Violence erupted Sunday in Cairo when police used tear gas to disperse fans trying to enter an army-owned stadium
At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday after clashes broke out in Cairo between police and supporters of the Zamalek soccer club, Egyptian medical sources said.
Violence erupted Sunday night when police tried to set up barricades and used tear gas to disperse fans trying to enter an army-owned stadium in the city's northeast on Sunday, witnesses said.
The fans accused security forces of a "massacre,” but police denied using violence to try and pacify the crowd. Many of the dead appeared to have died of suffocation after a stampede erupted. ...
At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday after clashes broke out in Cairo between police and supporters of the Zamalek soccer club, Egyptian medical sources said.
Violence erupted Sunday night when police tried to set up barricades and used tear gas to disperse fans trying to enter an army-owned stadium in the city's northeast on Sunday, witnesses said.
The fans accused security forces of a "massacre,” but police denied using violence to try and pacify the crowd. Many of the dead appeared to have died of suffocation after a stampede erupted. ...
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Kicking Back Comments:
I am often reminded that football is far more than just a game to most of the world. It is also a reflection of social, economic, and political affiliations.
In this way MLS can never compare to the rest of the world as while there is passion regarding each MLS team ... there is frankly not the other flavor contained in the American Game (at the club level) that exists in the rest of the world.
Not yet anyway ...
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