#football clubs

The government is facing strong criticism over how it is handling the football clubs that have failed to repay their debts on the pre-arranged schedule, yet are being allowed to ...

Nobody would have been surprised to hear the latest twist in the saga of the football clubs, which had the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) certifying that all of them satisfied ...

The government and the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) clashed on Monday over who is to blame after the CFA had informed European football governing body Uefa that all of Cyprus’ ...

Criminal prosecutions are currently underway for debts owed by football clubs to the social insurance fund, Minister of Labour Yiannis Panayiotou said on Wednesday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting on ...

Police on Thursday arrested three persons in connection with the suspected falsification of contracts for football players. The three suspects – aged 58, 57 and 44 – later appeared before Famagusta district court, which approved ...

The unpaid tax debts of the football clubs are causing endless embarrassment to the government, which is paying for its inept handling of the matter. President Christodoulides, who made it ...

Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou on Tuesday identified Apoel as the Nicosia football club hauled into court over non-payment of social insurance contributions, with the club later reacting angrily that it ...

A Nicosia football club will be facing trial this week over the non-payment of €2.3 million in social insurance contributions, it emerged on Monday. It is apparently the first such trial ...

Football clubs that are wayward in their tax arrears will face the full brunt of the law, the tax commissioner said on Thursday. Sotiris Markidis said all actions pertaining to ...

Haris Loizides, deputy president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), has backed those football clubs facing criminal charges over millions of euros in unpaid taxes and social insurance contributions. Speaking ...

The recent passage of legislation aimed at strengthening football clubs does not absolve them of their financial obligations, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos clarified on Friday. “The bill that has been ...

MPs on Thursday narrowly approved a controversial bill to raise the levy on net betting earnings, aiming to provide increased financial support to football clubs and their academies. The bill ...

Polish football club Legia Warsaw on Friday demanded that European football governing body Uefa take action over a “scandalous” tifo unveiled by fans of Cypriot club Omonia before the two ...

The tax department on Thursday reportedly threatened to take legal action against football clubs if they do not comply with their current obligations as defined by the tax debt repayment ...

The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Tuesday bowed to police pressure and banned away fans from a match scheduled for Sunday between Omonia 29 May and Apoel. Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou ...

The finance ministry on Tuesday sent a letter to football clubs participating in the debt repayment scheme, urging them to settle their debts to the state, totalling €35.6 million, which were ...

Hooligan violence, which led to three police officers being injured (one needed surgery), led to the calling off of the Apollonas-Ael evening match in Limassol on Sunday. This resulted in ...

Rule of law that is applied selectively is not rule of law. It is a form of authoritarianism in which the state decides who is allowed to break the law ...

There will be “no other” tax debt repayment plans offered to Cyprus football clubs if they do not repay their debt through the current plan, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said ...

Larnaca police on Saturday said they were investigating an arson attack after the Aek football fan club was set on fire. The incident unfolded on August 13 where individuals broke in ...

Cyprus will be setting a world first if the government’s bill aimed at rewarding football clubs for systematically breaking the law is approved by the legislature. Some deputies expressed ...