Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Russian clubs fined after fans throw flares at each other (The Associated Press)

In this photo made on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 Spartak fans fire flares during the national championship soccer match between Spartak Moscow and CSKA in Moscow, Russia. Since being promoted to Spartak head coach, Massimo Carrera's fortunes are on the rise as he's turned Spartak into the Russian league leader in the process beating arch-rival CSKA 3-1. In contrast the fortunes of CSKA's Leonid Slutsky continue to plummet and now he's under pressure at CSKA. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian champion CSKA Moscow and league leader Spartak Moscow have been fined a total of 990,000 rubles ($15,500) after their fans threw flares at each other during a match. Fans threw flares into areas of the stadium packed with opposition supporters and filled the stadium with smoke during Spartak's 3-1 win over CSKA on Saturday.


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