Platini seeks end to violence

THE new president of Uefa, Michel Platini, is struggling to find a solution to increasing fan violence in and around Europe's stadiums.

Crowd trouble in France, Greece and Serbia last weekend followed violent incidents in Germany and Italy.

'If you have solutions, give them to me,' he told L'Equipe. 'Today, a match is so crucial, as if sport has become more important than life. How to fight it? I don't know.

'There has always been violence in football. Why is it manifesting itself more and more often? And why football, when in other sports, there isn't such behaviour? I find it hard to understand.'