FIFA’s Fan Festival in Toronto was forced to carry out an emergency evacuation midway through Mexico’s World Cup opener against South Africa on Thursday night.
Thousands of people had turned up to watch the first match of the World Cup on the big screen in the Fort York grounds in Toronto.
However, shortly before half-time, the game was abruptly stopped on the big screen and replaced with a message which read: ‘Cancellation of show’.
As the crowd began to boo, an announcement was made as confused supporters were told: ‘May I have your attention,...


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