UEFA Cup final to go ahead tomorrow

The UEFA Cup final between Dutch club Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund of Germany will be played tomorrow night in Rotterdam.

The UEFA Cup final between Dutch club Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund of Germany will be played tomorrow night in Rotterdam.

The game had been in doubt following the murder of controversial anti-immigration politician Pim Fortuyn yesterday.

Concerns about street violence at the final were heightened after supporters of Fortuyn's anti-immigration policies clashed with riot police in the Hague yesterday.

Fortuyn was shot dead outside a radio station in the town of Hilversum near Amsterdam after giving an interview there.

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