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THIS is the shocking moment notorious Ferencvaros ultras disguise themselves as stewards and launch a surprise brawl against their European rivals.

Ferencvaros, often dubbed Hungary‘s most feared football fans, kicked off a huge melee with AZ Alkmaar supporters in their tense Europa League clash on Thursday.

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The fake security managed to get close enough to the AZ Alkmaar fans through teir high visibility jackets[/caption]

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Drinks were thrown at the raging crowds from both sides of the stands[/caption]

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The hooligan security managed to mix in with the actual security teams to pull off the brazen plan[/caption]

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Riot police ended up being called in to deal with the clashes[/caption]

The Hungarian champions narrowly won the game 4-3 despite a late AZ Alkmaar surge in extra time when they scored twice.

But the action on the pitch was overshadowed by fighting up in the stands.

Footage shows dozens of Ferencvaros ultras secretly dressed up in high visibility security jackets making their way down the stairs in Budapest’s Groupama Arena.

Their sneaky plan saw them mix in with the actual security policing the away end to keep any trouble at bay between the two sets of supporters.

The large group of men managed to get as close as possible to the AZ Alkmaar fans before punches were thrown – sparking chaos in the stands.

Both sets of supporters then appear to start launching strikes at each other in the brutal brawl.

Onlooking fans from either side of the railings quickly noticed the fighting with drinks soon flying in from several angles at the fiery crowd.

The genuine security teams in place could be seen trying to break up the brawl as the melee continued on for some time.

Riot police equipped with protective visors and batons were soon forced to be drafted in as the fake security broke through into the stands.

The Europa League game between Ferencvaros and AZ Alkmaar was always tipped to be a highly intense affair due to the history of both sides.

Ferencvaros’ fans have long been considered one of the most violent teams in Central Europe over past altercations.

Governing body UEFA have sanctioned the club on several occasions in the past.

Hooligans linked to the club reportedly stabbed four Millwall fans in 2004 before a UEFA Cup match.

Uefa also charged the club over crowd trouble and racist abuse directed towards Millwall players.

Then in 2013, fans also fought with police after a friendly match against Leeds United.

AZ Alkmaar away days are also known to English fans as a potentially volatile trip.

In 2023, hooded AZ Alkmaar yobs smashed down barriers to storm their own main stand via two sets of stairs and attack West Ham supporters.

Several West Ham players, including sporting director Mark Noble, rushed to help protect them from the thugs – who were dressed in black and wearing balaclavas.

There were also clashes between West Ham and AZ fans ahead of kick-off, who again were masked as they caused mayhem on the streets of Alkmaar.

A local news outlet described it being a “grim atmosphere” before and during the match.

AZ’s hooliganism is said to stem from the club’s early days with a group known as the “Ben Side” supporters.

The name refers to where the group sits in the Jan van der Ben stand, which was named after a predecessor club’s chairman.

The group claims they “made their mark for the first time” during an away match at Feyenoord in 1977, according to an AZ supporter website.

There they clashed with opposition fans, throwing beer bottles and cans at players.

In another notorious meeting, the group clashed with Haarlem in June 1977.

Riots ensued over the game, with many supporters brining knives, and cops later made several arrests.

A 16-year-old was stabbed and around 28 people arrested during a particularly horrific altercation in March 1986 between AZ and PSV fans.

The teenager, a PSV fan who was not identified, was rushed to hospital.

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AZ Alkmaar away days are also known to English fans as a potentially volatile trip after fights broke out in 2023 with West Ham supporters[/caption]

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The AZ Alkmaar brawl saw masked and hoodied yobs attack[/caption]

BBC star and food critic Giles Coren has revealed he has been diagnosed with cancer.

The 55-year-old shared his news in his column for The Times.

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Giles revealed his prostate cancer scare after doctors found a malignant tumour but said he won’t need treatment just yet.

His doctor reassured him that prostate cancer is a “slow cancer” that all men get if they live long enough but still sent him for an MRI scan.

The star first had a PSA test with a score of four, a level many doctors consider a warning sign, according to the American Cancer Society.

When the results came back inconclusive, he initially refused a biopsy.

But after his PSA levels climbed to six and then seven, he finally agreed to further tests at London’s Royal Free Hospital.

Now, doctors have found less than a millimetre of cancer in just three of 21 samples taken.

The tumour, while malignant, is not requiring treatment yet but will be closely monitored.

