Three killed during wild Colombian football celebrationsFREDY BUILES / REUTERSColombia's celebration of victory in the South American club soccer championship has ended in violence, with three fans killed in a night of boisterous revelry. There were also reports that mobs of Nacional fans attacked adversaries in Bogota. One of those killed was wearing the shirt of a rival Medellin club when he was slashed in the neck with a knife. Colombian authorities said they registered more than 600 street fights after Medellin's Atletico Nacional defeated Ecuador's Independiente del Valle 1-0 in Wednesday night's Copa Libertadores final. READ MORE:* Lifetime Fifa bans for ex-South America FA duo* England football fans riot, fight at Old Port in Marseille​* Football hooligans praised for violence by Russian politicianJOHN VIZCAINOIt was Nacional's second-ever title in the premier South American club tournament and the first by a Colombian team since 2004.

Source: Stuff July 28, 2016 21:33 UTC