Russia's lower house of parliament has approved the first reading on Wednesday of a bill to blacklist violent football fans, after Russian and English supporters brawled in France near at least ...

Russian football is plagued by a racist and far-right extremist fan culture that threatens the safety of visitors to the 2018 World Cup, according to a report provided to The Associated Press.

European football’s governing body took a tough line against soccer-related disorder Wednesday, as it imposed a penalty on Russia for “improper conduct” by its fans at the Euro 2012 tournament.

Russia will be disqualified from the European Championship if there is more violence by the team’s fans inside stadiums in France. A Union of European Football Assns. disciplinary panel made the ...

Russian fans light flares during the UEFA Euro 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France, 11 June 2016. The match ended 1-1. Source: EPA ...

Russian Football fans known as "Ultras" have denied starting the brawl with England supporters in Marseille, as they posed with captured flags from the fighting that threatens to prompt the ...

The head of Russia’s national soccer fan club was detained in France during Russia’s match against Wales and deported for the second time since the beginning of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament.

MILLWALL-loving Russian football fans have vowed to back England at Euro 2024 – saying politics and war won’t stop them cheering on the Three Lions. The Anglophiles will be getting behi… ...

Organised, trained and described by police as "hyper-violent", a hardcore mob of Russian Ultras has already cast a shadow over Euro 2016. Jump to content UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

Moscow (AFP) - A senior Russian Football Union official and ultra-nationalist politician said Monday that the country's fans were right to fight England supporters at Euro 2016. Igor Lebedev, who sits ...

Russian Premier League football team Anzhi Makhachkala has called for an end to “bigotry” in domestic football after its fans were abused by CSKA Moscow supporters. Throughout CSKA's 1-0 home ...

Riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets at Polish and Russian football fans who fought bloody battles near the Warsaw stadium on Tuesday, bringing the rocky relationship between the two to ...