Protesters invade Uefa dinner after security lapse
4 HRS AGO - • Anti-Israeli protesters storm stage at London event• Guests included David Beckham and Sir Alex
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4 HRS AGO - • Anti-Israeli protesters storm stage at London event• Guests included David Beckham and Sir Alex FergusonAnti-Israeli protesters took advantage of a security lapse to infiltrate a dinner for Uefa's top officials in London on Friday night.Guests at the event – including David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson – were stunned as three people, two men and a woman, staged the protest against Uefa arranging its European Under-21 tournament in Israel next month.One of the protesters jumped on the stage and started shouting slogans, while another stood behind the Uefa president, Michel Platini, with a small flag, before all three were removed by security staff at the Old Billingsgate venue.The dinner followed Uefa's Congress in London on Friday and was organised with the support of the Football Association.One guest, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Press Association Sport: "It was between courses and suddenly this man and woman got on the stage and started shouting things against
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