Following the collapse of a stadium that was 1,500 over capacity for Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifier against Malawi in March, the head of the Ivory Coast Football Federation and another man, who was responsible for ticketing at the match, have both been jailed.20 people died and over 130 were injured following a stampede caused by overcrowding and poor safety measures. Click to continue reading...

World football's governing body FIFA on Wednesday fined Ivory Coast's football federation and imposed crowd restrictions following a deadly stampede at Abidjan's main stadium last March. FIFA have fined the Ivorian Football federation $4,7000 but has also donated $96,000 to a fund set-up for the victims' families. Click to continue reading...

On March 29 this year before a CAF qualifier against Malawi, 22 fans died in a stampede trying to get into the stadium and another 150 were injured.

In its wake FIFA just issued measures that would ensure better crowd control reducing the seating capacity of Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan by approximately half to about 20,000 spectators.

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And so to the final part of our mammoth World Cup round-up where we tie up all the loose ends in Asia, the CONCACAF region and, to begin with, Africa...br /br /span style="font-size:130%;"span style="font-weight: bold;"Africa/span/spanbr /br /The third and final round of qualifying got underway last Saturday with the remaining twenty teams split into five groups of which only the winners will reach South Africa 2010. Click to continue reading...

At lest 22 people are dead and another 130 injured after a stampede broke out before a Ivory Coast World Cup Qualifying soccer match. The overcrowded stadium was a death trap as fans came to watch their home team play their first World Cup Qualifying match. Too many people who did not have tickets pushed their way [. Click to continue reading...

Minor-league basketball in Western New York was reincarnated — again — on Saturday night in the form of the Buffalo Stampede. A crowd of about 650 at the Koessler Center watched the Stampede make its Premier Basketball League debut against the Wilmington Sea Dawgs. And what a debut it was. Trailing, 30-11, after the first quarter, the [. Click to continue reading...

Minor-league basketball in Western New York was reincarnated — again — on Saturday night in the form of the Buffalo Stampede. A crowd of about 650 at the Koessler Center watched the Stampede make its Premier Basketball League debut against the Wilmington Sea Dawgs. And what a debut it was. Trailing, 30-11, after the first quarter, the [. Click to continue reading...

Minor-league basketball in Western New York was reincarnated — again — on Saturday night in the form of the Buffalo Stampede. A crowd of about 650 at the Koessler Center watched the Stampede make its Premier Basketball League debut against the Wilmington Sea Dawgs. And what a debut it was. Trailing, 30-11, after the first quarter, the [. Click to continue reading...