UEFA charge clubs over crowd trouble

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Slovan Bratislava and Sparta Prague after last Thursday’s Europa League match in Slovakia was interrupted for half an hour by clashes between supporters.

The players eventually returned to the pitch some 40 minutes later and Sparta secured victory courtesy of second-half goals by David Lafata, Tiemoko Konate and Ladislav Krejci.

The match marked the first time that the two sides had met in a competitive fixture since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993.