В одній із країн Європи фіксують справжнє “нашестя” росіян. Реальну кількість росіян у Сербії зараз просто неможливо обчислити, розповів в інтерв’ю “Главкому” посол України у Сербії Володимир Толкач. “Посольство РФ у Белграді – одне з найбільших російських посольств у світі”, – сказав він. У Сербії перебуває більше 300 тис. російських громадян. Між двома країнами є регулярні щоденні рейси. […]

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KNEECAP have added an extra date ahead of their huge Dublin gig – and tickets are going on sale next week.

The Belfast group are set to perform two major gigs at the 3Arena this December.

The hip-hop trio originally planned to perform on December 17 this year, but due to high demand they have added another date.

Aiken Promotions announced the second date for Kneecap’s highly anticipated Dublin concert earlier today.

The Irish lads will now be taking to the stage on December 16 and 17 this Christmas.

Tickets for their second date go on sale this Thursday, February 6 at 10am from Ticketmaster.

While fans with a pre-sale code can nab tickets a couple of days early on Tuesday, February 4.

The band took to their Instagram today to share the exciting new with fans.

They wrote: “Dublin… HOLY F***! You’ve gone and SOLD OUT the 3Arena after 5 hours on general sale.

“So WE’VE ADDED A SECOND SHOW ON DEC 16th.”

Last week, Kneecap missed out on two Oscar nominations for their self-titled auto-biographical film.

The youngsters, who starred in the comedy flick, which is based off the origins of their career, were left disappointed after the Academy Award nominations were revealed.

The musicians were hopefuls in this years Best Original Song and Best International Picture category, but were unfortunately left with no joy.

The film, which stars Naoise O’Caireallain, JJ O Dochartaigh, and Liam Og O hAnnaidh as themselves, was set to become the second Irish language film to be nominated for Best International Film, after The Quiet Girl which which was nominated back in 2023.

However, after the official 2025 nominations were revealed in a live ceremony, the popular group were out by major films such as Emilia Perez, The Girl With The Needle and Flow.

Furious fans have since taken to social media to share their reaction to the news.

‘SNUBBED’

One fan wrote on Twitter: “Oscars snubbed Kneecap, they are not real.”

Bea said: “Nah they’ve been robbed.”

While Azra added: “The snub of Kneecap is easily the biggest miss of this award season.”

Stephen simply commented: “They were snubbed.”

And Shauna exclaimed: “No kneecap nomination… back to saying the Oscar’s are fixed and pretending I don’t care.”

A HERO who deserted the British Army to fight for Ukraine is in line for a posthumous bravery medal after sacrificing his life to save three comrades.

Former Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi, 23, acted as “bait” to draw fire away from three Ukrainian troops during a frontline battle.

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Royal Welsh Fusilier Alexander Garms-Rizzi has been killed fighting for Ukraine[/caption]

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He crossed the border from Estonia to join Ukrainian forces on the battlefield[/caption]

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The Brit (left) had been jailed for 12 months after ‘risking dragging Britain into the war’[/caption]

The trio reached the safety of a bunker – though one was seriously wounded – in the bloody “meat grinder” clash with Vladimir Putin’s forces in the east of Ukraine.

But Alexander was fatally wounded by a Russian drone in the bloody “no man’s land” between the warring forces.

And his commander and comrades saluted his courage last night as they mourned the young Brit being hailed as one of Ukraine’s most valiant frontline warriors.

His grieving best pal – a 28-year-old Finnish volunteer with the call sign “Finn” – told The Sun: “He was a born fighter and died how he would have wanted – with honour while helping others.”

Alexander was on a British Army NATO exercise in Estonia when he went awol in March 2022, a month after Russia invaded.

He sent his British commander a message admitting he had crossed the border to join Ukrainian forces, declaring he had gone to fight “a great evil.”

But he returned to the UK voluntarily after two months in the trenches and was jailed for a year by a UK court martial for defying direct orders to stay put.

The Sun’s team in Ukraine learned last week that Alexander – an infantryman with “Recon Team Kilo” – had returned to the embattled nation after serving eight months of his sentence.

We arranged to interview him in a cellar cafe at Kramatorsk near the eastern frontline – but he suddenly cancelled the meeting after being sent on “an important task”.

Three days later we discovered that it had been his last mission, when his Ukrainian commander broke the news that he had fallen in battle on Monday.

Alexander – whose call sign was “Sasha” – has been confirmed dead even though it has been too dangerous to recover his body from the frontline forest where he fell.

His Ukrainian commander told The Sun yesterday: “He was a very brave guy and very  experienced.

“Back in 2022, he was one of the first foreign legionnaires to come to Ukraine.

“On the day he died Sasha and three Ukrainian soldiers were in a dugout which was badly hit and collapsed.

