Gun-toting PAOK president gets 3-year ban
Greek Superleague disciplinary committee has also docked the club three points and fined them €63,000.
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All times ETGreek Superleague disciplinary committee has also docked the club three points and fined them €63,000.
Greece has lifted its suspension of football after saying it received a commitment from clubs to reform rules aimed at combating violence.
Herbert Huebel said a series of incidents, culminating in a gun-toting club owner running onto the pitch, were "unacceptable."
PAOK president Ivan Savvidis has apologised for storming the pitch during Sunday's clash with AEK Athens while appearing to carry a gun.
Greece's sports minister says Greek Super League matches have been suspended indefinitely after the gun-toting owner of PAOK marched onto the pitch.
A disputed goal in a Greek league match on Sunday between AEK and PAOK led to a pitch invasion by one of the team owners, who appeared to have a gun.
About 3,000 PAOK supporters marched peacefully through Thessaloniki on Thursday to protest against the Greek club's punishment for fan violence.
A Greek sports court has deducted three points from title contenders PAOK for match violence.
Olympiakos coach Oscar Garcia was hit by an object thrown from the crowd ahead of a Greek Superleague game between PAOK Salonika and Olympiakos.
PAOK will also play seven home games behind closed doors and pay a fine of €282,500.
Vladan Ivic was taken to hospital for treatment after the incident, which followed a 54th-minute brawl involving several players.
PAOK won the Greek Cup by defeating AEK Athens 2-1 in a final marred by violent clashes between fans that injured more than 40 people, two seriously.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's hat trick gave Manchester United a 3-0 win against St Etienne in a Europa League round of 32 first-leg clash at Old Trafford.
Manchester United will take on St Etienne in the Europa League's round of 32, while Spurs will face Gent and Villarreal have been drawn against Roma.
Manchester United's troubles away from home in Europe continued in a 2-1 defeat at Fenerbahce in the Europa League as Paul Pogba limped off injured.
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Shakhtar Donetsk, Olympiakos and Fenerbahce all crashed out of the UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round on Wednesday.
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PAOK held Panathinaikos to a 1-1 draw on Tuesday to win the Greek league playoffs and earn a place in the qualifying round of the Champions League.
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Greece's government has canceled the Greek Cup a day after a semifinal was stopped because of fan violence.
Dimitar Berbatov turned to the only reporter he trusts given rumours about his future: himself.
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TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AEK Athens | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | +32 | 60 |
PAOK Salonika | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | +36 | 58 |
Olympiakos | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | +35 | 57 |
Atromitos | 27 | 12 | 11 | 4 | +14 | 47 |
FC Xanthi | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 39 |
Asteras Tripoli | 27 | 9 | 9 | 9 | +10 | 36 |
Levadiakos | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 34 |
Panionios | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 34 |
Panetolikos | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 32 |
Panathinaikos | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | +1 | 32 |
Pas Giannina | 27 | 6 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 30 |
Larissa FC | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | -18 | 29 |
Apollon Smyrni | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -12 | 26 |
Lamia | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | -14 | 26 |
Kerkyra | 27 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -26 | 21 |
Platanias | 27 | 2 | 4 | 21 | -44 | 10 |