Football hooligans are being ordered by police to hand in their passports so they don’t sneak off to the World Cup

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• 132 London-based soccer fans are banned from traveling to Russia for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup.
• This is because they have been slapped with "football banning orders" which are convictions given to soccer fans who have a history of sports-related violence or disorder.
• If these fans refuse to surrender their passports they can expect a police visit in the coming days.

London's Metropolitan Police has told football hooligans that they risk arrest if they do not surrender their passports.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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