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Greece Suspends Professional Football Indefinitely In Crackdown On Violence

The Greek Super League said that matches in Greece's professional football leagues "have been suspended indefinitely in a crackdown on violence," according to Graham Wood of REUTERS. The move "follows a pitch invasion at the end of the Athens derby last weekend and a Super League board meeting which ended in a brawl on Tuesday, with Greece's recently-elected Syriza ruling party aiming to stamp out the problem of crowd violence." Super League President Giorgos Borovilos said, "What we have been informed is that the Super League and the Football League have been suspended indefinitely." Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis met PM Alexis Tsipras on Wednesday to "discuss the matter and held further meetings" with  Borovilos. Borovilos said that "it had not yet been decided how long matches would be suspended and on what conditions they would resume," adding that "some things are not done in one or two weeks." It is the third time this season that professional football in Greece "has been shut down." Matches were halted for one week last September following the death of a football fan "after violent clashes at a third division match between Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos." The authorities "then suspended games last November" after Central Refereeing Committee (KED) Assistant Dir Christoforos Zografos was taken to hospital following a violent assault (REUTERS, 2/25).

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