French policeman left in a coma by hooligans at 1998 World Cup to attend Germany-France

Lorette Nivel, left, spouse of French police officer Daniel Nivel, proper, pauses throughout a news convention on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, in Essen, western Germany, after the conviction of 4 Germany soccer hooligans on fees within the near-fatal beating of Nivel throughout final 12 months’s soccer World Cup. The sidewalk assault occurred on June 21, 1998 in Lens, France. The court docket handed down sentences starting from 10 to three 1/2 years in jail for the assault on Nivel. (AP Photo/Edgar R. Schoepal)