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There is an urgent need to find new and efficient ways to attract young referees to football, as well as supporting the existing ones, especially...
Football chairman and referee to stand trial over match-fixing (updated)
The chairman of a second division football club and a referee were referred to trial before a criminal court on Thursday in connection with fixing...
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...
Football fixtures called off indefinitely after referee bomb attack (update 4)
All Cyprus league matches have been cancelled indefinitely the referees’ association said on Friday, following a bomb attack against one of their own in Larnaca...
Football set for rule changes next season
By Jonathan Shkurko Football is set for some rule changes next season after the International Football Association Board (IFAB) approved a large number of amendments...
Referee car bombed
Football referee Yiorgos Nicolaou’s car was bombed while parked outside his home in Zygi early on Tuesday morning, police said. According to a police report,...
Bomb explodes outside Limassol bakery
A bomb went off early on Friday outside a bakery in Limassol, owned by a 50-year-old former football referee. According to a police report, police...
Whistleblower referee struck off
By George Psyllides A referee who went public with charges of widespread match fixing in Cypriot football has been stricken off after he failed to...
Police investigating Sunday’s crowd trouble
Limassol police were on Monday investigating the crowd trouble that saw a top flight football fixture abandoned before it even started. The game between Limassol’s...
Whistleblower referee calls on clubs to help change ‘rotten’ system (Updated)
By Elias Hazou Referee-turned-whistleblower Marios Panayi on Monday announced he will be running for chairman of the Cyprus football association (CFA), but stressed that whatever...