But on Wednesday, police arrested eight Juventus fans for violence and possession of arms after a Liverpool supporter was hit on the head with a bat at a Turin bar.
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Those that argue American sports fans do indeed love violence point to things such as (1) the precipitous increase in interest for mixed martial arts and UFC compared to boxing, or (2) the fact that hockey fans go nuts whenever 2 meat heads start fighting.
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It's not the first time British fans have been caught up in violence in Spain.
More than 20 people were arrested when violence broke out between fans of the two clubs at a match in November.
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The National Criminal Intelligence Service blamed the increasingly sophisticated nature of football hooligans for the organised violence last weekend between fans of Millwall and Cardiff City.
Meanwhile police say they have arrested three people following the release of a second batch of 18 images of fans suspected of being involved in violence outside the Stadium of Light in April.
Fans can't even go to Rome due to the violence and stabbings - imagine if English football was so bad that visiting fans could not come to London?
Twice in the last five months, San Francisco sports fans have been the victims of brutal violence at professional games involving arch rivals.
Moreover, barras bravas (hooligans), whose penchant for vandalism and violence has discouraged law-abiding fans from attending matches, can be jailed for up to ten years for using explosives.
But fans looking for robot-on-robot violence were disappointed.
Nearly 10 months have passed since her secret came tumbling out for the world to see, and Rihanna said it was her fans who helped her finally speak up about domestic violence.
Port Said has been rocked by violence since January, when 21 local football fans were sentenced to death over deadly football riots in 2012.
Due to threats of violence against Ram and Haddad, Swedish authorities barred fans from attending their tennis matches.
The violence of the game is undeniably part of its attraction for fans.
Things were not always rosy during the Test series as spectator violence reared its ugly head again in Calcutta, but most cricket fans were happy at the resumption of tours.
Violence at a Cardiff-Swansea match at Ninian Park in 1993 led to fans being banned from attending matches.
But Mr Sumbler said football had moved on from problems of violence in the past and was now attracting a more family-orientated generation of fans.
Five people were arrested when violence erupted in Exchange Square during the 2006 World Cup and more than 40 Rangers fans were detained in 2008 after a screen failed in Piccadilly Gardens.
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