Riot police deal with unruly fans on Naypyitaw streets after the Myanmar football team were knocked out of the SEA Games football competition on Tuesday. - EPA
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar football fans started fires, tore out seats and hurled rocks after their team was eliminated from the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the latest stadium violence in a country once banned from 2018 World Cup qualifying because of unruly fans.
Myanmar's 1-0 defeat to Indonesia late on Monday angered spectators, who threw stones as disappointed players left the pitch in tears.
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