Organizers Claim 170 People Tried To Run On Field At Wcup

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MADRID (AP) — Two months after the World Cup final was disrupted by four members of the Pussy Riot protest group running onto the field, the head of the local organizing committee claimed security stopped 170 others from doing the same during the tournament. Organizing committee CEO Alexei Sorokin spoke publicly on Tuesday about the huge number of potential security breaches for the first time. "Of course, you may repel what I'm saying (about security) by the fact there were a few pitch runners at the final, but I can tell you that in total 170 runners were stopped before that, so it's quite a good record of police cooperation and police effort to ensure security," Sorokin said at a soccer conference in Madrid without giving any detail on the incidents. "There were no complaints about security whatsoever," he said.Read more on NewsOK.com

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Organizers Claim 170 People Tried To Run On Field At Wcup

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