[quote](CNN) -- A stampede that killed at least seven soccer fans in the Kenyan capital started after a group without tickets tried to storm through a stadium entrance, a game official said Sunday.
The incident occurred Saturday at a Nairobi stadium where longtime rivals AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia were playing.
"Some people piled in one gate because they didn't have tickets," said Frank Okoth, a manager at Kenyan Premier League.
"It was raining heavily, and they found a gate with a weak structure, so they pushed through it."
Others waiting at the gate with tickets were affected, Okoth said.
The stampede left "many others injured," according to league officials.
"When the gate fell, people were pushed down," Okoth said. "Others stepped on them in their rush to get in. Hundreds of people stumbled on them again and again."
Okoth said he did not know how many people were injured.
"We are planning to meet with emergency and hospital services to get those numbers," he said.
League officials said during the stampede, an "agitated spectator" rushed into the field in the first half to alert game officials. The spectator tried to "get the referee to stop the match because ... people are being crushed to death," a statement on the league's website said.
At the time, an ambulance was at the scene attending to victims.
The match resumed after a temporary interruption. Gor Mahia defeated the Leopards, 1-0.
An investigation is under way, Okoth said.
The nation's league comprises 16 teams, including the two playing Saturday.[/quote]
[url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/24/kenya.soccer.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2[/url]
One hell of a rush to watch some shitty sport.
The title makes it sound like a bull stampede rather than a human one.
Why the hell are people so rabid about this sport?
They died because that's just how fast they run.
[QUOTE=I Broke The Sun!;25614767]Why the hell are people so rabid about this sport?[/QUOTE]
Because such sports attract unintelligent people. You can't deny this, because if this wasn't true, no one would die.
What's wrong with watching and following a sports team?
It's called football for fuck sake.
Those 7 were out of breath from the vuvuzelas
[QUOTE=Rooster Assassin;25615144]What's wrong with watching and following a sports team?[/QUOTE]
Nothing, rednecks need some kind of entertainment too.
[QUOTE=edja007;25615085]Because such sports attract unintelligent people. You can't deny this, because if this wasn't true, no one would die.[/QUOTE]
What, so enjoying a physical competition means you're some kind of retarded hulk? What kind of intellectual arrogance is this bull shit.
Stampedes always make me think of jumanji
[QUOTE=edja007;25615085]Because such sports attract unintelligent people. You can't deny this, because if this wasn't true, no one would die.[/QUOTE]:goonsay:
Are you serious?
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[QUOTE=scout1;25615408]What, so enjoying a physical competition means you're some kind of retarded hulk? What kind of intellectual arrogance is this bull shit.[/QUOTE]The kind of arrogance people who have no chance in physical competition have.
[editline]24th October 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=edja007;25615280]Nothing, rednecks need some kind of entertainment too.[/QUOTE]
An estimated 3.2 billion people have an interest in football, are you saying half the planet are rednecks?
[editline]24th October 2010[/editline]
"Because such activities (gaming, computers, internet) attract unattractive people. You can't deny this, because if this wasn't true, no one on the internet would not have a girlfriend."
derp derp derp
[QUOTE=edja007;25615085]Because such sports attract unintelligent people. You can't deny this, because if this wasn't true, no one would die.[/QUOTE]
someone's butthurt that they were always the last kid picked in gym class
[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;25615162]It's called football for fuck sake.[/QUOTE]
I call it football, not soccer, because "football" in America is retarded.
That really socc-s
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;25614761]One hell of a rush to watch some shitty sport.[/QUOTE]
Kill yourself
[QUOTE=Roof;25615804]I call it football, not soccer, because "football" in America is retarded.[/QUOTE]
And here we go ...
[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;25615162]It's called football for fuck sake.[/QUOTE]
Why the fuck did you have to start this
now this thread is going to be a footbull/soccer debate.
You have doomed us all.
[QUOTE=koekje4life V2;25615162]It's called football for fuck sake.[/QUOTE]
Why do you guys care so much?
A lot of early British publications concerning the sport had soccer in the title, and the term soccer used to be widely used around the UK. Why do you guys care so much about different names?
only in kenya
i would rather get trampled to death than watch soccer
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;25614761]One hell of a rush to watch some shitty sport.[/QUOTE]
Go back to your theoretical physics you nerd
They were scared of the lions and tigers.
[img]http://i22.piczo.com/view/2/d/5/7/e/d/x/c/k/b/d/d/img/i210986635_25607_2.jpg[/img]
Here we go, Football versus Soccer that will then degenerate into EU versus US, and as secondary entertainment people who hate any kind of sports versus people who want to look cool by going to the other extreme.
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Seriously, mens sana in corpore sano. You need both physical activity and mental activity (you don't need to forsake one for the other).
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