Following an alleged positive doping sample from a Greek soccer player after a match against Georgia in Tbilisi, UEFA and the International Testing Agency (ITA) have initiated an investigation. The Hellenic Soccer Federation (EPO) and the National Anti-Doping Agency (EOKAN) are currently awaiting official updates.
Citizen Protection Minister Yannis Oikonomou and Deputy Minister of Sports Giannis Vroutsis submitted a comprehensive catalog containing approximately 200 names of hooligans active across all sports teams on a national scale to Prosecutor Georgia Adelini of the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Police officers on duty at football stadiums will be entitled to an additional allowance for their work, under new government plans announced by Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou.
Police have arrested a man, an AEK fan, and are continuing to investigate his possible involvement in the stabbing of football fan Michalis Katsouris in August. Katsouris, 29, was fatally stabbed by unknown persons during a clash between rival football hooligans.
Police has arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion who hurled a firecracker and injured a soccer player at a Super League match last month.
Greece’s record champions Olympiakos should accept the sanctions, including a docked point, for crowd trouble in their abandoned Athens derby against Panathinaikos for the good of the sport, Panathinaikos president Giannis Alafouzos said.
Tensions rose among a group of soccer fans outside the Stadium OPAP Arena in New Philadelphia, Attica on Thursday, shortly before Greek team AEK played against Dutch team Ajax.
Two of the parties involved in football violence that took place on Wednesday night in the area of Sourotis in Thessaloniki have been arrested.
Two Scottish supporters of Hearts soccer club were sentenced on Monday to an eight-month jail term. The two Hearts supporters were arrested by Greek police after trying to enter the Toumba stadium in Thessaloniki with flares, where Hearts played against PAOK to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
A 43-year-old fan of Panathinaikos FC who had been detained in relation to the soccer violence in Nea Filadelfia on August 7 has been released after testifying before a prosecutor.
Forty suspects who were arrested during Monday’s deadly soccer-related violence in Athens are expected to appear on Saturday before one of three investigating magistrates appointed to deal with the case.
The number arrested for the lethal clashes between rival football club supporters in the Athens district of Nea Filadelfia had risen to 104 on Wednesday, according to an announcement.
Greece and Saudi Arabia discussed on Wednesday that they are withdrawing their joint bid – along with Egypt – to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.
Irish fans attending the Euro 2024 qualifying game at the OPAP Arena in Athens on Friday have taken to social media to complain about the “shambolic and dangerous” organization at the match after they were stranded outside the stadium after kick-off after an apparent issue with the turnstile gates.
Research simulation by data company Nielsen Gracenote suggests that if their “top 20” qualify, the most likely 12 to make the playoffs are Kazakhstan, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Israel, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Norway, Finland, Ireland and Albania.
A FIFA fund to compensate for unpaid wages helped 225 players in the latest round of payments, including 61 in Portugal and 50 in Greece, the governing body of soccer said Friday.
