Fans were trying to enter the enclosed area that contains a big-screen television for viewing matches, places to buy beer, and little else.
Packed to the rafters, football stadiums are places of sporting glory but as the passions run high, these arenas have seen some of the worst tragedies as well
At least 129 people were killed and some 180 hurt at a soccer match in Indonesia as panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee a riot, authorities said on October 2, in what appeared to be the worst stadium disaster in half a century.
The Amravati Police arrested Anil Bonde along with 59 other persons, including the mayor and nine more BJP workers in connection with the violence that erupted over the weekend.
A mob of approximately 400 foreign workers were involved in the riot late on Sunday evening, sparked by a fatal accident involving a 33-year old Indian national who was run over by a private bus in Little India, a Singaporean district that is home to large amounts of Indian and Bangladeshi foreign workers.
Maruti Suzuki's second quarter net profit declined 5 percent year-on-year to Rs 227.5 crore, hurt by a month-long lock out at its Manesar plant following a labour unrest and higher discounts and other incentives offered to boost sluggish sales of petrol vehicles.
A special court on Friday sentenced former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani to 18 years in prison for her role in one of India's worst religious riots, television channels said.
Groups of youths attacked shops and damaged a police car in north London on Sunday as police sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that laid waste to another area of the British capital 24 hours earlier.