World Cup celebations: Bloody street brawl in Little Portugal

From the Toronto Sun (Hooligans mar soccer celebration by Brett Clarkson, June 12, 2006):

A huge, booze-fuelled, bloody street brawl in the middle of Dundas St. that left three people badly cut by broken beer bottles marred the celebrations after Portugal's first victory in the World Cup yesterday.

An estimated 40 people started fighting on Dundas St. at Grove Ave., in the heart of Little Portugal near Dovercourt Rd., after Portugal's 1-0 win over Angola around 5 p.m.

Two young men said to be in their early 20s were hospitalized with non-life -threatening injuries.

Marcelo Torres Barreras said one man, who was shirtless and clutching a Portuguese flag, appeared to be bleeding from the right lower back, and the other, wearing an England soccer shirt, was bleeding from the left arm.

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