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Old 18-01-2007, 07:52 AM in reply to Wanderer's post starting "Yes, Ntini was hit in the face by a fan..."
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Just one more thing...

On Monday 3 very interesting interviews were broadcast. One on radio, 2 on television.

1. A Pakistani fan (one of the 2 evicted from the ground) said that what he said to the SA team was not racist at all. He did not repeat what he said, but in his opinion, it was not that bad....

2. A family of South African supporters were also interviewed. They said (and repeated) what the Pakistani fans said. They also said that this happened in the "family's enclosure". That means an area designated for families. With kids. And they said the Pakistani fans were using very abusive language, so much so that some families left the area with their children...

3. And then there was ANOTHER interview. With a sports psychologist. He said if sportsmen like Gibbs and Harris did not know how to handle crowd taunts, they should rather not being playing sport at all...
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