Egypt court sentences 11 to death for deadly riot
Cairo: An Egyptian court has sentenced 11 soccer fans to death in the retrial of over 70 defendants accused in a soccer riot in 2012 that left 74 people dead. Judge Mohammed el-Said said his final ruling for the 11 and the other defendants, including nine police officers, will come on May 30. Some 21 fans were initially sentenced to death and seven police officers acquitted in 2013, setting off violent protests by fans in Cairo who torched a police club and the soccer federation's headquarters. The sentencing was referred to the Grand Mufti - the country's most senior religious authority who according to Egyptian law must review all death sentences although his decision is not binding.
Real Madrid’s luka Modric out for 5-6 weeks
Madrid: Real Madrid will be without injured midfielder luka Modric as the season enters a critical phase with both the Champions league and Spanish league titles at stake. Madrid says medical tests show the Croatia international has a "strain to the medial collateral ligament of his right knee" after he hurt his leg and needed to be substituted in the 57th minute of Saturday's 3-1 win over Malaga. The club did not say how long it expects him to be out but Spanish media says he is expected to miss six weeks. Madrid hosts Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in the Champions league with their quarterfinal poised 0-0. A left thigh injury sidelined Modric for three months earlier. Gareth Bale also left Saturday's match with a left calf injury. The club has yet to report on his condition.
Eight people killed at corinthians’ fan club
Rio de Janeiro: Police say eight people have been shot dead at a Brazilian soccer team's fan club in the city of Sao Paulo. Police said on Sunday that a group of armed men stormed into the site where Corinthians' fan group Pavilhao 9 meets. They shot seven people there, then chased and killed an eighth outside. Detective Jose Mario lara is ruling out a fight between rival fan groups. He tells CBN radio that police are hearing testimony from witnesses who were at the club's barbeque party when the shooting erupted Saturday night. Much of the soccer violence that breaks out in or near Brazilian stadiums is traced to fan clubs.