Tag: Fans

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MADRID - Two of the world's richest clubs and fiercest rivals, Real Madrid and Barcelona, face four titanic clashes in three weeks that will transfix and split the nation. It's a tantalising prospect for fans worldwide: grudges dating back to the Franco era, personal rivalries, some of the world's biggest stars and a cultural tug-of-war that mirrors Spain's bloody history all spilled onto the pitch in a battle of strategy, tactics and will. All that multiplied by four face-offs -

LONDON - Arsenal supporters who own shares in the club are being told not to sell to American billionaire Stan Kroenke, who this week agreed a takeover deal. "The AST (Arsenal Supporters Trust) and Arsenal Fanshare scheme will not be selling the shares it owns and urges all supporters to reject this offer," said the AST in a statement.
"Arsenal is too important to be owned by any one person. The AST wants to work with Stan Kroenke to keep Arsenal supporters involved in the club's

KARACHI - Bereft of heroes in our age and time, eager fans (relatives and children of ministers and bureaucrats) and an unruly media turned the congratulatory reception of the Green Shirts at the Chief Minister's (CM) House on Friday into real hell for our cricketing heroes.
The event was condemned to mismanagement soon after the Pakistan team arrived in the lawn of the CM House, with security personnel desperately trying to catch relatives and children of ministers and

ISLAMABAD - Disappointed cricket fans on Wednesday blamed a sluggish Misbah-ul-Haq for defeat in the World Cup semi-final thriller with arch-rival India.
"We lost because of Misbah, as he did not score well when it was most required," angry fan Awais Shakir told AFP on Islamabad's main Jinnah Avenue as thousands of disappointed fans were leaving for home. "He just wasted time on the pitch." Fans in other Pakistani cities which ground to a halt for the game also criticised Misbah,

LAHORE - Around 5000 Pakistan cricket fans, including PPP leader Aitzaz Ashan, left for Mohali to watch the Pakistan-India semi-final to be played in Mohali on March 30.
The Indian home ministry has authorised upto 5000 visas to facilitate the entry of Pakistan fans into India. During the last two days, hundreds of fans queued up at the Wagah border to travel across the border. The Indian embassy facilitated only those who have valid tickets for the match, and they were given

LAHORE - Aggrieved Pakistan cricket fans have taken to the internet to take out their frustrations with hapless wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal. Kamran missed two easy chances to dismiss Ross Taylor, on nought and eight, as the birthday boy went on to hit a century and help New Zealand to a 110-run win. Taylor did most of his damage in the final five overs as the Black Caps posted an imposing 302 for seven before bowling Pakistan out for just 192. And the gloveman's performance prompted

NAGPUR - Ticket-hungry fans, desperate to see India's World Cup clash against South Africa on Saturday, were baton-charged by police as they queued, witnesses said on Tuesday. The clashes happened outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association offices, as police struggled to control the crowds, witnesses said. Fans started queuing on Monday, a day before the counters opened for the sale of tickets for the first World Cup game involving India in the Orange City since 1987.
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DHAKA - Angry fans attacked the house of Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan after his team crashed to a humiliating nine-wicket World Cup defeat against the West Indies, police said Saturday. Shakib's mother and sister were inside the three-storey house in the western district town of Magura when several motor-cycle riders stopped and threw stones at the house on Friday evening, local police chief Proloy Chisim said. "The stones broke one window of the house.
His father spoke to

DHAKA - West Indies' bus was struck by stones thrown by Bangladesh fans after the co-hosts were heavily beaten in the Cricket World Cup Group B match on Friday, the team spokesman told Reuters. "A couple of fans threw stones, two hit the window and it just broke. No one was hurt and we are safe," he said. The crowd had reacted angrily earlier after their team were thrashed by nine wickets by the West Indies after scoring only 58 runs.
"The glass didn't shatter. It just broke,"

MUMBAI - The Cricket World Cup's top official was severely criticised on Thursday after police battered hundreds of fans with bamboo sticks outside Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as anger at the lack of tickets on sale for the clash between India and England boiled over.
In a memo leaked to the media, the governing body of the sport (ICC) accused its own president Sharad Pawar of mismanagement and said he was threaten(ing) to undermine the whole tournament with the way

NEW DELHI - South Africa fans claimed their national anthem was "butchered" when it was cut short at the start of the World Cup match against West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Thursday.
Only half of the stirring anthem was played before the sound was abruptly halted, much to the consternation of the smattering of fans inside the stadium.
"As if the World Cup has not been boring enough, now our national anthem gets butchered. Another failure," wrote one fan on

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board and Boom Boom, Pakistan's official cricket kit suppliers, have launched an impressive kit for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, inspired by designs submitted by amateurs and cricket fans.
It is the first time ever that the kit of a major cricketing nation has been designed with the involvement and input of cricket fans. Cricket fans and followers at PakPassion and Boom Boom's designers collaborated in designing the new kit. PakPassion carried out

MELBOURNE - Li Na Saturday complained that excited Chinese fans distracted her during the Australian Open final, when she failed in her attempt to become Asia's first Grand Slam winner.
The frustrated Li was incensed after being broken in the second set, and asked the chair umpire to ask her vocal fans to keep quiet in the packed Rod Laver Arena. "The (Chinese) fans, they want me to win this match, but they coach me how to play tennis on the court," she said later. "They can