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If you're a cop, there probably aren't many things that could happen to you that would be less terrifying than 800 German soccer fans uniting to attack you. That's what a few cops experienced yesterday after a match between Erzgebirge Aue II and Lokomotive Leipzig.
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Continuing our recent habit of saving our favorite stories until the end of the day, a rock band named Machuca was playing a show in Santiago, Chile. As tends to be the case for bands on tour, they gave a shoutout to the local soccer team, in this case, the University of Chile. Turned out to be a bit of a mistake; the crowd was full of Colo Colo supporters, the University of Chile's archrivals.
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Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time. More than 120 people were arrested after what are being described
here as "brief but violent disturbances" in Stuttgart, Germany earlier today.
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Your World Cup Togo Update: The Togoans, or Togoites, or Togolese players, whatever it is that they're called, are demanding 155,000 euros each to even play in the tournament, plus 30,000 euros for each win and 15,000 for each draw. The government says "No, we're poor, and you suck." It might turn out to be not much of an issue, seeing that the Togs barely eeked out a 1-0 victory over Lichtenstein yesterday. No agreement has been reached about the bonuses, but they're working on it.
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