SYDNEY: An Australian football team was suspended for the rest of the season yesterday following an inquiry into a spate of ethnic-related crowd violence which has prompted tough laws to outlaw hooligans.
New South Wales (NSW) state football chiefs said Sydney United would be banned for four matches after dozens of fans from their Croatian support base battled with followers of the Serbian-backed Bonnyrigg White Eagles at a ground in suburban Sydney last March.
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