Football clubs punished for incidents between fans
The Cyprus Football Association on Wednesday punished Apollon and Apoel in response to last weekend’s violent incidents before, during and after a match between the two teams.
According to ...
Football violence: A social curse
By Dr Panayiotis Mavros
The football match at Nicosia’s GSP stadium two weeks ago between Apoel and AEL resulted in violent incidents between the fans of the teams, who ...
‘Corruption in Cyprus football puts our country to shame’
Football corruption is an ‘open wound’ in Cyprus, main opposition party Akel said on Saturday during the presentation of a survey that showed most fans believe match-fixing is a huge ...
Three jailed after caught playing football during lockdown
Three men in their 20s received prison sentences on Tuesday for physically assaulting police officers who spotted them playing football against regulations during the first lockdown in April 2020.
Limassol criminal ...
Football fan seriously injured after fall following Paphos match
A 27-year-old Paphos football fan is in hospital after falling during a match, police said on Saturday.
According to the police report, the man had been participating in celebrations after ...
One-month football ban for fan
A 41-year-old man was on Monday banned from sports venues for a month, after he lit up a fire torch during the Apollon-Anorthosis football match in Limassol over the weekend.
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Over €2m to be spent on upgrading track and field facilities
Some €2.2m will be spent on upgrading track and field facilities, while special emphasis will be given to bringing football stadiums into line with the requirements of the licensing authority, ...
A Ball for All event sensitises able-bodied athletes
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou on Monday visited the School for the Blind in Nicosia where a blind football game was organised between visually impaired pupils and abled-bodied young visitors who ...
Football fans urged to donate a teddy for kids in need
Fans who will ago to the Nicosian derby match between Apoel and Omonia on Boxing Day have been asked to bring a teddy bear with them to be given to ...
One fifth of footballers in survey say played in fixed match
Over 20 per cent of footballers in Cyprus that took part in a survey whose results were presented on Tuesday, said they had taken part in a fixed official game while ...
Football friendlies open to match-fixing, study shows
Football friendly matches are wide open for match-fixing due to a lack of regulation, with more than 250 friendlies involving European clubs showing signs of suspicious activity from 2016 to 2020, according to ...
Two more arrests after Paphos coach injured during U19 football violence
Police on Wednesday said they arrested two more suspects in relation to Saturday’s violent attack at the U19 championship Apoel-Pafos FC match in Kouklia, in which the Paphos team’...
Football congress kicks off in Limassol
The annual FIFPRO congress has kicked off in Limassol at St. Raphael hotel.
FIFPRO Europe for 2021, hosted by the Pancyprian Footballers’ Association (PASP), is the first physical gathering of European ...
‘As a parent you want to give your children everything’
Kyriacos Nicolaou catches up with two Premier League greats on the island recently to coach kids at summer camps at Limassol’s Parklane hotel
As the unrelenting August sun beat ...
Five-day remand for suspect in football fracas
Limassol district court on Sunday issued a five-day remand for a 36-year-old who was arrested on Saturday in connection with Thursday’s incidents after a football match between Apollon and ...
Giovani Group says latest Al Jazeera report ‘baseless’
The Giovani Group on Tuesday said none of its executives have ever had dealings of any sort with persons named in the latest report by the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit ...