14 arrested as English fans clash with police

PORTUGUESE police arrested 14 people in the Algarve resort town of Albufeira yesterday after hundreds of mostly English football fans clashed with riot police in the first major disturbance of the Euro 2004 finals.

The rioting involved some 400 people and was only brought under control at dawn, five hours after it began, Portuguese police said.

Sixteen people were hurt in the melee, none of them seriously. All but three of the injured were British citizens.