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Will Racism Bring Violence to World Cup?

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Posted on Jun 3, 2006

Soccer fans mocked with monkey noises and spit on Nigerian forward Adebowale Ogungbure as he left a soccer field in Germany in late March. It sounds like a story from another decade, but this type of violent racism might just destroy this year’s World Cup. The NYT offers a must-read piece about the recent surge in racist sentiment among European soccer fans.

NYT:
Surge in Racist Mood Raises Concerns on Eve of World Cup

By JERE LONGMAN


HAMBURG, Germany, June 3—As he left the soccer field after a club match in the eastern German city of Halle on March 25, the Nigerian forward Adebowale Ogungbure was spit upon, jeered with racial remarks and mocked with monkey noises. In rebuke, he placed two fingers under his nose to simulate a Hitler mustache and thrust his arm in a Nazi salute.

In April, the American defender Oguchi Onyewu, playing for his professional club team in Belgium, dismissively gestured toward fans who were making simian chants at him. Then, as he went to throw the ball inbounds, Onyewu said a fan of the opposing team reached over a barrier and punched him in the face.

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By paul apia, June 5, 2006 at 12:39 pm Link to this comment
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the next world cup is on our african continent(south africa). well we will see who is more racist and brutal: europeen or african. the war has just started.

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By Dr Han, June 4, 2006 at 4:27 pm Link to this comment
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Thank you for your blogger about football,I’d like to exchange message with you:

Motto of different country FIFA2006 world cup team
1.We are football >Germany<
2.orange on the road to gold Netherlands
3.Liberte,Egalite,Jules Rimet >France<
4.Never-ending legend,united Korea
5.2006,It’s Swiss o’clock
6.A passion to win and a thirst to succeed
7.angola lead the way,our team is our people
8.get up,argentina are on the move
9.australia’s socceroos-bound for glory
10.vehicle monitored by 180 million brazilian heart
11.our army is the team,our weapon is the ball,let’s get to germany and give it our all   Costarica
12.ecuador my life,football my passion,the cup my goal
13.come on the elephants!win the cup in style
14.one nation,one trophy,eleven lions ENGLAND
15.go black stars,the stars of our world > Ghana<
16.stars of Persia
17.blue pride,italy in our hearts
18.light up your samurai spirit Japan
19.to the finals with fire in our hearts “> Croatia<
20.aztec passion across the world
21.from the heart of america…this is the guarani spirit
22.white and red,dangerous and brave >Poland<
23.with a flag in the window and a nation on the pitch,forca Portugal
24.the green hawks cannot be stopped > Saudi Arabia<
25.fight!show spirit!come on!you have the support of everyone >Sweden<
26.for the love of the game
27.spain,one country,one goal
28 with our support,ukraine cannot fail to win
29.here come the soca warriors-the fighting spirit of the Caribbean
30.belief and a lion’s strength,for victory and our fans > Czech<
31.the carthage eagles…higher and stronger than ever
32.united we play,united we win>UNITED STATE<

Dr Han (Super football fans) content from[url=http://www.fifaworldcup-yahoo.co.uk]http://www.fifaworldcup-yahoo.co.uk[/url]
PAIN IN BRISTOL—http://www.backachetherapy.co.uk

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