Stavros Kontonis

Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to close gates 13 and 14 of the Panathinaikos football field and impose a 90,000-euro fine as punishment for violent incidents. Gates 13 and 14 of the Apostolos Nikolaidis football field host the...

The Greek Superleague is upon us once again as the new season premiers on Sunday. Greek teams have made some prolific signings this summer such as Esteban Cambiasso to Olympiacos and Michael Essien to Panathinaikos F.C., while teams like PAOK F.C. are...

Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis characterized the Athens Olympic Games "a bad example" in an interview to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency on the occasion of the European Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Kontonis said that the way the Olympic Games were organized and the...

Greece’s Parliament passed the new bill about implementing urgent measures to tackle violence in sports. However, according to Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis a few changes had to be made to Article 15 which finally passed with a strong...

Greek Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Tuesday, May 5 that the new draft bill on tackling violence in sports has been finalized, after talks with international federations in order to improve certain articles and paragraphs. Furthermore, the Greek...

No incidents occurred during the 4th Athens Half-Marathon which was attended by more than 15,000 people of every age. In total 4,000 runners participated in the 21-kilometer run which started on Sunday, May 3 at 8 am. Furthermore, at least...

Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis tabled in Parliament amendments to a draft bill on dealing with sports violence that were discussed with other parties on Tuesday, during the committee reading of the bill. The bill as a whole passed in...

FIFA and UEFA sent an ultimatum to Greece that the country’s national football team and domestic clubs run the risk of being excluded from international competitions if the legislative bill to combat corruption and hooliganism in all the country's sports, proposed...

FIFA and UEFA have threatened the Greek Ministry of Sports that they may ban Greece's teams from all international tournaments unless there are several changes in the new sports law. The new sports legislation drafted by Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis gives more...

Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis has proved once again that in Greek politics, a Minister doesn't necessarily need to have any idea of the portfolio he is getting. Either that, or Mr. Kontonis lives on another planet. A planet where football,...