Paphos man arrested for taking firecrackers, smoke bombs to football match
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Paphos after being found by police to have been attempting to take a bag full of firecrackers and smoke bombs into the town’s ...
Our View: Hooliganism is symptomatic of something deeper
Football hooliganism is back in the headlines with the cabinet approving a new bill allowing the government to take “decisive” action, including banning away fans from football matches.
The recent ...
Fifth arrest for football hooliganism in Limassol
Police have now arrested a total of five suspects as of Thursday for incidents of violence outside the Apollon stadium last month.
The most recent arrest made was of a 32...
Footballer in north given lifetime ban after kicking referee in head
A footballer in the north was handed a lifetime ban on Friday after having kicked a referee in the head during a match last weekend.
Hasan Cagakan Caka, 26, who played ...
Paphos child arrested for letting off flare
A 16-year-old boy from Paphos was arrested on Wednesday night for letting off a flare.
The boy let the flare off at Paphos’ Stelios Kyriakides stadium during the football match ...
Three football fans caught with alcohol banned from stadiums (Update)
Police in Larnaca arrested three men for “acting suspiciously” before the start of Wednesday night’s football match between Anorthosis and Apollon.
The trio, two of whom are 28 years old ...
Third arrest for football violence
A third person has been arrested for hooliganism at a football match last weekend, police said on Friday.
A 22-year-old resident of Limassol was arrested and detained, police said. His ...
Six arrested ahead of Apoel-Apollon match
Police arrested six people on Sunday before the start of the football match between Apoel and Apollon at GSP stadium in Nicosia.
According to the police, the arrests were made ...
Fans fined for attempting to smuggle banned items into football match
Four Maccabi football club fans have been fined on Thursday, after they were arrested a day ago trying to bring banned items into the Aek-Maccabi football math in Larnaca.
On ...
Four fans arrested ahead of Larnaca match to appear before court
A 21-year-old and three 19-year-olds are to appear before the Larnaca District Court on Thursday charged with illegal possession of flares.
According to police report, the four were arrested and ...
Two more arrests for Limassol football violence
Police have identified two suspects wanted for incidents of football violence and vandalism last Sunday at Limassol’s Tsirio Stadium, which resulted in the cancellation of the scheduled Apollon-AEK match.
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Arrest after footballer attacks opposition player
Limassol police on Thursday said they have arrested a 25-year-old footballer on suspicion of assaulting a player of the opposing team, resulting in his hospitalisation, earlier this week.
According to ...