Greek league rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had their soccer game abandoned on Sunday after fans from host Panathinaikos clashed with police outside Athens' Olympic Stadium, and attempted to attack the Olympiakos bench inside the stadium.
With tear gas heavily used as police tried to get back control, referee Marco Fritz stopped play after 70 minutes. He called the game off a half-hour later, saying the stadium had not been made sufficiently safe with Panathinaikos fans still on the edge of the field.
Olympiakos was leading 1-0 at the time the game was abandoned.
Panathinaikos' players leave the pitch as they trying to avoid teargas thrown by the police during clashes with fans, inside the Athens' Olympic stadium, in Athens, Sunday, March 17, 2019. The derby between Greek league archrivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos has been abandoned after a small number of Panathinaikos fans clashed with police outside Athens' Olympic stadium. (InTime Sports via AP)
Visiting fans are not allowed at Greek league games for fear of violence.
The game was first interrupted in the sixth minute, when about 30 Panathinaikos fans entered the field and attacked the Olympiakos bench before police intervened.
No arrests were made, and no serious injuries reported, but Olympiakos claimed at least one fan was carrying a knife.
Fans attacked police outside the stadium soon after Olympiakos scored in the 53rd minute.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ilya Sorokin stopped all 32 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season, tying the Islanders' franchise record for career shutouts, and New York beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night.
Sorokin recorded his 25th career shutout to tie Glenn “Chico” Resch for most in Islanders history.
Calum Ritchie scored in the third period and Casey Cizikas added an empty net goal with 2 seconds left.
Jonas Johansson finished with 17 saves for Tampa Bay, which lost its third consecutive game. The Lightning also lost to the Islanders in New York on Tuesday.
Tampa Bay was shutout for the first time this season.
The Islanders scored the winning goal in the second half of a four-minute power play chance after Brandon Hagel was called for a high-sticking double minor against Cizikas at 10:14 of the third period, a call that was upheld after video review.
After Tony DeAngelo fired a puck from the point that was deflected by Anders Lee, Ritchie collected it off the end boards, put it between his legs and chipped the puck past Johansson at 12:46.
Lightning captain Victor Hedman was activated off long-term injured reserve before the game and returned to the lineup after missing 12 games with an undisclosed injury.
Tampa Bay goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy missed his second consecutive game with an undisclosed injury while Lightning leading-scorer Nikita Kucherov also missed Saturday due to an undisclosed injury.
Islanders: At Florida Panthers on Sunday.
Lightning: At Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday.
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Jack Finley (62) cuts in front of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Boqvist (34) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Jonas Johansson (31) makes a save on a shot by New York Islanders right wing Max Shabanov (49) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Tampa Bay Lightning center Jake Guentzel (59) reacts as the New York Islanders celebrate a goal by Casey Cizikas during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin (30) stops a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Brandon Hagel (38) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
