The World Senior Muaythai Championship will be held in Patra, Greece’s third-largest city, from June 1 to 10.
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With Greek club Olympiakos aiming for its first European trophy, there will be a massive security operation in Athens for Wednesday’s Europa Conference League final against Fiorentina.
No Greeks were hospitalized or arrested following violent clashes between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos fans early Sunday in Berlin, Deputy Sports Minister Giannis Vroutsis said.
A violent clash between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos basketball fans erupted early Sunday at a Berlin metro station, resulting in 12 injuries, with one in critical condition.
The first two months of tight measures to combat sports-related violence are beginning to pay off, according to statistics compiled by the Hellenic Police.
The Athens Fitness Festival transforms Vouliagmeni Beach into an impressive seaside gym on May 25-26.
Two men, aged 23 and 24, suspected of participating in the hooligan attack that occurred late Monday night in the area of Nea Michaniona in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, were arrested by the police on Tuesday.
Police in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, have arrested 12 suspects in connection with an attack against two men on Monday night that appears to have been motivated by local soccer rivalries.
A prime suspect in the homicide case involving a police officer during fan riots in Athens last December has been remanded into custody following his surrender to the authorities.
One more person was arrested on Thursday in connection with the criminal organization believed by Greek authorities to be behind the fatal wounding of 31-year-old policeman Giorgos Lyngeridis outside a volleyball stadium in Piraeus last December.
One of the main suspects in the hooligan clashes that resulted in the death of a police officer in Athens in December was rushed to hospital on Saturday after what is thought to have been a suicide attempt.
Thirty-one defendants appeared in court on Saturday to answer to 12 felony charges, including murder and causing an explosion, along with 16 misdemeanors.
Join the Ministry of Concrete and This is Athens-City Festival for Flare the Square, a thrilling skateboarding celebration in downtown Kotzia Square.
The case file put together by the police Sub-Division for the Prevention of Sports Violence against the participants in the incidents that led to the death of 31-year-old policeman Giorgos Lyngeridis outside a volleyball stadium in Athens last December has shed light on the way the Olympiakos club hooligans orchestrated the attack, the internal hierarchy of Gate 7 organized fans and their relationship with the management of the team.
A prosecutor has charged 67 Olympiakos club hooligans, arrested on Monday for their involvement in the fatal injury of the riot policeman Giorgos Lygeridis, with 28 charges, including 12 felonies.
Members of a criminal gang comprising almost 160 football hooligans were involved in the fatal injury of police officer Giorgos Lyngeridis during fan riots in Athens in December, the country’s police chief has said.
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