Crowd violence
Police investigate brawl involving crowd safety staff at Summernats car festival
Footage has emerged of men wearing “crowd safety” vests appearing to throw several punches and kicking a man on the ground during a brawl at the Canberra event.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Latest
Clubs welcome referees with guard of honour after violent incident
There are ongoing concerns about hostility between officials and spectators at matches after a referee’s jaw was broken during a game in south-west Sydney.
- by Jordan Baker and Mary Ward
Opinion
Australia
Pity the referees, remind the parents: it’s only sport
Attitudes towards referees are a worry. It starts at your children’s club.
- by Georgina Robinson
‘Unacceptable risk’: Adam Abdallah refused bail for alleged assault of referee
Magistrate Glenn Walsh said 25-year-old Adam Abdallah appeared to beat the soccer referee “savagely” and posed an “unacceptable risk” to the community.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Australian soccer
I’ll be back, says linesman with broken jaw as man charged over soccer attack
Greenacre withdrew its top men’s team from a suburban Sydney soccer competition in response to a violent assault on a referee, as police charged a 25-year-old man over the incident.
- by Jordan Baker
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Australian soccer
‘No one will stop me from refereeing’: Linesman has jaw broken by spectator at suburban soccer game
Khodr Yaghi was acting as a linesman in south-west Sydney on Friday night when a spectator threw him to the ground and punched him in the face, breaking his jaw.
- by Jordan Baker
Teens stabbed in brawl, man fighting for life after NYE celebrations
Three teens suffered stab wounds and a 22-year-old is fighting for his life after an attack, but police say most revellers behaved well on New Year’s Eve and into the early hours of 2023.
- by Caroline Schelle
Analysis
Naked City
Keeping an eye out across the city, on 220 cameras
Here, the spirit of Christmas takes a back seat, which is why a giant blow-up koala had to be deflated to avoid blocking cameras.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
A-League Men
Why A-League crowds are better behaved than NRL, AFL and cricket
The hysteria about soccer crowds ignores the truth about what happens in other codes.
- by Andrew Webster
When sons become young men, a new threat enters their lives
There are no easy stages of parenting, but what happens when independence comes with a car, school pride turns into a menacing shade of tribalism, and peer pressure means getting drunk?
- by Julie Fison
‘I hope they’re banned for life’: Minister blasts NRL Magic Round brawlers
Queensland’s Police Minister has called for spectators involved in a brawl during the Broncos’ NRL Magic Round win over Manly on Friday night to be banned for life.
- by Stuart Layt and Phil Lutton
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