Macedonian debut marred by an Austrian’s racist tirade
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Greece’s police and UEFA’s rules proved inadequate to prevent a predictable tragedy this week.
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Read MoreTensions between Serbia and Albania surfaced in a game – and a tournament – which involved neither of them.
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Another senseless death in the Balkans
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Football’s most inhospitable host?
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