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1. Sport - RATIONAL REF WILLIAM LAI

   Protect referees by hitting clubs where it hurts

   Posted May 17th 2013, 12:00am by William Lai

   ... Sport Violence Referee Clubs William Lai The spate of violence against officials shows little is being done to promote respect for game No one is bigger than the club. This commonly espoused mantra is easy to comprehend yet individuals with massive egos and an overdeveloped sense of grandeur do not get it. They are the ones who take the law into their own hands and as a result ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1239123/protect-referees-hitting-clubs-where-it-hurts
2. Sport - Soccer - SOCCER

   Hooligans run riot at top European soccer fixtures

   Posted Apr 16th 2013, 12:00am by AFP

   ... of the sport's oldest cup competition. Wigan chairman Dave Whelan said he was stunned by the violence that left some fans injured and children in tears. "I can't understand why the Millwall ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1215438/hooligans-run-riot-top-european-soccer-fixtures
3. Sport - Hong Kong - RATIONAL REF

   Ingredients of violence still a risk at junior soccer tournaments

   Posted Apr 26th 2013, 12:00am by William Lai

   ... that soccer is a contact sport. Children will inevitably bump into one another as they learn to develop their general co-ordination with their emerging skills. If parents cannot bear to see ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1223001/ingredients-violence-still-risk-junior-soccer-tournaments
4. Sport - Other Sport - ICE HOCKEY

   It's time to consign 'enforcers' to the history books

   Posted May 19th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... been enough to cause even the most hardcore hockey fan to reconsider the peculiar role that goons play in the sport. It was a sad and troubling tale of a kid growing up in Canada, raised to do ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/1240742/its-time-consign-enforcers-history-books
5. Sport - Soccer - REFEREEING

   Lack of respect and sportsmanship can have fatal consequences

   Posted May 12th 2013, 12:00am by AP

   ... Sport Soccer Violence in Sports Referee Ricardo Portillo Utah Sportsmanship Soccer Nancy Armour The death of a soccer referee in the US after being punched in the face by a player, sparks debate on how sports can have got it so wrong The football teams were still on the field, exchanging the traditional post-game handshakes, when Pete McCabe walked by. The veteran referee heard ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1235543/lack-respect-and-sportsmanship-can-have-fatal-consequences
6. Sport - Soccer - SOCCER

   Death penalty for some for Egypt soccer violence

   Posted Jan 26th 2013, 07:59pm by Associated Press in Cairo

   ... between Port Said’s Al-Masry fans and Cairo’s Al-Ahly fans was the world’s deadliest soccer violence in 15 years. As is customary in Egypt, the death sentences will be sent to a top religious ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1136706/death-penalty-some-egypt-soccer-violence
7. Sport - Soccer - BRAZIL

   Brazil plans crackdown on soccer hooligans ahead of 2014 World Cup

   Posted Aug 29th 2012, 12:00am by AFP

   ... Sport Soccer 2014 World Cup Brazil Violence Sports Soccer Agence France-Presse in Rio de Janeiro With 10 months to go to the Confederations Cup and as the countdown starts to the 2014 World Cup, Brazilian officials said they would not tolerate fan violence. The country, which last hosted the World Cup in 1950, is setting up a specialist police investigation centre to deal ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1024674/brazil-plans-crackdown-soccer-hooligans-ahead-2014-world-cup
8. Sport - Soccer

   Soccer Digest

   Posted Aug 25th 2012, 12:00am

   ... won the first two games of the season. Reuters Boca stadium closed after fan violence mars match Government security officials have closed Boca Juniors' stadium as a penalty for fan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1022620/soccer-digest
9. Children suffer as HK social development slows, study finds

   Posted May 24th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Domestic Violence Social Issues Violence Against Women Ng Kang-chung Hong Kong's social development has almost come to a halt, according to the latest findings of a tracking study. The social development index, released yesterday, also indicates family life has worsened to a 'desperate' level, with more divorces and domestic violence, while children have become ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/715153/children-suffer-hk-social-development-slows-study-finds
10. Sport - Soccer - RATIONAL REF

    Swansea ball boy's act against Chelsea reflects poor gamesmanship in soccer

    Posted Feb 08th 2013, 12:00am by William Lai

    ... Sport Soccer Sportsmanship Violence in Sports Eden Hazard Chelsea English League Cup Referee William Lai Teenager's boast about time-wasting act that led to Hazard's sending-off at Swansea illustrates the game's slide into dishonorable gamesmanship Chelsea's Eden Hazard created his own danger zone for kicking, or appearing to kick, a misbehaving ball boy. Referee ...

    http://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1145436/swansea-ball-boys-act-against-chelsea-reflects-poor-gamesmanship-soccer

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