#hooliganism

The bus driver involved in a circulating video capturing a dispute between him and some teenage passengers has been suspended, transport company Emel said on Wednesday. A video of the ...

Eight people have been arrested in connection with two separate incidents over the past few days in Paphos, while three others are still wanted, the police announced on Wednesday. For ...

A 33-year-old man was fined €500 by Larnaca district court on Monday after he was found guilty of insulting a police officer and resisting lawful arrest at a AEK-AEL football match ...

Football hooliganism is back in the headlines with the cabinet approving a new bill allowing the government to take “decisive” action, including banning away fans from football matches. The recent ...

Police have now arrested a total of five suspects as of Thursday for incidents of violence outside the Apollon stadium last month. The most recent arrest made was of a 32...

The total number of arrests made over incidences of fan violence at a handball match in Limassol last week has now risen to four, the police said on Tuesday. They ...

Unidentified individuals wrote slogans and drew symbols on a Eoka monument in Paphos it was reported on Monday. The Paphos municipality reported to the police the graffiti took place on ...

Swift action by police forces averted serious disturbances outside sports venues in Limassol and Nicosia late on Tuesday night. Officers moved in quickly to prevent violent clashes between rival football ...

Police made two arrests after incidents of violence at the end of the football match between Apollon and Ethnikos Achnas on Wednesday. According to the police, the incidents happened while ...

Police in Larnaca were on “high alert” on Thursday morning, with Polish football fans arriving in the town en route to their club Legia Warsaw’s Europa Conference League fixture ...

The police on Wednesday warned of the arrival of “dangerous” Polish football fans arriving in Cyprus ahead of Omonia’s Europa Conference League fixture with Polish club Legia Warsaw at ...

Police chief Stelios Papatheodorou said he would not resign over the incidents that took place at Alphamega Stadium in Limassol on Wednesday night, which led to the cancellation of the ...

The Cyprus Cup football derby between Apollon and Ael, scheduled to begin at 7pm at Alphamega Stadium in Limassol, was cancelled due to incidents involving both sets of fans. Following ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an application to annul an arrest warrant in a case involving violence during a football match. According to the decision, the case pertains to ...

Police on Tuesday are trying again to secure the closure of a clubhouse in Limassol connected with the latest episodes of violence by football fans which unfolded in the city ...

One man has been arrested in connection with the most recent episodes of hooliganism by football fans in Limassol, while arrest warrants have been issued against two others who are ...

Police on Monday arrested eight people for illegal possession of explosives, weapons, and drugs, in checks carried out before the start of the Apoel-Apollon football match at GSP stadium in ...

I read with astonishment the story regarding Wednesday’s cabinet decision aiming to curb violence in sports stadiums (Cabinet approves drug and alcohol tests for fans at sports stadiums, Cyprus ...

Police unions decried the government’s measures aimed at tackling hooliganism as “unrealistic”, while it pointed out that others already exist but are not enforced. Nikos Loizides, head of the ...

In an announcement on Wednesday, the Cyprus football federation (Kop) said Thursday’s Apoel-Ael futsal cup final at Kition Sports Centre, will be held without fans, due to the recent ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday decried the violent incidents during the Apollon-Anorthosis basketball match on Sunday, saying this behaviour was unacceptable. Speaking to journalists, he said he had received a ...

Justice Minister Stephie Dracou said on Tuesday that she will call a meeting with the police following the violent clashes between fans at football match in Limassol. The clashes between ...

A 34-year-old man, who was staying illegally in the Republic, was arrested for carrying a knife at a football match at GSP stadium in Latsia, police said on Saturday. The ...

A 46-year-old man was slapped with a €1,200 fine and a two-year pitch ban by the Paphos district court on Monday. The sentence was handed down after he was found guilty ...