Greek club president banned for three years after gun incident on pitch

• PAOK Salonika’s Ivan Savvidis stormed on to argue with referee
• Club out of title race after being stripped of three points

The PAOK Salonika president, Ivan Savvidis, have been banned from football stadiums for three years for storming on to the pitch with a gun in his waistband during a domestic game. The Greek league also stripped the club of three points, effectively ending their title chances.

Savvides, a Georgia-born businessman and former Russian state duma deputy, invaded the pitch when a goal for PAOK was disallowed against title contenders AEK Athens on 11 March.

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from Football | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2pNAqlr