THE SIDELINES : 2 Charged in Assault on Referee
<i> From Times wire service</i> s
STOCKHOLM —
Prosecutors filed assault charges today against two Brazilian soccer players accused of beating a Swedish referee unconscious during a match.
Allessandro Arcangeli, 26, and Marcio Thomson, 33, of the Sao Paolo team Botafogo pleaded innocent to beating referee Kaari Grundstrom at a youth soccer cup in Stockholm last Friday.
The district court said proceedings will begin Thursday.
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