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What was the worst disaster in sports history?

By Pamela Landy

More lethal than any soccer riot was the collapse of the grandstands of the Hong Kong Jockey Club on February 26, 1916.

In all, 606 racetrack spectators died; hundreds more were injured, making it the worst sports disaster in history.

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