Today: November 17, 2002 at 10:35:17 PST

By YURI BAGROV ASSOCIATED PRESS

VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia- Two explosions rocked a stadium Sunday about an hour after a soccer match in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

The explosions occurred two to three seconds apart at the city's central Spartak stadium, said an official in the local Interior Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic of North Ossetia, is near Chechnya.

One explosive device was planted beneath a sewage manhole near the entrance to the stadium, and another was beneath the bleechers, the official said. Several columns that supported the stands collapsed, he said.

Vladikavkaz is headquarters of Russia's 58th Army, which is engaged in fighting rebels in nearby Chechnya.

-- Anonymous, November 17, 2002