Football violence

The foreign ministers of Greece and Croatia spoke on the phone following the jailing on remand of 102 Croatian hooligans arrested in Athens.

105 hooligans were remanded in custody pending trial in Greece over the deadly incidents at Nea Philadelphia stadium in Athens on August 7.

70 defendants, most of them Croatians, were remanded in custody for their alleged involvement in the murder of a Greek football last Monday.

Nearly a hundred football hooligans from Croatia have been detained and are facing gang-related charges following a night of violence, which resulted in the murder of a Greek football fan in Athens. The violence and subsequent murder occurred on Monday...

On Wednesday, Greece’s football authority was denied its request to hold the cup final on the island of Cyprus. The decision was made after reports surfaced in the Greek media claiming that the event was already confirmed. However, Cypriot...

A football game in the Peloponnese descended into chaos as players got involved in a massive fistfight immediately after the final whistle. The game between Iraklis Kalamata and Chandrinaikos, apparently a top-of-the-table clash in the lower local division of the...

Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to close gates 13 and 14 of the Panathinaikos football field and impose a 90,000-euro fine as punishment for violent incidents. Gates 13 and 14 of the Apostolos Nikolaidis football field host the...

Greek Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Tuesday, May 5 that the new draft bill on tackling violence in sports has been finalized, after talks with international federations in order to improve certain articles and paragraphs. Furthermore, the Greek...

FIFA and UEFA sent an ultimatum to Greece that the country’s national football team and domestic clubs run the risk of being excluded from international competitions if the legislative bill to combat corruption and hooliganism in all the country's sports, proposed...

FIFA and UEFA have threatened the Greek Ministry of Sports that they may ban Greece's teams from all international tournaments unless there are several changes in the new sports law. The new sports legislation drafted by Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis gives more...