"Marathoners are Type A; ultras are Type B," explained Seabury.
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Fan clubs known as "Ultras" were outlawed in May 2015.
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A large number of their ultras still reject its new identity.
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Although there are some ultras, their total number isn't very large.
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Being flexible for trail running and ultras is a huge beneficial quality.
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But the South Stand, where the team's noisy ultras sit, simply sang louder.
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And remember when he dug his own grave in "Miami Ultras," in the forest?
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Hamada was running ultras in the 1980s when most were courses of multiple loops.
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We will be updating the existing CC Ultras over the air soon after launch.
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The ultras, feeling vindicated in their belief that he was faking, roar their disapproval.
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Those ultras contend that Becali does not value them or the team, only money.
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The other is the capture of Britain's two main political parties by ideological ultras.
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The reason I run ultras is to get to that point and then keep going.
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In 2012, he and several fellow ultras decided they wanted a place to play, too.
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You have to be equipped for the mental highs and lows that come with all ultras.
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The security outside the ground was clearly no match for the orchestrated operation of the ultras.
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What made you decide to go beyond traditional races — and ultras — and do something like this?
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The Daily Mail is reporting that Russian ultras attacked England and Wales supporters there on Tuesday.
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French police blamed "150 well-trained" Russian ultras who were "hyper-violent" for the Marseille conflict.
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She continued with this policy of appeasing the ultras even after she lost her majority in 2017.
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And that creates a personality difference too, with ultras tending to be more supportive and less competitive.
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Although the country's sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, conceded the ultras had "shamed" the country, others were incensed.
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Around 20 Russian ultras have been deported from the country, including far-right fan chief Alexander Shprygin.
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The majority of his teammates at Canelas also hold posts in the highest ranks of the ultras.
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We have rolled out an update to existing Chromecast Ultras that allow them to work with Stadia.
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The Russian equivalents of the ultras aren't as familiar to the average European soccer fan—or cop.
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One possibility is that the ultras are making so much noise precisely because they have lost the war.
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But, as we headed for the concourse, I was stopped by a man in an ultras t-shirt.
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It has been taken up not only by Eintracht's ultras, but by their counterparts at clubs across Germany.
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Paradoxically, success for the AfD in the autumn elections could intensify the party's problems by vindicating the eastern ultras.
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The market could be convinced of having more success if the 50 or so Brexit ultras back the deal.
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"The majority of people who run backyard ultras are just people who like the low-key atmosphere," adds Cantrell.
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The list of races grows every year, with more than 500 annual ultras now in the United States alone.
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It wasn't enough to simply ban the ultras; he took away their power by disassociating them from the team.
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He had qualified for and run in the Boston Marathon, and he had done ultras — races even longer than marathons.
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So-called "ultras" focus on coordinated chants, lighting flares and staging elaborate displays at games, but can defend themselves if needed.
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As we walked into the home terrace we were instantly struck by the noise, with the ultras already orchestrating the singing.
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The race is also a qualifier for ultras with higher bars of entry, such as the Hard Rock and Western States.
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These ultras were opposed to his autocratic management of the club, and disagreed with many of his decisions regarding the team.
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" Asked whether he and like-minded fans had support against the ultras, Alfasi adds: "We did have cooperation from the club.
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Russia's so-called "ultras" were extremely organised: they wore mouth-guards for protection, and England shirts for the element of surprise.
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He's been a hardcore D.C. United fan since 2004 — with the Barra Brava at first, and now with the District Ultras.
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The crowd was composed mainly of supporters of the Lazio soccer club, whose so-called "ultras" form an extreme-rightist stronghold.
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Mr. Johnson will either have to face down his own Brexit ultras or hammer the economy with a minimal EU deal.
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Mr Johnson will either have to face down his own Brexit ultras or hammer the economy with a minimal EU deal.
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There is a family atmosphere but also a new generation of women fans, such as Italy's well-organised and vocal ultras.
