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Police investigate brawl involving crowd safety staff at Summernats car festival

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

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Clubs welcome referees with guard of honour after violent incident

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
Pity the referees, remind the parents: it’s only sport
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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

‘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
I’ll be back, says linesman with broken jaw as man charged over soccer attack
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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
‘No one will stop me from refereeing’: Linesman has jaw broken by spectator at suburban soccer game
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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
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Teens stabbed in brawl, man fighting for life after NYE celebrations

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
Keeping an eye out across the city, on 220 cameras
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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
Why A-League crowds are better behaved than NRL, AFL and cricket

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

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

‘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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