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Greece
Greek Referee Beaten Outside His Home
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has asked Greek authorities to provide details of the brutal beating of referee Thanassis Tzilos outside his home in Larisa on Wednesday.
According to onlarissa.gr, the referee was attacked by four hooded men just after 9...
Crime
Greece Suspends All Football Competitions After Alleged Arson Attack
Greece suspended national league and cup competitions after an alleged arson attack on the home of the referee committee, George Bikas, on the early hours of Wednesday morning in the Chalkidiki area, northern Greece. The decision to suspend all...
Crime
Cypriot Football Association Condemns Latest Bombing of Top Referee's Car
Top Cypriot referee George Nicolaou's car was bombed in an attack outside his home in the small village of Zygi, south of Cyprus, early on Tuesday morning. The police report indicates that the make-shift bomb exploded shortly before 3...
Australia
Greek to Become First Female Football Referee
Greek-Australian Helen Glouftsi makes history as it is almost certain that she will become the first female referee in Australian football, a sport that is worshiped as a religion and played mainly by men.
Saturday was the championship final in...
Greece
World Cup: Ecuadorean Referee Carlos Vera to officiate Greece–Ivory Coast Match
Carlos Vera from Ecuador will be holding the whistle in Greece’s final group stage game against Ivory Coast on Tuesday.
Earlier in the tournament, Carlos Vera who is celebrating on Monday his 38th birthday, supervised the match between Iran and Nigeria. It was quoted...