Sport boss condemns soccer match violence

THE boss of football and netball in Sunraysia has strongly condemned the violence that terrified children and women at a local soccer match on the weekend, saying it was “totally unacceptable in any environment”. Sunraysia Football Netball League president Paul Matheson said the ugly scenes at Mildura’s Aerodrome Ovals on Sunday afternoon were “more than […]

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