“Sasha was trapped under logs, but the guys managed to dig him out and realised they needed to run about 500 meters to the next safe shelter.

“There were enemy drones, shelling and surveillance so Sasha suggested a plan.

“He said he would distract the drones by running in a circle while the others ran to safety – and that’s what they did.

“In the end two of the guys survived unscathed, though the other one was seriously wounded near the dugout – but Sasha didn’t make it.

“They later searched for him with drones and found his body, but it hasn’t been evacuated yet.

“He took a different path and was only about 100 metres from safety when he was hit. He died a hero.”

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Alexander (right) was deployed to Estonia when he went missing from a Nato operation in March 2022[/caption]

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Alexander, whose call sign was Sacha, was killed in action after acting as ‘bait’[/caption]

The commander said Alexander’s body has proved impossible to recover in a forested area of the battle-scarred Kupiansk section of the frontline.

Comrades managed to reach him under cover of fog and dragged him 50 metres towards their lines but were forced to abandon the mission after coming under withering Russian fire.

The commander said: “Our guys got close and dragged his body for about 50 meters but then the fog lifted, and drones started attacking them.

“The terrain makes it impossible to carry a body safely as this is the forest – it’s too dangerous.”

The commander said Alexander was one of the most popular and enthusiastic members of his foreign legion unit – and also a master of high tech weaponry.

He had already been decorated for “Exceptional Courage” after single handedly thwarting a Russian offensive by blasting a tank with a British-supplied NLAW shoulder-launched missile.

The commander said: “He was one of the first to master NLAW rockets and used one to stop a Russian advance towards Mykolaiv.

“Sasha was the first to step up, got close to the tank, and destroyed it, stopping the attack single-handedly.

“He did this kind of thing constantly – he would selflessly fight for himself and his comrades but always with caution and skill.

“He was a machine gunner but versatile and could handle many weapons and was training to be a sniper – he had so much potential.”

Grieving comrades told yesterday how Alexander boosted morale with jokes and banter, describing the hell of frontline combat as “Jackass Ukraine” after the TV prank show.

He also kept a menagerie of pets including cats and dogs and even a family of ducklings who kept troops stocked with fresh eggs.

Close pal Finn told The Sun yesterday: “Sasha was very well liked by everyone. He saved lives – both Ukrainians and foreigners and our commanders loved him as well.

“He died doing something which was absolutely typical for him and it would not surprise me in the slightest if he was awarded a posthumous medal for bravery.

“We have lost a great fighter and a great asset – not least because he boosted morale and was always encouraging others.

“I remember one time when he was running around from dugout to the dugout, rallying the Ukrainians to come and fight when we were in the Donetsk region.

“We needed more people to come and help and he ran around holding very short but precise speeches telling them to get the f*** up and fight.

“He went on a little rampage just talking to guys saying ‘Ukraine needs you’ and it worked. None of us died in that operation.

“He was my best friend and I’m going to miss him – we are all going to miss him.”

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The fallen hero is now in line for a posthumous bravery medal[/caption]

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Alexander was fatally wounded by a Russian drone[/caption]

Alexander – a fluent Russian speaker who was born in the UK but has a Russian mother and an Italian father  – had helped with translation and weapons training.

He was jailed in July 2023 after a judge at Bulford Military Centre, Wilts ruled that going awol and fighting for Ukraine risked dragging the UK into a war with Russia.

But his principled stand came close to triggering a major diplomatic spat after then Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she supported Brits who decided to join the fight in Ukraine.

Further friction followed when a decorated Ukrainian war hero who fought alongside him asked Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky to intervene.

Special forces colonel and politician Roman Kostenko said Alexander served in Ukraine under his personal command – and proved a valuable addition to his ranks.

Kostenko said the fresh-faced Brit was one of 10 foreign volunteers in an infantry regiment who helped beat back a Russian advance around Mykolaiv in spring 2022.

The colonel said: “He arrived soon after the full-scale invasion – even though he was young, he was an accomplished soldier.

“He considered he was fighting against a great evil. We had many conversations about this. It was a difficult moment, early in the war. He spent two months with us.”

Kostenko said he had appealed to Zelensky to ask Downing Street to intervene on behalf of the young Brit in view of his “moral” stand, but appeals were rejected.

He said in a letter appealing for a pardon: “He joined bravely and professionally performed combat missions in the south of Ukraine together with Ukrainian defenders.

“Despite his young age he understood the strategic importance of defending Ukraine.”

“It’s bad for Britain if Ukraine loses this war. When volunteers from the UK and US stand with us on the battlefield we feel the whole world supports us.”

