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German police have detained two suspects following a mass brawl on the sidelines of a district league football match in the western German city of Essen on Sunday. The Essen public prosecutor's office and police announced on Monday that two people from Essen were involved. Two flats had previously been searched with the support of special forces. Around 60 people took part in the mass brawl. Knives were reportedly used and shots fired. According to the police on Sunday, a bullet casing was found afterwards. Two people were slightly injured in the altercation, one of them suffered a cut. Severa...
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Around 60 people got into a mass brawl on the sidelines of a district league football match in the western German city of Essen on Sunday. A police spokesman said that according to witnesses, knives were also used. A bullet casing was also found afterwards but it was unclear whether it was from live ammunition. Police received numerous emergency calls from 3:55 pm (1355 GMT). According to a spokesman, witnesses also reported the sound of gunshots. Two people were slightly injured in the altercation on Sunday afternoon, one of them suffered a cut. Several of those involved in the brawl fled bef...
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German security authorities warned that Islamist extremists are trying to stir up unrest in Germany ahead of the Euro 2024 football tournament in the country. Calls for terrorist violence, which were recently published by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province, a regional branch of the jihadist group Islamic State, are "part of the ongoing propaganda campaign to stir up unrest and trigger individual perpetrators," security sources said on Tuesday. The group had previously published a video game-style image showing a man in a stadium with an automatic weapon. Similar publications were made last ...
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Luis Rubiales, the former head of the Spanish football ferderation (RFEF), has denied accusations of corruption in court. Rubiales became infamous after kissing Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth after Spain's women's team won the 2023 World Cup. The striker contradicted Rubiales' statement that the kiss was consensual and he eventually resigned before being banned for three years by FIFA. In a separate corruption case, state television station RTVE and other Spanish media said Rubiales was questioned by a judge on Monday. On his arrival at the court in Majadahonda, Rubiales left journalists' quest...
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A Frankfurt tax investigator has told the trial of three former German Football Federation (DFB) officials that a payment made in connection to Germany hosting the 2006 World Cup was probably a "sham transaction." According to investigators, €6.7 million ($7.2 million) that the DFB transferred to football governing body FIFA in April 2005 was the repayment of a loan from French entrepreneur Robert Louis-Dreyfus and not a contribution to a World Cup gala, which never took place. It is alleged the late Franz Beckenbauer used the original loan to buy votes in the hosting decision for the 2006 tou...
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has defended planned border controls during the European Football Championship, after the country's interior minister announced the measures earlier on Tuesday. "This is a proven set of instruments that we have in Europe and that we use here and that serves security. I think everyone understands that," Scholz said on Tuesday during a visit to Slovenia. "We will do everything necessary to keep citizens safe." Even before the terrorist attack on a concert hall near Moscow last week, assessing the security situation had been a "top priority" and many security precaut...
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced temporary checks at all German borders during the European Football Championship this summer. "We will carry out temporary border controls at all German borders during the tournament in order to prevent possible perpetrators of violence from entering the country," Faeser told told the Rheinische Post, a German regional newspaper, in comments published on Tuesday. This was necessary in order to provide the best possible protection for the major international event. The focus is on protection against extremists, hooligans and other perpetrators...
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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced temporary checks at all German borders during the European Football Championship this summer. "We will carry out temporary border controls at all German borders during the tournament in order to prevent possible perpetrators of violence from entering the country," Faeser told told the Rheinische Post, a German regional newspaper, in comments published on Tuesday. This was necessary in order to provide the best possible protection for the major international event. The focus is on protection against extremists, hooligans and other perpetrators...
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Former Chinese Football Association (CFA) president Chen Xuyuan has been sentenced to life in prison for corruption, state media reported on Tuesday. A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei said Chen used his posts from 2010 to 2023 to influence project awards and in return received bribes worth more than 81 million yuan ($11.42 million), the state news agency Xinhua reported. The court ruled Chen had "severely harmed the order of fair competition" and brought "tremendous damage" to the sport, Xinhua reported. The investigation into Chen was first announced in February 2023, and he wa...
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Former football star Robinho was arrested in the port city of Santos on Thursday, a day after a court ruled he must serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape in Brazil. Officers picked up the 40-year-old from his home on Thursday and took him to a police station, Brazilian news agency Agência Brasil reported. After a medical examination, he was to be transferred to a prison. On Wednesday, Brazil's superior court of justice ruled that the former Real Madrid, Manchester City and AC Milan striker should serve a nine-year prison sentence imposed on him in Italy in Brazil. An injunction by his l...
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