Fan card here to stay, justice minister insists
Justice Minister Giorgos Savvides said on Wednesday the institution of the fan card has been very successful and has helped curb violence at football games....
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Sports head said he needed police guards over fan card threats
The head of the Cyprus Sports Association (KOA), Kleanthis Georgiades, revealed on Monday that he had received such serious threats in the past over the...
MPs to revisit football fan card after ticket sales plummet
The House legal affairs will reassess the football fan card in a meeting next month after first division clubs complained that this had led to...
Sports body issues list of banned items
The Cyprus Sports Organisation (KOA) on Wednesday released a list of prohibited items at sports venues, competitions and events. The list includes: bottles, cans, glass...
Photo of wanted football fan released by police
POLICE have released the photo of a man wanted for questioning in connection with Wednesday evening’s violence at the Anorthosis-Apoel football game. Authorities are calling...
Football fan arrested for throwing water bottle onto pitch
A 22-year-old football hooligan who was arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Nicosia is accused of hurling a dangerous object on the GSP stadium’s football pitch...
Windows of Elam’s Limassol offices smashed
Far Right party Elam said on Monday that unknown individuals had smashed the glass windows of its offices in Limassol. “It seems the national, clear,...
Six arrests made after Limassol match fracas (Update 2)
All six men police were on the hunt for in relation to the fracas which took place in Limassol between AEL and Apollon football fans...
Cyprus Cup clash abandoned due to crowd trouble
The Cyprus Cup quarter-final second leg in Limassol between home side Apollon and Nicosia’s Omonia was abandoned on Wednesday following crowd trouble. The score was...
Police leave empty handed in Apollonas raid
Police said on Saturday that a raid on the football fan clubhouse of Apollonas in Limassol, resulted in bookings for offences related to drink laws....
Wenger downplays hooliganism problem in English game
Hooliganism is not a problem in English football, according to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, despite a week in which disturbances at West Ham United’s League...
Fan card tenders on hold after successful appeal by rival bidder
The tenders process over the administration of the controversial ‘football fan card’, won by Greek consortium Space Hellas-HTE, was cancelled and will have to be...
Football fans found guilty of stadium violence
A Larnaca court on Sunday suspended two football fans, aged 17 and 25, from matches of their team, after being found guilty of violence and...
Rome fountain damaged by drunken Dutch soccer fans -officials
Dutch soccer fans caused “permanent” damage to a 500-year-old Rome fountain, an expert said on Friday after a drunken rampage by supporters that the city’s...
‘No let-up on hooliganism’
Recent incidents at a football matches were the best proof of the necessity of the introduction of the fan card to combat hooliganism, Justice Minister...
Controversial fan card delayed beyond early-2015 deadline
By George Psyllides MPs have concluded that a controversial identity card for sports fans cannot be ready by the January 1, 2015 deadline because the...
Sports organisation will take over fan card
The island’s sports organisation (CSO) will take over the fan card project but was faced with a lack of funds and a short deadline, its...
Hooligan bill heads for final vote
By George Psyllides LEGISLATION to tackle football-related violence is expected to be put to the vote today, despite disagreement from the main opposition party AKEL,...
Hooligan bill ‘not designed to keep tabs on people’
By George Psyllides A government bill to tackle hooliganism aims to lift fan anonymity but there is no intention of keeping records on people, Justice...
All sides determined to clamp down on football hooliganism
By Angelos Anastasiou IN LIGHT of Saturday’s events at Limassol’s Tsireion stadium during the title-decider between AEL and APOEL that caused an island-wide outcry, President...