Judge Advocate General Darren Reed said at Alexander’s court martial that by operating alongside Ukrainian militia, he had defied orders and created a security risk.

Sentencing him, Judge Reed said: “The order not to go to Ukraine could not have been clearer. The order was there to protect British forces and the state from being dragged into the conflict.”

Alexander went on leave in March 2022 and failed to return two weeks later, the military court heard.

When his unit managed to contact him, the soldier — – who lived in Russia until the age of 12 and had Ukrainian friends —- admitted he had gone to join the war.

Colonel Grant Davies, prosecuting, told the hearing: “In an interview he said he went over to help the Ukrainian people. He said he couldn’t just stand by and watch things unfold.”

After being arrested when he re-entered the UK, the soldier pleaded guilty to being absent without leave and to a charge of contravening standing orders.

In addition to the one-year detention, Alexander, of Tidworth Barracks, Wilts, was dismissed from the British Army by the court.

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THIS is the disturbing moment a woman who taunted cops online is caught hiding under a pile of children’s toys.

A brazen woman who commented “hey guys” on her own wanted appeal has been arrested.

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She had previously taunted cops by responding ‘hey guys’ under her own appeal[/caption]

Greater Manchester Police posted the appeal on Facebook in attempt to find her, and the audacious 22-year-old responded herself.

Cops found the woman, who has not been named, hiding under a pile of children’s toys at a home in Fallowfield, Manchester.

Body-worn video from the arrest on January 30, shows officers uncovering the woman hiding underneath miscellaneous items.

The bizarre footage shows the woman being discovered amongst a cuddly Disney toy, plastic figurines, clothes, wrapping paper, and cardboard boxes.

Laying on her back on the floor of a bedroom, wearing purple leggings and a grey zipped jumper, she covers her face as cops find her hiding spot.

An officer is heard communicating with others, saying “she’s here” as he lifts toys off of her body.

She is then heard groaning before the officer shouts “get up now.”

The woman was arrested on suspicion of failing to appear in court.

Her court appearance was related to three counts of assault of an emergency worker, drug offences and theft.

She was further arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer.

Now the 22-year-old remains in custody for questioning by detectives.

GMP’s detective inspector Natalie McDonald said: “We currently have a woman in custody being questioned by detectives thanks to the swift actions of our officers.

“We want to thank everyone who engaged with our post, it ultimately helped us to locate and arrest this woman and we have dedicated teams of officers across Manchester who are actively seeking and arresting those who are wanted.”

This isn’t the first time a wanted person has responded to their own appeal.

Daniel Kellaway, 29, couldn’t help but snap back at cops who described him as having a receding hairline.

Avon and Somerset Police published an appeal on Good Friday last year.

Kellaway commented on the site later that day saying: “No need to ­mention the hairline guys, I’m heading to Turkey to get it sorted then we will catch up.”

KATIE Price has unveiled her bandaged nose following her latest surgical procedure in Turkey.

She admitted that it’s still sore in a recent social media post asshe continued to update fans.

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She said: “Good evening everyone. Do you know what? So, I can take all this off my nose, but it feels sore still.

“So, that is me trying to put the bandage on myself. What a state is that. I’ve proper bodged this up.”

The star went back to Turkey for yet more surgery earlier this month following her 17th boob job and a face lift.

Speaking from her hospital bed, the former glamour model revealed she was preparing to go under the knife again.

She told fans on Snapchat and Instagram: “From my last surgery, there are just a few little bits that I want tweaking.

“Well, they need tweaking. So here I am getting ready. That’s the worst bit for me, the needle. The needle’s done so now I can relax.”

Katie, 46, revealed she had to wait a few hours for blood test results before the procedure, saying she planned to get some sleep in the meantime.

She also recently admitted her face lift left her with botched ears.

Sources close to the star claimed she was unhappy with her “pixie ears” following the face lift.

Closer Magazine reported: “Katie is heading to Turkey for her first New Year’s procedure: fixing her pixie ears.

“She thinks they need correcting after her recent facelift. She’s having her ears removed, then re-stitched in place and pinned back so that they don’t stick out.”

Reflecting on Katie’s “obsession” with surgery, the source continued: “Friends think Katie has gone too far.

“They feel like she’s obsessed and loves the attention – and the money from the pictures – that the surgery brings in.”

This recent surgery comes amid discussions about Katie’s noticeable weight loss.

Addressing concerns, she attributed her slimmer figure to a change in diet and increased physical activity, and shutting down speculation she has used weight loss injections.

Katie explained that she had previously gained weight due to IVF treatments and inactivity following a foot injury in 2020.

She emphasised that she has always been naturally thin and is now returning to her usual size.