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When Sport Becomes Too Dangerous

International competition has the unique ability to unite the world, often even in times of unrest. For some reason, sport is one of the few facets that allows entire nations to forget all of their wars and hardships, even if it’s only for ninety minutes.

A Serbian Player Pulls Down the Albanian Flag

Often this is the case but there are certain circumstances where tensions are too high for even sport to make a difference. Tuesday’s Serbia vs. Albania Euro 2016 qualifying fixture was going relatively well, considering it was Albania’s first visit to Belgrade since 1967, until just before halftime tensions boiled over.

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