P ARIS — A Paris Saint-Germain fan injured in a fight between rival factions of hooligans from the club was in a life-threatening condition Monday, police said. The 38-year-old fan sustained a serious head injury ahead of Sunday’s French league match between fierce rivals PSG and Marseille. Marseille went on to win the game 3-0. The clashes involved hooligans from the two main stands at PSG’s stadium Parc des Princes, the Tribune d’Auteuil and the Kop of Boulogne. A 30-year-old man suspected of taking part in the beating was arrested just after the fight and has been held in detention. Marseille fans had boycotted the game to protest against security measures imposed on visiting supporters. Incidents also occurred before kick off outside the stadium and police used tear gas to disperse a handful of PSG fans who threw bottles at them. French Sports minister Rama Yade said she will have a meeting with PSG officials in the coming days. “Those wild behaviours won’t stay unpunished,” Yade said. “We have to put an end to those urban guerrilla scenes before violence and human stupidity lead to new tragic incidents.” Following several months of relative tranquility, Kop of Boulogne and Auteuil fans — angered by their team’s poor results and a mutual opposition to the club’s chief backer, Colony Capital — started fighting again at the end of last year and clashed violently at Lille in January. In a statement, PSG “strongly condemned the clashes that occurred before and after the match against Marseille and principally the attack against one of its supporters.” The club said its president Robin Leproux will meet Paris’s police prefect on Wednesday. On Nov. 23, 2006, a member of a group called the Boulogne Boys was shot and killed by a police officer after a UEFA Cup match between PSG and Hapoel Tel Aviv. The policeman was protecting a Jewish fan under attack from thugs shouting anti-Semitic epithets. PSG is 12th in the league with 33 points from 26 games, a performance that hardly matches its early season ambition to qualify for the Champions League.
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PSG fan in life-threatening condition
Shane Bond resumes his duel with Ricky Ponting in Napier tomorrow as home officials hope transtasman rivalry and Sunday’s Twenty20 epic bring crowds flooding back to one-day cricket internationals.New Zealand and Australia play…
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Cricket: Bond, Ponting ready to resume rivalry
New Zealand cricket captain Daniel Vettori says Scott Styris and Nathan McCullum may be the players to miss out when the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day international series opens against Australia in Napier tomorrow.Vettori today…
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P RAGUE — Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been named as the best Czech player in 2009. Cech, who is currently out of the Chelsea side after tearing a calf muscle during his side’s 2-1 loss at Inter Milan in the Champions League last week was chosen as the best player for a third time in a poll of coaches, players and journalists. Cech arrived in Prague to receive the award late Monday. He also won it last year and in 2005. Galatasaray striker Milan Baros, also injured at present, was second while Bordeaux midfielder Jaroslav Plasil was third.
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Goalkeeper Petr Cech named Czech player of 2009
More than half the public think the Super 14 starts too early according to a new poll, but there seems little chance the tournament’s summer kick-off will be moving any time soon.This year’s Super 14 season kicked off on a hot…
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Poll: Public want Super 14 to start later
Chiefs captain Mils Muliaina is rejuvenated and ready for a return to Super rugby.The All Black fullback, who took time off from the opening three rounds of the Super 14, is now back in full training with the Chiefs this week…
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MADRID – Former Real Madrid and France footballing star Zinedine Zidane says he regrets having headbutted Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final but he’d rather die than apologise to the Italian defender.In an interview…
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Soccer: I’d rather die than say sorry – Zidane
SYDNEY – Had the door politely held open for you lately? Chances are it was one of those well-mannered Wests Tigers.The NRL club’s players attended an etiquette course yesterday as they prepared for a sponsor meet-and-greet.Conducted…
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League: NRL players undergo etiquette training
Cameron White might be in the form of his life in Twenty20 Internationals but even he isn’t brave enough to try Kiwi Brendon McCullum’s bizarre “ramp” shot.McCullum smashed 116 not out on Sunday in Christchurch in New…
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Cricket: Ramp shot too much for White