France expels Russian soccer fan chief again

FILE PHOTO - Russian soccer fan leader Alexander Shprygin, who will again be deported from France after he returned despite a previous expulsion in connection with violence that marred the start of Euro 2016, is seen during his first expulsion in Marseille, France, June 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jean Paul Pelissier/File Photo -

PARIS (Reuters) - France deported Russian soccer fan leader Alexander Shprygin on Wednesday for the second time in less than a week over violence that marred the start of the Euro 2016 tournament, a spokesman for France's Interior Ministry said.

Police re-arrested Shprygin on Monday in the southwestern city of Toulouse, where the Russian team was playing Wales. He was deported on Saturday following violence before and during an England-Russia match in Marseille but came back to France.