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One is that ultras in the opposition try to erase the good things Mr Morales stood for as well as the bad.
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In 2013, eight Wisla Ultras were sentenced to 8-10 years each for the 2011 murder of one of Cracovia's Ultra leaders.
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While the Cumberbatch ultras may not agree with this particular look, it's yet another celebrity signaller that monochrome is well and truly in.
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The ultras did themselves no favours by failing to suggest their own solutions to the complex problems that the Chequers compromise took on.
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This didn't stop the ultras, who continued to bellow instructions and songs into their microphones, inciting the whole terrace to give their all.
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The front line might not be too far away, but that's not going to stop the Ultras from watching Zorya whenever they can.
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On Tuesday there were reports that England and Wales fans staying in Lille ahead of Thursday's game had been attacked by Russian ultras.
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In the longer term it will probably face a rebellion by Conservative ultras who would rather see their party destroyed than Brexit diluted.
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On Tuesday, police also intercepted a bus of approximately 50 Russian ultras who were attempting to go from Cannes and Marseille to Lille.
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Its stadiums, with only a couple of exceptions, are rotting; it continues to struggle with the scourge of some of its clubs' ultras.
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ULTRAS can be political zealots, as they've been clued in the past, or they can also be particularly intimidating fans of soccer teams.
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One faction of Brescia ultras — admittedly small, and unabashedly right-wing — released a statement that played down the racism of its Verona counterparts.
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Barkat was standing in front of her seat before the final whistle, before the ultras saw her and began to chant her name.
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There have also been clashes between German and Ukrainian supporters, while fighting broke out between travelling fans and local ultras in Nice on Sunday.
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Other ultras charge hundreds of dollars, but Laz isn't in it for the money, though he's partial to a specific brand of dress sock.
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With Joel having completed seven ultras on seven continents, the next step will be to see seven new schools built in the developing world.
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But there is growing concern that at least 150 Russian Ultras — hyper-violent, coordinated hooligans — could be plotting further attacks as the tournament progresses.
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Twice she has set Guinness Book World of World Records marks for most marathons or ultras finished by a woman in a calendar year.
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Amid the confusion, and from the other side, the Russian Ultras moved against the English, purposefully attacking pretty much any and every one they could.
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It is an odd decision: The journey will take Galanopolous directly in front of the end of the stadium where Olympiacos's baying, intimidating ultras gather.
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The banner left by Frankfurt's absent ultras had another purpose: It was a chance to remind the authorities exactly where the power lies in German soccer.
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But he has also been around for a while; there is no reason for Bayern's Südkurve ultras, for example, to take particular exception to him now.
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Some of the club's hard-core fans, its ultras, have taken out their frustration on the players, accusing them of lacking the requisite commitment and desire.
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Spotting a whip taking notes at a meeting of Brexit ultras, Owen Paterson, another MP, told him that he intended to vote against the government's Brexit deal.
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There are many more resources for marathon training than specifically for ultras, even though the method -- known as periodization -- is basically the same, but for longer distances.
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He had started going to D.C. United games in 2004 and joined the District Ultras in 2010, becoming a hardcore fan and a leader of that group.
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If you want to see some crazy Mad Max-style dystopian people, check out this story about the ULTRAS in Russia before the World Cup this year.
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The Partizan ultras yelled the phrase "Kosovo is Serbia!" repeatedly, at one point engaging the entire stadium in a booming, call-and-response rendition of the chant.
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Lukaku was subjected to racist chants at the hands of Cagliari fans, but Inter's ultras wrote him a letter in which it accused him of being mistaken.
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Cantrell keeps a spreadsheet that currently lists 216 backyard ultras between late August 22016 and September 22013, although he notes their grassroots nature makes them hard to track.
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The hooligans, who often refer to themselves as 'ultras', belong to an organized tradition of hooliganism which has its roots mainly around clubs in Moscow and St Petersburg.
