Sports riots

The Europa League game between Marseille and Galatasaray was interrupted for about 10 minutes after rival fans threw flares and firecrackers at each other at Stade Velodrome on Sept. 30. 

The match finished 0-0 but pockets of rival fans were fighting inside the stadium more than 30 minutes after the final whistle.

A number of PAOK soccer fans were detained on Monday night in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, for violating restrictive measures on movement, after dozens gathered outside their team's stadium to celebrate the club's 94th anniversary.

Officers who arrived outside the stadium urged fans who were chanting slogans to disperse, but were ignored.

A 31-year-old soccer fan that attended the abandoned local derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos at the Athens Olympic Stadium on Sunday has lot his sight in his left eye after being hit in the face with a baton by riot police, according to reports on Tuesday. 

UEFA has ordered a deeper investigation into Turkish champion Galatasaray's spending.

Fans poured onto the pitch at the Europa League clash between Lyon and Beşiktaş, delaying the start of a violence-hit, high-risk match as European football suffered another body blow on April 13.

About 150 Schalke supporters have clashed with riot police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki ahead of their team's Europa League match against PAOK.

No arrests or injuries were reported from the violence hours before Thursday's game.

A derby match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, which was scheduled to be played on March 20 at 8 p.m., has been postponed by the Interior Ministry due to security concerns.

The top football authority in Europe, UEFA, has banned Turkey's Galatasaray from continental cups for one year after the Istanbul side failed to fulfill the financial fair play requirements. 

The ban will be valid from the first year that Galatasaray, now 16 points behind leader Fenerbahçe in the Spor Toto Super League, gains the right to join a European cup. 

The Albanian football federation, FSHF, has accused UEFA of double standards after its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body awarded Russia three points after its Euro 2016 qualifier with Montenegro had to be abandoned owing to fan violence in Podgorica.  

UEFA president Michel Platini on March 24 warned of a return to the "dark days" of hooliganism in Europe fired by a rise in nationalism and extremism.