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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/how-far-will-hooligans-go-beijing-unafraid/">How far will hooligans go? Beijing unafraid</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted May 1, 2008 at 10:00 AM by Os Davis</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">The unfortunately-titled official statement “China not fear of football hooligans at Olympic Games” was released by the state press agency earlier this month, marking the first such official statement on soccer’s biggest international problem. Beijing Organizational Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG) representative Lin Weiguo intrepidly commented that “overseas football hooligans” would be kept away from the events, citing experience in such matters gained in hosting “the FIFA Women’s World Cup and other international football events.” Such experience aside, the Olympics may be a far cry from the international men’s game. Hardly breaking a cybersweat with a search or two online brings up stories like these: • Professional futsal match…<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/how-far-will-hooligans-go-beijing-unafraid/">(<a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/how-far-will-hooligans-go-beijing-unafraid/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/how-far-will-hooligans-go-beijing-unafraid/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/comment/how-far-will-hooligans-go-beijing-unafraid/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/beijing-2008/">Beijing-2008</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/events/">Events</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/soccer/">Soccer</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/featured-writers/">Featured-Writers</a>, <a href="http://www.summerolympian.com/olympics/archive/category/os-davis/">Os-Davis</a><br /><br /> </P>