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Former Apoel, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest midfielder Chris Bart-Williams has died aged 49.

Bart-Williams started his career at Leyton Orient and scored on his full debut for the club in a 4-0 win against Tranmere Rovers as a 16-year-old.

He joined the Owls in 1991 and made more than 100 appearances for the …

Olivia Fotopoulou wins silver medal for Cyprus at Balkan Athletics Championship

Cyprus’ track and field has celebrated its 32nd medal on Saturday at the Balkan Athletics Championship in Serbia with Olivia Fotopoulou’s silver medal in the women’s 100 metres.

Fotopoulou ran the 100 metres in 11.51 seconds which was over the …

Stanway’s second-chance penalty gives England 1-0 win over debutant Haiti

England’s Georgia Stanway made sure her retaken penalty counted to give the Lionesses a 1-0 victory over debutants Haiti in a dramatic Women’s World Cup opener for both teams on Saturday at Lang Park.

Stanway stepped up to the penalty …

UK Cypriot Halle Houssein signs professional contract with West Ham United

The midfielder spent the latter part of the 2022/23 season with Gillingham Women (now Chatham Town Women) alongside fellow youngster Keira Flannery. 

The talented youngster has signed a three-year contract with the Club and is looking forward to getting back …

KOPA League AGM

KOPA League had their Annual General meeting on Thursday 13 July 2023 at the Cypriot Community Centre in Wood Green.
There was a very good turn out and alot of interest from the participants individuals and representatives from Clubs that …

Security for UEFA Super Cup game in Greece discussed

After 16 years, Greece will host a major soccer event, the UEFA Super Cup game between current Champions League title holders Manchester City and Europa League winners Sevilla.

The game, to be played at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the Piraeus …

Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz returns to home flat above kebab shop after triumph over Novak Djokovic

Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz has returned home to his flat above a kebab shop in Spain after his spectacular triumph over Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz might have just scooped £2.35million from his Wimbledon win, but the champion has returned to the …

Our Michael Yiakoumi with Carlos Alcaraz who has just beaten Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon men’s title

Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time by ending Novak Djokovic’s recent dominance with a stunning victory.

Spain’s Alcaraz, 20, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against …

Kontides wins bronze medal in Olympic Games Test Event

Cypriot sailor Pavlos Kontides won on Saturday the bronze medal in the Test Event of the 2024 Olympic Games that was held in Marseilles, where in one year from now the sailing events of the 33rd Olympic Games will take …

Unseeded Vondrousova stuns Jabeur to win Wimbledon title

Czech Marketa Vondrousova left Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur heart-broken once again as she claimed a surprise 6-4 6-4 victory on Saturday to become the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title.

The 24-year-old left-hander, who a year ago …