PAOK FC

Suspected supporters of PAOK soccer club vandalized four public buses on Sunday evening in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

The incident occurred on Line 14, which was transporting fans to the Toumba Stadium for the match against AEK Athens.

Police are currently investigating to identify the perpetrators responsible for the damage.

PAOK outplayed Panathinaikos in Sunday's crunch game to force the Greens' first home loss and throw the Super League wide open, as AEK has closed the gap from the top to a single point.

Four days after beating the Greens in Thessaloniki 2-0 for the Cup, PAOK went one better in Athens on Sunday night as it eclipsed the league leader with a 3-0 result.

A top Greek criminologist has said that he views widespread football fan club violence as the product of an unholy alliance of organised crime and its backers in state.

Ο ΠΑΟΚ (12-8) είχε εύκολο απόγευμα κόντρα στο Περιστέρι (10-11) αφού το νίκησε με 85-66

The entire European week went by with no goals at all by Greece's three representatives in the Champions League and the Europa League, as one day after Olympiakos' 2-0 home reverse to Porto, AEK lost 2-0 at Leicester and PAOK finished 0-0 at home with Granada on Thursday.

Soccer will restart in Greece with runaway league leader Olympiakos facing defending champion PAOK Thessaloniki on the field this weekend and soon at a court in Switzerland.

Unbeaten Olympiakos travels to second-place PAOK on Sunday to begin play in a 10-round playoff for the top six teams in the regular-season standings.

PAOK and AEK scored narrow home wins over Olympiakos and Aris respectively on Wednesday, leaving the Greek Cup semifinal ties wide open.

PAOK, Olympiakos and Aris have clinched a spot in the Greek Cup semifinals this week, while one of AEK and Panetolikos will join them next week.

Ahmed Hassan returned to Olympiakos on loan from Braga a few days ago to boost its firing line, and the Egyptian paid the Reds back immediately, scoring in injury time at Peristeri to keep them alone on top of the Super League table.

PAOK defeated Panathinaikos 2-0 in controversial fashion in Thessaloniki on Wednesday to take a significant lead in the most important pairing of the Greek Cup quarterfinals, while Olympiakos, AEK and Atromitos also got the edge from the week's first-leg games.