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Stories of wars between presidents and ultras are common in the country and the ultra movement has had an important role in the formation of Italy's collective imagination.
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So much that they must've let some Ultras loose with spray paint to turn the walk-out hallway into a kind of punked-out, anti-Arsenal CBGB bathroom.
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I kept finding out about these ridiculous cool ultras across the world, so we picked out seven on seven different continents and just decided to go after it.
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The group's leader, Fernando Madureira, confirmed by text message that his cohort had seen a YouTube clip of Napoli's ultras in action and decided to borrow the tune.
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The most notorious American ultras span a near-impossible 100-mile race through Tennessee's Frozen Head State Park and a 135-mile trek across Death Valley in July.
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"We are not racist and for us, the absence of black players is just an important tradition," the section of ultras wrote in a statement following the match.
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HTC is currently doing a very limited edition of sapphire glass U Ultras, and there have been a few other previous attempts such as the Huawei Ascend P7 Sapphire.
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At some point, French "Ultras" began perpetrating violent unprovoked attacks on England fans to which the police responded by not by arresting but dispersing protagonists with tear gas grenades.
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Final thoughtsConsidering what you'd pay for earbuds (especially Bluetooth ones), the Ultras produce great — not outstanding — sound, but these headphones are equipped with the cheapest drivers you can buy.
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Plus, many other ultras are trail races on shaded dirt paths, but Badwater is held in the Mojave desert, which boasts the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet.
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As James Appell wrote in Foreign Policy last year, however, there are larger cultural forces at play than whatever a few hundred or so ultras might decide to do.
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The new leader will confront a party that is bitterly divided over Brexit, with ultras determined to leave at any cost and moderates determined to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
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Judging from the above footage, the ultras were rebuffed by the stewards and so set about dousing them with pepper spray; one steward taking cover was kicked in the back.
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The new generation bears little resemblance to the beery bravado and off-balance punch-ups associated with traditional European hooliganism, or even the sometimes militialike violence of South American ultras.
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In few places could this be truer than Italy, where there is no greater shame for the players than to be forced to hand their shirts over to the ultras.
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Pacers, used strategically in certain legs of ultras, do more than just try to keep runners on pace and make sure they are hydrating and getting enough food, water and salt.
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In recent years, discussion of Beitar Jerusalem has tended to focus on 'La Familia', a group of hardcore ultras who are infamous for their extreme right-wing political views and racism.
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The Garden State Ultras, for example, were one of three main Red Bulls supporters groups housed in what is known as the South Ward at the team's stadium, Red Bull Arena.
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Relations between the Ultras and security forces have been tense for four years after the fans played a key role in the 18 days of street protests that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
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It also can make for absurdities on both sides, with teams who cultivate an "ultras" culture punishing anyone who runs afoul of an explicit code of conduct published on the league's website.
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Two years ago the club was fined and ordered to play a home match with one of the main sections of its stadium closed for selling tickets to "ultras" and facilitating touting.
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Just one day ago, Russia was given a suspended disqualification—meaning they would be banned if their fans cause any further violence—after 150 "well-trained" and "hyper-violent" ultras descended on Marseille.
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Since its inception, a cell of far-right soccer fans—or "ultras"—in attendance have clashed with police, and the demonstration has turned into a ferocious battle between the hooligans and the state.
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Prosecutors last year opened a separate, ongoing investigation into allegations that the 'Ndrangheta crime mob, based in the southern Calabria region, had infiltrated the organised ultras groups in the Turin club's Allianz stadium.
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The ultras of the Beitar Jerusalem football club, La Familia, sing racist chants and are frequently involved in violence, not least when they pour out of matches to look for Arabs to beat up.
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On the basis of eyewitness accounts, it appears that the first fighting actually broke out between the French Ultras who cascaded down into a large crowd of English fans gathered in the Old Port.
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The weird part, though, is that those ultras appeared to be fans of Marseille—Evra's team—who were visiting the Portuguese side Vitória SC during their Europa League match, according to the Associated Press.
