hooligans

A Greek police officer has succumbed to injuries caused by a flare shot during an attack by hooligans on riot police outside a volleyball stadium in Rentis near Piraeus on December 7th. The 31-year-old officer had been hospitalized at Nikaia...

Greece announced on Monday it asked the Super League to hold soccer matches without spectators for two months after incidents of hooligan violence. This measure, announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis after a meeting at Maximos Mansion on Sunday, follows...

Greek hooligans attacked the riot police outside an Athens volleyball arena on Thursday evening causing severe injuries to an officer who is fighting for his life. State ERT television said a flare shot by a hooligan severed a thigh artery...

Greece is cracking down on soccer hooligans after the vicious murder of a young soccer fan in Thessaloniki by a fan of a rival team. Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras, Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos, Deputy Minister of Sports Lefteris Avgenakis,...

Greece's Supreme Court has put out a circular asking for swift trials and stiffer penalties on football hooligans who commit sports-related crimes

The hideouts of football hooligans were raided by police in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Thursday following the murder of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos earlier in the week. Police said that they discovered knives, crowbars, flares, smoke bombs, switchblades, and other devices that...

The murder of a 19-year-old football fan in Greece's second-largest city Thessaloniki in the early hours of Tuesday has left the people of Greece shocked and appalled. The victim, Alkis Kambanos, along with two friends were intercepted and attacked at...

Dozens of hooligans who were fans of PAOK Thessaloniki invaded the field and stopped the match against their city rivals Aris on Sunday at Toumba Stadium. The ugly face of hooliganism resurfaced again in Greece after the match was suspended...

At least four people were injured when a group of hooligans attacked visiting German football fans during a game between the youth clubs of Olympiacos and Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Greek police say that around 30 hooded hooligans on motor...

Saturday was marked by serious disturbances in various locations in Athens and Thessaloniki as anarchists and disruptive football fans clashed with the police. A group of about 40 people threw petrol bombs at the Acropolis Police Station at around 11:40...