Smoke bombs set off during Dutch league football match

Smoke bombs set off during Dutch league football match

Smoke bombs set off during a Dutch league football match between Ajax and host PSV Eindhoven injured 15 people on Sunday, 23 April, according to AFP. Defending champions PSV dealt Ajax a crushing blow when the titleholders won 1-0, dropping the Amsterdam team four points behind this year’s table leader, Feyenoord Rotterdam. Feyenoord will clinch the Eredivisie title if they beat Excelsior on 7 May.Officials in Ajax’s match at Eindhoven were forced to stop play just five minutes in due to the thick smoke engulfing a section of the stands. Apr 24, 2017
Police arrest share speculator for Borussia Dortmund bomb attack

Police arrest share speculator for Borussia Dortmund bomb attack

German police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of carrying out the triple bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team bus on 11 April. The man, known as Sergei W, was allegedly hoping to profit from falling Borussia Dortmund stock prices after the incident, having bought 15,000 options of Borussia Dortmunds stock. Apr 21, 2017
Tributes pour in for Ugo Ehiogu from football stars on social media

Tributes pour in for Ugo Ehiogu from football stars on social media

Tottenham Hotspur Under-23 coach and former England international Ugo Ehiogu has died aged 44. The former Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and England defender was rushed to hospital after collapsing at the clubs training ground on Thursday (20 April) afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest. The former defender received immediate treatment at the clubs training facilities in Enfield before being transferred to hospital in an ambulance. He passed away in the early hours of Friday morning. Apr 21, 2017