Football brawl in Bangladesh leaves 100 injured

An argument between two teenage boys over a goal in a village football match has set off a clash which left at least 100 people injured.

Football brawl in Bangladesh leaves 100 injured

An argument between two teenage boys over a goal in a village football match has set off a clash which left at least 100 people injured.

The fighting between more than 500 people, many of them armed with spears and meat cleavers, broke out over a disputed goal in a Bangladeshi village Sunday league game.

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