innsbruck, Austria, on March 5th. [AFP]

The Serbian prosecution will investigate a police spokesperson who called on football hooligans to “fight” Belgrade peace group Women in Black after they commemorated wartime killings in Kosovo.

Police unit spokesman urges hooligans to attack NGO

BELGRADE -- The Ministry of Interior (MUP) strongly condemned the gesture of its Anti-Terrorist Unit (PTJ) spokesman, who urged violence against the Women in Black NGO.