English hooligans thwarted by police

BRITISH and South African police have thwarted attempts by English hooligans to get to the World Cup and around 3,200 identified trouble-makers have until today to hand in their passports to prevent them travelling.

With 11 days to go before the start of football’s showpiece tournament, the focus is on security with South African police minister Nathi Mthethwa saying around a dozen English hooligans had been intercepted as they tried to sneak into the country via Dubai.

“A month ago some of them were trying to go via Dubai to come to South Africa and UK forces were able to nip them,” Mthethwa told a news conference.