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| Serb waterpolo hooligans attack Croatia embassy |
| 2003-06-16 |
| Rampaging Serb waterpolo fans have stoned the Croatian embassy in Belgrade and tore down its flag after a violent European championship final, prompting the Croatian foreign minister to cancel a visit to Montenegro. Waterpolo hooligans? Waterpolo?? The Serbia and Montenegro team beat Croatia 9-8 in Sunday night's match in Slovenia, sparking violence more likely to be seen at a football match that left at least 20 people injured. Incensed by the defeat at the hands of their wartime foes, Croatian supporters smashed up the stadium in Slovenian city of Kranj,injuring two Serb team members and forcing the cancellation of the medals ceremony. "They were throwing bottles, stones and flares," said a Serb team official. "They were shouting 'kill the Serbs'." Television pictures of the clashes infuriated Serb fans who attacked Zagreb's embassy in Belgrade and replaced Croatia's flag with Serbia's. Croatia summoned Belgrade's ambassador on Monday to deliver a strong protest about the attack and a spokeswoman in Zagreb said Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula would not make Monday's planned trip to Montenegro. He remembers what happened to the Archduke. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Being a former waterpolo player, I am not surprised. There was a famous match between USSR & Hungary in 1956: Tension over the Soviet invasion of Hungary surfaced in the water polo match between the two nations. One man left the pool bleeding when fights broke out, and the game was stopped with Hungary leading 4-0. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-06-16 23:24:26 |
| #7 an amusing anecdote in the annals of waterpolo: "A favorite trick of these early games was to place the small India-rubber ball (which ranged from five to nine inches in diameter) inside the drawers, dive under the water and then "appear" again as near the goal as possible. "Appear" is the proper word, for in those days, the water in pools had no filtration systems, and was, shall we say cloudy. But this mode of scoring had its disadvantages, as the goalkeeper was permitted to stand on the pool deck and protect his goal as he saw fit." A mustachioed bloke in striped leotards going for your balls..... cloudy, indeed. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-06-16 19:59:08 |
| #6 an amusing anecdote in the annals of waterpolo: "A favorite trick of these early games was to place the small India-rubber ball (which ranged from five to nine inches in diameter) inside the drawers, dive under the water and then "appear" again as near the goal as possible. "Appear" is the proper word, for in those days, the water in pools had no filtration systems, and was, shall we say cloudy. But this mode of scoring had its disadvantages, as the goalkeeper was permitted to stand on the pool deck and protect his goal as he saw fit." A mustachioed bloke in striped leotards going for your balls..... cloudy, indeed. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-06-16 19:59:08 |
| #5 No horses involved, its handball played in the water if I remember well. Actually fun on hot summer days. |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2003-06-16 18:24:14 |
| #4 Didn't their horses all drown?... |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-06-16 18:18:20 |
| #3 What's next? Croquet hooligans? Synchronized swimming hooligans? Seems like if it's European, and a sport, it has hooligans. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-16 16:42:56 |
| #2 an amusing anecdote in the annals of waterpolo: "A favorite trick of these early games was to place the small India-rubber ball (which ranged from five to nine inches in diameter) inside the drawers, dive under the water and then "appear" again as near the goal as possible. "Appear" is the proper word, for in those days, the water in pools had no filtration systems, and was, shall we say cloudy. But this mode of scoring had its disadvantages, as the goalkeeper was permitted to stand on the pool deck and protect his goal as he saw fit." A mustachioed bloke in striped leotards going for your balls..... cloudy, indeed. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 6/16/2003 7:59:08 PM |
| #1 Didn't their horses all drown?... |
| Posted by: mojo 6/16/2003 6:18:20 PM |