Archive for 2014

Cyprus thrash poor Andorra

Cyprus have maintained their chances of qualifying for Euro 2016 thanks to a 5-0 victory over Andorra in Group B.

The home side broke the deadlock with 10 minutes played when Giorgios Merkis took advantage of some poor goalkeeping to

Battling Wales force goalless draw in Belgium

Wales survived a late onslaught to force a goalless draw against Belgium in their Euro 2016 qualifying Group B match on Sunday, with their key man Gareth Bale making a game-saving intervention in the dying seconds.

The Real Madrid star, …

Greece name interim coach ahead of Ranieri departure

Greece named youth coach Kostas Tsanas as interim coach of the senior national team on Sunday but there was no official confirmation yet of the sacking of Italian Claudio Ranieri.

The country’s football federation (EPO) has effectively suspended Ranieri for …

KOPA Football League results

Sunday November the 16th 2014

FA Sunday Cup

Second Round

The Sheaf 1 New Salamis 5

First Division

Brotherhood 2 Tripimeni 0

Olympia 1 Apoel 1

Livadia 4 Aradippou 0

Anorthosis 0 Omonia 5

Second Division

Maronites 3 Achna 1…

Akinde hat-trick sends Barnet eight points clear.

Barnet returned to winning ways on Saturday with a hard-fought 3-1 win over bottom side AFC Telford United at The Hive.

John Akinde was star of the show, as the big striker netted a hat-trick including a penalty in either …

Woman dies after being knocked down in Larnaca

A 59-year-old Bulgarian woman died of her injuries on Saturday after being hit by a car the previous day in Larnaca.

Police said the woman was knocked down on Patron street by a car driven by a 21-year-old man while …

Cyprus protests against UDI

DOWNTOWN Nicosia was flooded with high school students yesterday morning, as they were released from school in order to participate in the protests marking the anniversary of the 1983 Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of the breakaway regime in the

San Marino end 61-match losing streak

San Marino, joint bottom of the world rankings alongside Bhutan, ended a run of 61 consecutive defeats in all competitions when they held Estonia to a goalless draw in their Euro 2016 qualifier on Saturday.

It was also the part-timers’ …

England fight back to beat Slovenia

England come out worthy winners after recovering to beat Slovenia 3-1 in their Euro 2016 Group E qualifier at Wembley on Saturday.

On a scarred Wembley pitch due to American Football being played there recently  England failed to get anywhere …

British Cypriots protest illegal regime in occupied Cyprus

Hundreds of British Cypriots picketed the Turkish embassy in central London on Saturday afternoon voicing their condemnation of the illegal regime in occupied Cyprus, on the 31st anniversary of its unilateral declaration. The protest was organised by the National Federation …