Greece soccer body apologizes to Bosnia for fan's banner

Greece soccer officials have apologized to the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina after a fan's banner referred to the Srebrenica massacre at a World Cup qualifying match.

In a statement Monday, the Greek soccer federation condemned the "unacceptable posting of a banner with fascist content ... which it condemns in the most absolute and categorical way."

A banner with the slogan "Noz, zica, Srebrenica" ("Knife, wire, Srebrenica" in Serbian) was displayed among Greece fans during the teams' 1-1 draw in Athens on Sunday.

In 1995, more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed in Srebrenica by ethnic Serb forces during a four-year war after the break-up of Yugoslavia. International courts said the killings were genocide.

"The Greek Football Federation feels obliged to apologize, on behalf of those few who participated in this sectarian act, to the Bosnia...