Tag Archives: Riots
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Austrian Soccer Hooligans Brawl in Dublin Streets the Night Before the Austria-Ireland World Cup Qualifier (Video)
Well, it turns out that the Montenegrins weren’t the only European soccer fans fighting amongst themselves prior to yesterday’s slate of World Cup qualifiers that took place around the globe. In Ireland on Monday, the night before the home team took on the visitors from Austria, a pack of Austrian soccer fans got a little [...]
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San Francisco Police Are Looking For Giants Fan Who Trashed City Bus After World Series Victory (Photo & Videos)
So apparently not every San Francisco Giants fan celebrated their team’s World Series victory the other night by detonating fireworks in the middle of a crowded street and nearly blowing their hands off. Some of them opted for more traditional forms of public nuisance-making, like breaking windows and destroying motor vehicles. Unfortunately for those partiers, [...]
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Heavyweight Champ Vitali Klitschko Sprayed With Teargas In Kiev Demonstration (Pics & Video)
WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko successfully defended his title against Britain’s Dereck Chisora back in February, and just three days ago it was announced that he’ll face Manuel Charr on September 8th in Moscow. However, the promoters of that upcoming fight are holding their collective breath after the 41-year-old Ukrainian prizefighter suffered a gash to [...]
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Taiwanese Animation Takes On The Vancouver Riots (Video)
What transpired following the Vancouver Canucks’ Game 7 Stanley Cup Finals loss to the Boston Bruins last week has made headlines beyond North America. It was big news in Australia after it had been unveiled that a member of the now-popular riot-kissing couple was actually an Aussie, and now ever Taiwan is showing a great [...]
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9 Most Memorable Sports Riots
In light of the stupid Vancouver riots that took place earlier this week, we decided to investigate some of the most memorable riots in history, seeing how fans (and players) can react so violently and dangerously to both winning and losing. While none of these actions are forgivable, some were certainly foreseeable (see entry number [...]
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German Soccer Fan’s Feet Catch Fire (Video)
Imagine hearing a call like this at the end of a sports broadcast: “So that’ll do it here from Germany with our final score 3-2 along with 8 fans getting injured, 3 hospital visits and 2 people getting caught on fire. So long, everybody.” People catching fire? On their bodies? This is like those old [...]
