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A Russian tobacco firm owned by the scandal-hit head of PAOK football club, Ivan Savvidis, has changed hands as part of a $1.6-billion deal it was reported on Friday. Donskoy Tabac (DT) was owned by the Greek-Russian mogul who made...

A Greek sports prosecutor has brought disciplinary action against PAOK and its chairman Ivan Savvidis for storming onto a pitch on Sunday carrying a gun in a holster. The Georgia-born businessman faces a fine and a ban from soccer for...

Head of Thessaloniki Prosecutor's Office Lambros Tsogas ordered a preliminary investigation on PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis and his unlawful acts during the PAOK-AEK football game on Sunday. The head prosecutor sent a written order to Sports Public Prosecutor Evangelia Liasou...

FIFA is sending a group of officials to Greece to discuss the football crisis that broke out on Sunday, after PAOK owner Ivan Savvidis stormed the field of play and tried to approach the referee while carrying a gun. Savvidis...

The owner of PAOK Thessaloniki reappeared on Tuesday to apologize following his dramatic pitch invasion on Sunday night with a holstered firearm. Ivan Savvidis, who was sought by police and had apparently disappeared for at least 36 hours, issued a...

The relationship between businessman Ivan Savvidis and the Greek government is shaking after the PAOK owner stormed his team's pitch at Toumba Stadium on Sunday sporting a handgun. Sunday's incident in Thessaloniki made headlines in the domestic media and circulated...

Dramatic images showing the owner of PAOK FC striding onto the pitch at Toumba Stadium Sunday night with what looked like a holstered firearm have gone around the world, sparking a media feeding frenzy. Greek football rarely makes it to...

Greece's top-flight football league has been suspended, a government minister announced on Monday. Deputy Minister Giorgos Vassiliadis, speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, said Greece's Super League would be halted indefinitely after a tense match between PAOK...

Greek courts have issued an arrest warrant for PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis who interrupted the PAOK-AEK match after entering the pitch bearing a gun. Four other men are also wanted in the case. The PAOK owner followed by his...

The president of PAOK FC, Ivan Savvidis, entered the field at a top league match his soccer team was playing against AEK FC, with what appeared to be a pistol visible on his belt. The PAOK owner followed by his...