Brazil fans plummet into pit

At least 30 people were injured in Brazil when a stadium railing collapsed, minutes before the kick-off of a championship football match.

Police tried to push back rioting fans ahead of the game between first division rivals Guarani and Ponte Preta

Trouble had been expected between the fans at the stadium in Caminas, 55 miles (88km) from Sao Paulo

When the police intervened the fans started to throw stones

Fans were squeezed into an area at the bottom of the stadium

Then a fence gave way, pitching fans down a four metre (13ft) drop into a pit dividing the field from the pitch

Many stadiums are in bad shape because the clubs do not have the money to maintain them