Government plans to amend penalties linked to fan cards
The government said on Monday it will not be scrapping the controversial sports fan card but it will look into amending provisions to reduce
football hooliganism
Four Eintracht fans fined for flares and narcotics
Four men were arrested and taken to court and fined for bringing flares and narcotics to the Eintracht Frankfurt – Apollon game on Thursday, police
Football hooligans fined and banned
Two football hooligans were fined €750 each and barred from matches for nine months on Friday for possessing flares and firecrackers during the Apoel-Astana game
Firecrackers and flares lead to arrests at football game
Several arrests were made both before and after the Apoel-Astana football match in Nicosia’s GSP stadium on Thursday night. Before the start, a 22-year-old man,
Sports ID cards introduced in bid to fight hooliganism
The identity card for sports fans is to be rolled out as of the coming sports season (2018-2019) this autumn, the Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA)
Six-month match ban for Omonia fan
Nicosia district court has ordered a man, 47, pay an €800 fine and be barred from all Omonia matches for six months, following his arrest
Arrested for punching stadium steward (Updated)
A 33-year-old resident of Limassol who was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly hit a steward at Tsirion football stadium was charged with violence
Akel accuses government of failing to tackle hooliganism
Akel-backed presidential candidate Stavros Malas said on Wednesday that the outgoing government was blaming others instead of shouldering responsibility for the clashes at Monday’s match
Security chief rebuked for failing to cancel football match
The chairman of the island’s sports organisation (KOA) said on Wednesday a football fixture marred by crowd trouble should not have gone ahead because
Football fans injured in skirmish
Two football fans were injured after Thursday’s match between Apollon and Aberdeen in Larnaca when a number of fans clashed with stewards at the AEK
Greek Cypriot student brain dead after hooligan clash
A Greek Cypriot studying in Thessaloniki in Greece, who was hit by a car last week while running away from football hooligans, has been declared
Female footie fan given suspended sentence for using firecrackers at match
A Nicosia woman was handed a suspended sentence in connection with the use of firecrackers at a football match, police said Wednesday. “Nicosia District Court
Police step up security measures after reports of threats against justice minister
Police have stepped up security measures after threats were made against Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou following his comments that he intended to take tough measures
Police mull expansion of canine units to fight hooliganism
Police are studying utilising canine units to combat football hooliganism, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou said on Sunday on the sidelines of the open day held
British bases police conduct mock anti-hooliganism exercise
British bases police in Dhekelia said on Thursday they had just completed a large-scale public order exercise at Ethnikos Achna FC which involved more than
Our View: Police finally implement plan for dealing with football hooligans
FOR ONCE, we saw that the zero tolerance policy towards hooliganism we have been hearing about for years was not restricted to brave words uttered
Remand for football hooligans who hurled toilet seats at fire fighters
By Evie Andreou NINE OUT of the 41 APOEL fans arrested in connection with violence during the APOEL-AEL football match in Limassol on Sunday were
Our View: If the CFA cannot handle the fan ID cards, then who can?
NOTHING could illustrate the heightened sense of irresponsibility that plagues Cyprus life more than the Cyprus Football Federation’s (CFA) decision not to take charge of
The true cost of hooliganism
By Constantinos Psillides WELL OVER 200 police officers and around 130 members of the public, match officials and football players have been injured in sports
Our View: Football clubs a major part of the hooligan culture
IT CAME as no surprise that football clubs and supporters groups took a stand against the justice ministry’s bill for tackling football hooliganism. And it