Afternoon football games to curb hooliganism.Byline: George Psyllides HIGH-RISK football games will from now on be held in the afternoon in a bid to curb violence, officials said yesterday. The decision concerning which games are high-risk will be taken jointly by the police and football authorities, Cyprus Football Association vice chairman Andreas Santis said. The decision will depend on the importance of the game and conditions at the time. "I think that at least for the immediate future, critical games will be played in the afternoon," Santis said. Today's derby between APOEL APOEL Athlitikos Podosfairikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias (Cyprus Football Team) APOEL Athlitikos Podosferikos Omilos Ellinon Lefkosias (Athletic Football Club Hellenic Nikosia) of Nicosia and Anorthosis Famagusta will be held in the afternoon. Police believes the darkness may be conducive con·du·cive adj. Tending to cause or bring about; contributive: working conditions not conducive to productivity. See Synonyms at favorable. to acts of violence as perpetrators are harder to identify and arrested. Police Chief Michalis Papageorgiou welcomed the measures announced by the CFA but said more were necessary to tackle hooliganism. One measure is that fans will be required to give their identity card number when buying match tickets, and display their identity card at the entrance. The measure will apply for two upcoming games this weekend that are billed as high-risk and for all fixtures thereafter. It all follows the critical injury of a 20-year-old APOEL fan during clashes last Sunday between supporters of Nicosia archrivals Omonia and APOEL. The violence took place at futsal grounds just outside Nicosia The two teams were not even playing against each other. Police have arrested two more youths, aged 20 and 26, in connection with Sunday's violence. Three others have been remanded on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , while two have been charged with rioting and subsequently released. Meanwhile the basketball federation (CBF CBF Chesapeake Bay Foundation CBF Cerebral Blood Flow CBF Cooperative Baptist Fellowship CBF Confederação Brasileira de Futebol CBF Core Binding Factor CBF Chicagoland Bicycle Federation CBF Coronary Blood Flow CBF cubic feet ) said games will go ahead as scheduled. Authorities had refused to police basketball games held in arenas with fire-safety shortcomings. Police earlier this year inspected various arenas and handed over a list of improvement work that had to be done in order for the venues to meet the legal requirements. Despite a lot of work being done, some venues still did not meet requirements, forcing authorities to refuse provision of security. The matter has been settled following a fresh inspection from the police and the fire service who allowed use of the arenas. A statement by the CBF said improvement work has not been fully completed but will be in 15 days. Copyright Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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