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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (246583)	3/5/2014 2:35:51 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Respond to of 544044

Cyprus FA postpones matches after bomb damages car of top referee • Bomb on hood of referee Leontios Trattos' car explodes • United States due to play Ukraine on island next week Share 81 theguardian.com, Friday 28 February 2014 16.03 EST Apoel Nicosia fans during a Champions League match. It is not known who in Cyprus was responsible for the blast. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters The football association in Cyprus has postponed all first division matches over the weekend after a bomb damaged the car of a top referee in the country. Police say an explosive device was placed on the hood of the referee Leontios Trattos' car and it exploded early Friday in a parking lot outside his apartment in a Nicosia suburb. No one was injured but his car and another vehicle nearby were damaged. The attack comes days before the United States are due to play a friendly against Ukraine in Larnaca on Wednesday. The match was moved from Kharkiv because of violence in Ukraine.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (246583)	3/5/2014 2:41:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 544044

"You just can't make this stuff up! " Soccer is a "game" of fan riots and dead scapegoats. Our biggest championship "riots", from all sports combined, college, pro, and Little League, wouldn't make soccer's "Best 100". When 24 national soccer teams began World Cup play in the U.S. on June 17, it was difficult for most Americans to comprehend the frenzied passions unlocked in other cultures by this, the most-watched sporting event on the planet. Sadly, we are now a little closer to comprehending. Andr?s Escobar, a defender for the Colombian national team, died in a hail of gunfire in his homeland last Saturday, apparently because of a goal he had inadvertently kicked in for the U.S. in its surprising 2-1 win over Colombia on June 22 in Pasadena, Calif., which helped bring about Colombia's unexpected early elimination from the Cup. sportsillustrated.cnn.com Also, for the youngsters in our audience, "You just can't make this stuff up! ", Olympics, '56. Blood in the Water match The "Blood in the Water" match ( Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdo, "Blood bath of Melbourne") was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The match, which took place on December 6, 1956, was against the background of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the last two minutes with blood pouring from above his eye after being punched by Soviet player Valentin Prokopov. en.wikipedia.org