Summary In the latest disaster 74 people died in the Port Said stadium tragedy of February 1, 2012.
PARIS: The Port Said stadium tragedy of February 1, 2012 when 74 people died, brought more deadly street violence to the city on Saturday following the sentencing to death of 21 people involved in the riot.
The Port Said deaths last year was the latest in a long line of football stadium tragedies.
PERU
May 23, 1964: 320 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured during a stampede at a Peru-Argentina match at Lima s National Stadium. Fans could not escape the crush and were trampled or asphyxiated.
GHANA
May 10, 2001: 126 people died in Accra at the end of a match between Hearts of Oaks and Kumasi, when Kumasi supporters, angered by their team s defeat, threw projectiles and broke chairs. Police threw tear-gas grenades, triggering a stampede.
ENGLAND
April 15, 1989: 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush in the stands at Sheffield s Hillsborough Stadium during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
May 11, 1985: 56 people were killed when a blaze broke out in wooden stands during a match between Bradford and Lincoln City.
SCOTLAND
January 2, 1971: 66 people were killed in a crush at the Ibrox Stadium during a Rangers-Celtic derby. It was the stadium s second disaster, after a stand collapsed in 1902, killing 26 people.
EGYPT
February 17, 1974: 48 people died and 47 were injured when 80,000 people crammed into a stadium with a capacity of 40,000.
SOUTH AFRICA
April 11, 2001: 43 people died during a stampede at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg during a match between the Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. January 13, 1991: 40 deaths during a melee in an Orlando Pirates-Kaizer Chiefs match.
BELGIUM
29 May, 1985: 39 killed at Heysel Stadium in Brussels when Juventus fans tried to flee aggressive Liverpool fans.
FRANCE
May 5, 1992: 18 people were killed and more than 2,300 injured when a terrace collapsed in Furiani stadium in Corsica.