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That is not to say this is the only demographic represented by the active fan movement in Germany — the ultras, in particular, skew much younger — and it is not to play down their achievements.
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The only noise came from perhaps a dozen of them, including Cosmin and his small band of ultras, and others who had decided to look past the current disputes and stand by the team.
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Emanuela Silvi, one of the club's hardcore fans or 'ultras' who has been going to the Palaonda since she was 15 years old, said that everything has changed since the club joined the Erste Bank.
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Having tracked down someone with a social media account entitled "Jude Gang" – the seemingly pro-Jewish name of a Cracovia ultras group – it becomes clear that not all their fans see the Jewish connection positively.
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I'm 6ft 5 and don't get stopped in my tracks often, but looking at the other ultras around him I realised that it would be a very bad idea to try and continue through the doors.
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The Tories are far more divided than Labour over Brexit—in particular, their "ultras" are more extreme—and, as the party of government, their divisions will be more damaging both to themselves and to the country.
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Here they are further complicated by the arrival of a much larger number of English fans and a group of organized Russian "Ultras" keen to assert their supremacy in the perverse status culture of European hooliganism.
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The man behind the Casual Ultra account admits that he's interested in "the hooligans, casuals and ultras scenes" and that his Twitter and Facebook accounts have previously been suspended for posting material deemed to be inappropriate.
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Minutes before kickoff on Thursday, for example, Partizan's ultras unveiled an enormous graphic banner depicting Lazar Hrebeljanovic, a Serbian ruler who was killed in 20 in the Battle of Kosovo while fighting an invading Ottoman army.
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According to Rossi's wife, watching the derby with the ultras, or hardcore fans, was one of Rossi's dreams, so if it meant doing so in a long gray wig and a prosthetic nose, so be it!
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The team's hard-core fans, known as "ultras," left the stickers and anti-Semitic slogans such as "Roma fans are Jews" in a section of the stadium where Roma supporters usually sit when their team is playing.
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Mr. Mansour oversaw a major renovation of the club's facilities but became embroiled in a bitter confrontation with the soccer team's hard-core fan base, known as ultras, who at one point threw urine in his face.
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"Ultras are about the allure of the impossible, like when George Mallory said he climbed Everest because it's there, but for those of us who spend our days in cubicles," said David Roche, an ultra runner and coach.
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He notes that the influx of ultras into Canelas happened five years ago, and yet fear only seemed to afflict its opponents when the team started this season unexpectedly well, winning six of its first seven actual games.
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However, by Supreme standards, these are all middling brand obsessions—their followers the fair-weather fans to Supreme's ultras: the kids who wait in line, the adult men who'll pay silly money for vintage Supreme-branded incense sticks.
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As the teams emerged the ultras began their tifo, the complex displays put on by fans (most famously used in recent years by Dortmund's 'Yellow Wall' and their man with binoculars before a Champions League semi-final in 2013).
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En Europa, más de dos mil personas murieron en el camino hacia el continente, donde cada vez más políticos con tendencias populistas o ultras rechazan la ayuda tanto a los que llegan como a quienes naufragan en el intento.
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While the 48,452 spectators in attendance fell a few thousand short of those who watched the U.S. beat England 2-1 the previous evening, there was still a cacophony from 'ultras' of both Sweden and the Netherlands behind each goal.
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The hard-core and often violent Lazio fans, known as "ultras," left the stickers and anti-Semitic slogans such as "Roma fans are Jews" in a section of the stadium where Roma supporters usually sit when their team is playing.
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Ahead of Lazio's Serie A curtain raiser against Napoli on Saturday, die-hard supporters known as 'ultras' handed out flyers stating that the stand they occupy in the Stadio Olimpico stadium is a "sacred place" where women are not welcome.
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The 10 ringleaders of the so-called "ultras" groups of organised fans, notorious for violence and racism, are among 37 accused of threatening to cause riots and chant racist abuse unless the club gave them free tickets to be re-sold.
