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...
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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...
CFA looking into having foreign refs for regular season fixtures
The Cyprus football association (CFA) is contemplating inviting foreign referees to officiate certain regular season fixtures, the Cyprus Mail has learned. According to a CFA...
Minister dismisses claims of football match fixing cover up
Justice Minister George Savvides on Tuesday appealed to the public to come forward with information on corrupt practices in football, vowing that authorities will investigate...
Omonia Nicosia to offer up to €25,000 to whistleblowers
Omonia Nicosia football club is offering up to €25,000 to whoever comes forward with useful information about corruption in football, club president Stavros Papastavrou announced...
Football fixtures to resume, player arrested over illegal betting claims released (update 3)
All football league matches in Cyprus will resume after they were cancelled on Friday following a bomb attack against one of their own in Larnaca...
CFA, referees looking for safe environment for football games
Ways to create a safe environment for all concerned were discussed on Sunday during a meeting between chairman of the Cyprus Football Association George Koumas...
Fan card and VAR to be discussed at CFA meeting
The fan card and the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in Cyprus will be the main topics of discussion during the general assembly of...
All fan cards being made valid until 2023
The Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) announced on Friday that the expiration date of all football fan identity cards issued to-date will be extended until July...
Five stadiums fail criteria just days before kickoff
Less than a week before the football championship is scheduled to start, authorities have refused permits to five stadiums over various shortcomings, it emerged on...
Doping documentary ‘sheds light on the truth’, Cypriot footballers say
THE footballers’ association (Pasp) on Friday said a documentary by a Franco-German television station into the case of three players who developed heart problems after...
