Champions League

Investigators are piecing together the events that led to the death on Monday of a 29-year-old man during soccer-related clashes, a day before the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb in the Greek capital, with the help of the video footage collected from the stadium's security cameras.

A funeral service was held Friday for a Greek soccer fan killed in an attack led by Croatian supporters that has rattled European sporting officials.

UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will visit Greece next week to meet with the country's prime minister in the wake of an attack in Athens by Croatian fans that left one man dead.

Graphic descriptions are included in the testimonies of police officers and eyewitnesses about the events leading up to the deadly clashes that unfolded on Monday night in the Greek capital on the eve of the Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb.

The riots between Croatian hooligans and AEK fans led to the death of 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris.

Clashes broke out in front of court buildings in Athens where scores of arrested Croatian soccer supporters were giving evidence Friday following deadly fan violence this week.

Some 200 fans of AEK Athens gathered outside the court complex, some hurling bottles of water and other objects at police and television crews.

No arrests or injuries were reported.

Police in northern Greece on Thursday detained seven Romanian men carrying knives and protective gear, amid concerns that a deadly soccer-related attack this week could attract more groups of violent supporters from around Europe.

The funeral of Michalis Katsouris, the 29-year-old Greek fan who was fatally stabbed outside AEK Athens' stadium Monday during fan violence, leading to the cancellation of a Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb, is scheduled for Friday at 5 p.m.

In the aftermath of the deadly riots on Monday evening by Croatian hooligans who descended on the Greek capital on the eve of Tuesday's Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb, more than one source has told Kathimerini that from the electronic mail system of the Hellenic Police (ELAS), it seems that the officers of the regional services either read an order calling on th

Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence.

Police in Greece have arrested five Croatian nationals allegedly involved in deadly soccer fan violence, apprehending them as they attempted to flee the country.

The arrests were announced Wednesday, a day after a 29-year-old Greek fan was stabbed to death outside AEK Athens' stadium, prompting the cancellation of a Champions League qualifier against Dinamo Zagreb.