Champions League

The 43-year-old Panathinaikos fan who was arrested over his alleged involvement in the fatal clashes between supporters of rival soccer teams in Athens earlier this month was released from pretrial custody on Tuesday after appearing before an investigating magistrate.

A 43-year-old  member of a Panathinaikos fan club, accused of participating in the brawl of August 7 outside the AEK Athens stadium that resulted in the fatal injury of Michalis Katsouris, will appear before an investigating magistrate on Tuesday after his arrest on Friday.

AEK eliminated Dinamo Zagreb Saturday, 4-3 on aggregate, snatching a 2-2 home draw with two added time goals to advance to the Champions League playoff round.

Authorities arrested a 43-year-old Panathinaikos fan on Friday as part of the ongoing investigations into the deadly hooligan clashes outside the AEK Athens stadium on the eve of the Champions League qualifier with Dinamo Zagreb, which resulted in the murder of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris.

The dozens of young Croatians detained for their roles in the violent clashes on August 7 which led to the death of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris deny they are members of the so-called Dinamo Zagreb ultras Bad Blue Boys (BBB), notorious for hooliganism, according to their testimonies to Greek judicial authorities, seen by Kathimerini.

Success in Greek soccer is often weighed down by off-the-field controversy. This time it's the killing of a fan in Athens.

Panathinaikos owner Giannis Alafouzos missed being in France to see his team eliminate former European champion Marseille from the Champions League on Tuesday - its biggest game in more than a decade.

The ongoing investigation to identify the killer of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris during clashes on August 7 between rival fans on the eve of the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb has revealed that police officers apparently encountered a group of hooligans on motorcycles twice after the fatal incident but allowed most of them to get away.

All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that ended in the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial, authorities said Sunday.

Manchester United kicks off its season at home to Wolves tonight with fresh hope it can end a 10-year wait to win a Premier League title despite the lingering uncertainty over the club's future.

Nine months on from an announcement by owners, the Glazer family, that they were exploring a sale of the club, the process has stalled.

In the latest bid to combat fan violence, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will meet on Wednesday with Aleksander Ceferin, the president of European soccer's governing body UEFA, in Athens after the deadly hooligan clashes on Monday night on the eve of the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb.