Panathinaikos fans set fire to a banner during a clash against Olympiakos, which was abandoned.
Panathinaikos’ match at home to Olympiakos was abandoned on Sunday after their fans attacked players on the visiting team’s bench during the Greek Super League match and clashed with police outside the OAKA Stadium.
About four minutes after kick-off in the Athens derby, Panathinaikos fans invaded the area surrounding the pitch and attacked Olympiakos players on the team’s bench. The match was stopped for about eight minutes before resuming.
Violence erupted again outside the stadium after Olympiakos…
Organizers of Greece’s top division have called off games scheduled for this weekend after referees announced a two-week walkout to protest the beating of a colleague by unknown assailants.
The country’s football federation said on Thursday that Greek Cup matches would go ahead as scheduled. It said top-league referees called the walkout “for psychological reasons” after the “cowardly and unacceptable” assault.
Referee Thanassis Tzilos was attacked on Wednesday by three masked men near his home in…
Yaya Toure reveals his best memories from his time at Manchester City and has a surprise guest at his farewell ceremony.
Yaya Toure claims he rejected offers from other clubs in Europe, Asia and the United States to return to Greek Super League…
Yaya Toure reveals his best memories from his time at Manchester City and has a surprise guest at his farewell ceremony.
Man City’s Leroy Sane pays tribute to the departing Yaya Toure, and tells Jonathan Smith the Premier League will be harder to win next season. Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is closing on a move to Olympiakos, sources close to the Greek club have told ESPN FC.
Toure, 35, is a free agent after leaving City at the end of his contract and looks set to return to Olympiakos, where he played in 2005-06 before moving to Monaco.
Olympiakos want to win back the Greek title after finishing third last term and see Toure’s experience and profile as key qualities.
The club are currently in England as they prepare for the second leg of…
A Burnley fan was stabbed in the leg and four others were injured in clashes before Thursday’s 3-1 Europa League playoff defeat by Olympiakos in Athens, the Premier League club said.
The BBC reported that 23 Burnley fans were arrested for being drunk and disorderly. The club said the majority of their 900 travelling supporters were “impeccably behaved.”
“However, five of our supporters were unfortunately injured – including a person who received a stab wound to the leg — and received medical attention…
Former Arsenal striker Paul Mariner is cautious over Arsenal’s chances of reaching the top four this season. Arsenal have sold striker Chuba Akpom to Greek club PAOK for an undisclosed fee.
Arsenal announced the deal on Friday, with Akpom moving abroad again after spending part of last season on loan in Belgium.
The 22-year-old has been at Arsenal since the age of six but never managed to establish himself in the first team and has had six loan stints in the last five years.
He made a total of 12 appearances for the Gunners under Arsene Wenger, including seven in the 2013-14 season, but was left out of…
Wildfires have swept through the Athens suburbs in recent days as firefighters struggled to control the blaze.
Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos and AEK Athens players are among those who will donate blood and give money to the victims …
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Greece’s oldest football club Panathinaikos have been banned from European competition for three seasons for failing to pay their debts, UEFA has announced.
The Athens-based club were given a suspended sentence by UEFA’s Club Financial Control Body, the panel that oversees the governing body’s financial fair play rules, in December and told they had until March 1 to settle their unpaid bills.
On March 19, however, the panel’s investigatory chamber concluded that Panathinaikos had still not paid…
Former Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien reflects on the Blues’ 2017-18 season and his days playing at Stamford Bridge.
ATHENS, Greece — Panathinaikos say long-delayed payments have been made to Michael Essien and two others in an effort to avoid losing nine points as the Greek club struggles with mounting debts and the threat of relegation.
A sports judge ordered Panathinaikos to settle debts with Essien, Argentine winger Sebastian Leto and Spanish forward Toche within three days or lose the points.
Club officials did not say how much money had been paid.
Essien moved to Panathinaikos from AC Milan in 2015 and…
Panathinaikos has not reached a settlement over unpaid wages with former defender Jens Wemmer.
The Greek Super League has deducted three points from Panathinaikos after the club failed to settle unpaid wages with former player Jens Wemmer.
The l…