PAOK Salonika president gets three-year ban for charging onto pitch with a gun

Aditya Devavrat 15:19 29/03/2018
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  • PAOK president Ivan Savvides seen with a handgun attached to his waist.

    Greek club PAOK Salonika’s president, Ivan Savvides, has received a three-year ban from all football stadiums in the country following an incident this month when he stormed onto the pitch while carrying a gun.

    The March 11 fixture between PAOK and AEK Athens, a crucial tie in Greece’s title race, saw a PAOK goal controversially disallowed, prompting Savvides’ charge onto the pitch.

    PAOK have also been docked three points for the incident, dealing a blow to their title hopes.

    Savvides is a Georgia-born businessman who was also a deputy in the Russian state Duma, the country’s lower assembly house.

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