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Greece's top division on Tuesday opposed the suspension of all Super League soccer fixtures over crowd trouble, saying it threatened the clubs' very existence.

Greece had indefinitely suspended matches after the owner of PAOK, Ivan Savvidis was filmed wearing a gun holster as he strode onto the pitch to protest about a disallowed goal against AEK Athens on Sunday.

PAOK president Ivan Savvidis has apologized to Greek fans and the world soccer community in a written statement for storming on the pitch during last Sunday's Super League match against AEK while carrying a gun on his waist.

A tape recording of a locker room discussion after PAOK president Ivan Savvidis on Sunday stormed the pitch in Toumba, Thessaloniki, to protest a referee decision suggests that the club's vice president tried to deny that the business tycoon was carrying a gun.

Deputy Minister of Sport of Greece, George Vassiliadis, said that the local Super League will be suspended, reports bgnes. 

This decision was made because of the actions of PAOK President Ivan Savidis, who invaded the field with a pistol during the derby with AEK yesterday.

The Super League has sunk even deeper in controversy, as the federation's Saturday night decision to bend the rules and return the three points deducted from PAOK was followed by an abandoned PAOK vs AEK derby on Sunday evening and a pitch invasion by PAOK's owner with a gun in his pocket.

Panathinaikos edged even closer to clinching the top spot in the regular season of the Basket League after ending AEK's unbeaten home record on Sunday.

AEK will take the Super League play-offs down to the wire seeking to snatch the top spot from PAOK, after beating it 1-0 on Sunday for the second time in two weeks. Panathinaikos defeated Panionios and will likely avoid the last place in the mini-league. Once again both games finished 1-0...

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis has bought a 19.63 percent stake in Mega TV channel, which is controlled by listed firm Teletypos, for a reported 5 million euros, it was announced Monday.

Savvidis, the owner of PAOK soccer club, purchased the stake that belonged to the Pegasus media group owned by Fotis Bobolas.

A beer can thrown at PAOK manager Vladan Ivic has also thrown the Super League play-offs into turmoil, as the Panathinaikos fan who struck the Serb coach on his head will see his team pay dearly and PAOK win a game it might have lost before it got abandoned at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium on Wednesday.

Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov, who recently signed a contract with Greek football club PAOK, received a warm welcome by the supporters of the club at the Toumba stadium in Thessaloniki during his presentation on Thursday .

Due to the impressive turnout of the fans, the stadium staff had to open all gates in order take in all the supporters, the website of PAOK informs.