French policeman left in a coma by hooligans at 1998 World Cup to attend Germany-France

Lorette Nivel, left, wife of French police officer Daniel Nivel, right, pauses during a news conference on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1999, in Essen, western Germany, after the conviction of four Germany soccer hooligans on charges in the near-fatal beating of Nivel during last year's soccer World Cup. The sidewalk attack took place on June 21, 1998 in Lens, France. The court handed down sentences ranging from 10 to 3 1/2 years in prison for the attack on Nivel. (AP Photo/Edgar R. Schoepal)