Fans banned from five Italian football games as youth questioned over killing
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Thousands of Italian football fans face a Sunday in front of the television set as officials enforce tough rules aimed at curbing hooliganism after a policeman died during a violent match last week.
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Universitatea Craiova's player-coach has been banned for four matches by the Romanian FA (FRF) after headbutting one of his own teenage players who made several mistakes in a first division match on Friday.
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The killing of a Pakistani woman whose family claimed she resisted an Islamic lifestyle and the suicide of an Indian woman to avoid a forced marriage have stirred a debate about culture clashes as Italy considers relaxing its citizenship rules for immigrants.
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Around 2,000 fans showed to the Fiorentina and Udinese game on Sunday. But the stadium gates were as far as they got because of newly enforced security measures in Italy.
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FIFA could ban World Cup champion Italy and all Italian clubs from international competition if Juventus challenges in state court the sanctions it received in the country's match-fixing scandal.
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Italian officials debate the future of football as Sicily prepares to bury a  policeman who died during riots.
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Reacting to the fatal attack on a policeman last week, the Italian Cabinet approved measures Wednesday that could force many of the soccer teams in the nation's top leagues to play in empty stadiums.
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Soccer fans will be allowed into stadiums in Italy unless security measures are met, a decision that comes days after rioting at a game in Sicily in which a police officer was killed.
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The deaths of four young people on football pitches must not put off children from sport, a GAA official says.
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Italian PM Romano Prodi vows to curb football violence after a policeman is killed in clashes between Sicilian fans.
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A bitter row breaks out in Italy over a decision  to dismiss terrorist charges against five Islamic fundamentalists
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Minor fan fights and brief standoffs with police led to 50 arrests overnight, authorities said Saturday as they worked to limit street violence ahead of the England-Portugal World Cup game.
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Italy should follow England's example as it attempts to deal with football hooliganism after last week's riot in Catania, according to an expert on fan culture.
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Italian police are investigating whether footballer Paolo di Canio gave a fascist salute after his team's win.
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A football fan was banned from attending matches in England and Wales for five years and fined Â£1,000 yesterday after he admitted racially abusing the Birmingham City player Dwight Yorke.
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A 17-year-old Italian boy is being questioned by police over the death of a policeman killed during football violence.
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The Italian Cabinet approved a decree Wednesday that will keep fans out of soccer stadiums until security precautions are met.