When sports turns fatal: Stampedes, chaos & tragedy

We revisit fatal incidents in Kolkata, Brussels, and Hillsborough, where poor crowd control and unchecked passion claimed lives.

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00:00Just days before 11 people died in Bengaluru, the streets of Paris and towns across France lit

00:13up with fires, flares and fights following Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League win. Two deaths,

00:18more than 190 injuries, 692 fires and one police officer was put into a coma by a firework.

00:25Kolkata, 1980. More than 70,000 spectators thronged the Eden Gardens for a match between arch rivals

00:32Mohan Bagan and East Bengal. A dispute on field sparked off a dispute in the stands, resulting

00:37in stone pelting from both sides, followed by a stampede. 16 fans aged between 18 and 60 died.

00:43The day is now remembered as Football Lover's Day. The Haysial Stadium disaster happened during a European

00:50Cup final between Liverpool and Juventus. Hooligan violence caused the wall to collapse. 39 people

00:55were crushed to death, most of them Juventus fans. Then there was Hillsborough in 1989. Crowds were

01:01funneled into already packed pens. A deadly human crush followed. 97 Liverpool fans died. Hundreds

01:08more were injured. Passion without planning is a disaster. Waiting to happen and no trophy is worth a life.

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