An off-field incident after a women's soccer game has seen an 18-year-old woman charged and five players issued suspensions for up to three years.
Five players in the Northern Territory's top women's soccer competition have been suspended – and one charged with assault – over a post-match fight that's been called "unacceptable" and "in contrast to the values inherent in our game" by the sport's governing body.
"A verbal dispute between two players escalated into a physical altercation when a third party intervened," Acting Sergeant Carol Maxwell said in a statement.Yesterday, Football Northern Territory announced that it had sanctioned two clubs - the Hellenic Athletic Club and Port Darwin Football Club - in relation to the same incident.
Hellenic has also been stripped of nine points in the 2022 Women's Premier League competition, and will remain subject to a good behaviour bond that will, if breached, see the club lose three points for each offence.
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