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I've had a soft spot for them since they first appeared on my betting slip, but despite being in awe of the atmosphere I realised that the passionate support displayed by the ultras came from the connection that they have with the club.
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Italian soccer has its problems, of course — stadiums, ultras and television rights, most pressingly — but it is in a healthier state now than, for example, when the country won the World Cup in 2006, in the aftermath of a match-fixing scandal.
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He backed a British exit from the European Union on a whim — in the expectation it would be rejected — and has since become a pawn of the Brexit ultras, the crazed little-England monomaniacs who have now delivered him to 10 Downing Street.
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He also grows close to Napoli's ultras—the hardcore, thuggish fans who battle the hardcore, thuggish fans of other clubs—yet their sordidness, blending elements of fascism, racism, and mafia corruption, just slides off him like so much mud on the pitch.
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A banner declaring him a "core 'ngrato" — which translates roughly to "ingrate" — appeared a few days later at San Paolo; Altafini, now 78, insists he is "a friend to everyone," wishing all of his former teams well, but Napoli's ultras are not nearly so forgiving.
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He might support (and is supporting) the European ultras on both side of political spectrum – but all these parties would never gain their momentum unless the conditions for them to get stronger were not created by the irresponsible policies of the current European leaders.
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On their Facebook page, the ultras noted it was no crime to "harangue an adversary fan, accusing him of belonging to another religion," and said they suspected that the outrage was drummed up to pose an obstacle to the team's success on the field.
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Powhida, by contrast, deployed his characteristically corrosive irony to predict a future of neo-feudal states ruled by a sliver of the super-rich, known as the Ultras (short for Hereditary Ultra High Net Worth Collectors), whose personal wealth exceeds that of the French Ancien Régime.
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Selhurst is regularly spoken of as one of the best grounds in the league in terms of atmosphere, helped in no small part by the Holmesdale Fanatics, a group of ultras who have been known to sport tifos, display cards, and banners protesting Premier League greed.
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According to Lukaku's own fans, though — or at least one group of Inter ultras that is fond of posting statements online — a far better solution is for Lukaku, and any other black players, to realize that those monkey noises they can hear are not actually racist.
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Protests are not isolated to England, of course — fans of the Spanish club Valencia are currently demonstrating against that team's owner, Peter Lim, and Italian ultras refuse to attend games with reasonable regularity to protest unpopular decisions — but the level of unrest among fans here is striking.
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" To give them their due, fans of the two clubs have shown they possess a flair for nomenclature—Red Bulls groups include the Garden State Ultras and the Viking Army Supporters Club, and they sit in designated parts of the Red Bull Arena known collectively as the "South Ward.
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Monitoring a game, it became clear, demanded a subtle touch and thespian manner: throughout the night, the observer made token glances toward the action on the field — snapping some photographs of the game, and casually clapping for the home team — before surreptitiously training his focus back on the ultras.
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" Eventually, the class of super-rich patrons (known as Hereditary Ultra High Net Worth Collectors, or Ultras — which is also a term used by the speculative fiction writer Alastair Reynolds to designate "a post-human race of technologically advanced immortals") began to demand "the luxury of art" while rejecting "the burden of supporting artists.
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That night, Righi will be expecting a slew of new messages from friends, sending him clips of his song booming out in Ukraine, sung by fans of an English soccer team, who picked it up from a YouTube video of Portuguese ultras singing in Germany, who took it from Naples, who borrowed it from L'Aquila.
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Also of interest: "High Noon" (March 1), "Isle of Dogs" (March 1), "Moneyball" (March 1), "Ready Player One" (March 3), "I am Jonas" (March 6), "The Circle Brazil" (March 11), "Bloodride" (March 13), "Go Karts" (March 13), "Feel Good" (March 19), "A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story" (March 20), "Ultras" (March 20), "Sense and Sensibility" (March 31)
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