A 31 year old from Limassol was the first person to be arrested under the new legislation against violence in football stadiums whichwas recently put into effect. According to the police the man entered the pitch during the game between Apollon and Lokomotiv Moscow in Limassol on 21st August. He was immediately arrested and today […]
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APOEL TV rights sold to Cytavision for 8.9 million euro
A final agreement was reached yesterday between the Cypriot champion APOEL, and CYTA’s TV platform Cytavision for the team’s home-game broadcasting rights. The deal which cost CYTA 8.9 million euro means that APOEL matches for the new season and until the end of 2019 will be exclusively broadcast by Cytavision. Moreover APOEL will be receiving […]
Unification of Cypriot football by the end of the year
The president of the Turkish Cypriot Football Federation speaking at a press conference yesterday said that the aim is to unify the two football organisations (Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot) by the end of the year. The press conference took place instead of an event at which the President of Cyprus Football Association Costakis Koutsokoumnis […]
APOEL playing against Lyon tonight at the knockout stage of UEFA Champions League
A historic day for Cypriot football and APOEL who is playing for the first time in its history and in the history of Cypriot football in the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League. The match will take place tonight at 21.45 against the French team Lyon at its home Stade de Gerland. Is this […]
APOEL the first Cypriot team ever in Champions League Top 16
APOEL became the first Cypriot team to enter the Champions League TOP-16 knock-out stage after holding Zenit to a 0 – 0 draw last night in St Petersburg (Russia). This is an incredible achievement for a football club of APOEL’s size and budget.
Sticks stones and tear gas at yesterday’s football game
Another week and another football violence incident, this time in Larnaca at the Antonis Papadopoulos stadium at the match between Anorthosis and Omonoia
New measures to combat hooliganism
After the incidents in Limassol the police has come up with new measures to avoid similar situations in the future.