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‘We’re worried about future viability of Cyprus football’
One of the Cyprus Football Association’s (CFA) vice-presidents has said he is ‘worried about the future viability of football’ on the island. Nick Nicolaou made...
Decision on future of Cypriot football season postponed to May 15
Cyprus Football Association (CFA) officials will reconvene on May 15 to determine the future of this year’s football season, after the meeting held on Friday...
Coronavirus: teens attack police trying to stop them playing football
Three police officers were attacked by a group of youngsters as the authorities were attempting to break up a game of football on Wednesday in...
Coronavirus: CFA asks footballers to shoulder 23 per cent wage cut
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) on Monday came up with a proposal to cut the salaries of footballers who earn more than €2,000 monthly by...
CFA says Uefa ‘strongly in favour’ of resuming domestic competitions as soon as feasible
The Cyprus Football Association’s President Giorgos Koumas issued an announcement following a teleconference with the presidents of first division sides, bar Doxa Katokopias, regarding the...
Coronavirus: Priority is resumption of football league, says CFA after meeting Uefa officials
The president of the Cyprus Football Association Giorgos Koumas will unveil the potential scenarios regarding the resumption of the Cypriot football league on Wednesday, he...
Foundation stone laid for new Limassol stadium
President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday laid the foundation stone at a ceremony for the new multi-million Limassol Arena. The new stadium, which is expected to...
Cypriot football club linked to tax evasion scheme in Spain (Updated)
Several prominent football agents were reportedly arranging fake transfers through Cypriot football club Apollon Limassol allegedly to launder money and evade taxes, Spanish newspaper El...
New laws to be drafted against match fixing
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides announced a serious of measures aimed at tackling match-fixing and corruption in football on Tuesday after a meeting with several party...
Minister to brief party leaders over match-fixing
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides will be meeting with political party leaders on Tuesday to discuss corruption in football, following a spate of recent revelations on...
Police deny dragging their feet in probing football corruption
Police on Friday denied accusations made in daily Haravghi that they dragged their feet over a football corruption case that they were aware of as...
Cyprus football caught in a storm, says justice minister
“We are in the middle of a storm,” Justice Minister George Savvides said on Tuesday after a report that the Spanish police has given Uefa...
Justice minister says lots of tips received about match fixing
Justice Minister George Savvides on Sunday renewed his call for anyone with information about match-fixing to relay it to the authorities so the state can...
Referee arrested for match-fixing gets banned
The Cyprus Football Association (CFA) has decided to ban referee Andreas Constantinou from officiating any other game in Cyprus after he was arrested on February...
Red Button app effective while protecting players’ anonymity, says Pasp president
Along with players, coaches of football teams in Cyprus will now have the chance to use the app called Red Button, which can be used...
Justice Minister hosts football meeting following match-fixing arrests
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides is chairing a meeting regarding the latest developments in the match-fixing scandal with representatives from the police, the Cyprus Football Association...
Two arrested over suspicions of match fixing
The chairman of a football team and a referee were arrested on Tuesday night as part of a crackdown on football match-fixing, police said. According...
CFA chief to brief Uefa on state of Cyprus football
The head of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA), Giorgos Koumas, will be heading to the Uefa headquarters in Switzerland in the coming days to inform...
President announces measures to counter match fixing (Updated)
The president announced on Friday he wanted to create a new deputy sports ministry, as part of a wider effort to tackle corruption in Cypriot...
