Seventeen children were among at least 125 people killed in a soccer stampede in Indonesia at the weekend, officials said, as pressure builds on the Southeast Asian nation to explain how one of the ...

(Reuters) - Here is a look at major disasters in soccer stadiums over recent decades after 56 people were killed during a stadium crush in Guinea sparked by an on-field controversy. December 2024, ...

The death toll in the riot and ensuing stampede at a football match in Indonesia has been revised from 174 to 125 people. East Java Deputy governor Emil Dardak said the new figure has been released ...

A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia has killed 125 people and injured more than 320 after police police used tear gas to quell a pitch invasion, authorities said on Sunday, in one of the world ...

Indonesia will demolish and rebuild a football stadium where a stampede killed more than 130 people this month, President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday as he vowed to “thoroughly transform” the sport in ...

FILE - A crowd of soccer fans in the Brussels Heysel stadium, falls down in a heavy group over the broken fence just prior to the European Champion's Cup Final between Liverpool and Juventus of Turin, ...

Jan 25 (Reuters) - Rioting and stampedes at African stadiums have taken a deadly toll over the decades with a recurring pattern of incidents, culminating in the latest disaster in Cameroon on Monday.

MADRID (AP) — A minute of silence was observed before soccer matches around the world on Sunday in honor of victims of the disaster at a stadium in Indonesia that claimed at least 125 lives, and top ...

LONDON — A U.K. watchdog has launched its biggest-ever investigation into police actions, opening a new inquiry Friday into the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster that left 96 fans dead and whole ...

A football fan has pleaded guilty to mocking a crowd disaster and shouting racist abuse at a Merseyside derby match. Joel Barwise, 26, made pushing gestures towards Liverpool fans during the game ...

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