UEFA Europa Conference League

The UK Foreign Office has issued safety guidelines for Chelsea fans visiting Athens ahead of the Europa Conference League match with Panathinaikos on Thursday.

The UK government's department responsible for managing the UK's foreign affairs, updated its travel information for Greece on Monday.

Alexander Kitroeff, a historian with a deep background in Greek sport, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the historic wins of Panathinaikos in the EuroLeague and Olympiakos in the UEFA Europa Conference League, and look at whether this euphoria and momentum can serve as a springboard for Greek sport - often plagued by fan violence - to build on. 

AEK Athens, whose stadium, the OPAP Arena, hosted the UEFA Europa Conference League final on Wednesday night between Olympiacos and Italy's Fiorentina, is seeking legal action against the vandals who damaged the venue.

Public services and schools in Cyprus and Slovakia received threats two weeks ago similar to the emailed bomb threats sent Wednesday morning to schools in Attica, it has emerged amid an ongoing investigation by the cybercrime division of the Greek Police.

Athens will enforce traffic measures for Wednesday's UEFA Europa Conference League final between Olympiakos and Italy's Fiorentina at the AEK Arena in Nea Filadelfia, western Athens.

Line 1 of the Athens metro (also known as the ISAP electrical railway) will serve the public until 5 p.m., then transport fans exclusively.

In response to public calls and threats by members of the Islamic State to carry out terrorist attacks during sporting events in the EU, Greece's security and intelligence services are on full alert for Wednesday night's 2024 UEFA Europa Conference League final between Olympiakos and Italy's Fiorentina at the AEK Arena in Nea Filadelfia in western Athens.

ATHENS - Serbia's TSC lost to Greek side Olympiacos 5-2 away from home in the last round of the UEFA Europa League group stage on Thursday evening.

Ayoub El Kaabi (21 min), Daniel Podence (40, 42 min), Vejko Ilic (46 min OG) and Youssef El-Arabi (68 min) provided the goals for Olympiacos, while Ifet Djakovac (48 min) and Aleksandar Cvetkovic (61 min) scored for TSC.

LIMBURG - Serbian side Cukaricki lost 2-0 to Genk away from home in the last round of the UEFA Europa Conference League group stage on Thursday evening.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Partizan Belgrade have crashed out of European club football competitions after a 1-0 home defeat to Danish side Nordsjaelland in the return leg of the UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs on Thursday evening.

The visitors dominated the game in the first half and missed several chances before Ibrahim Osman scored the winner in the 30th minute.

Four fans of Scottish football club Hearts were detained in Thessaloniki on Wednesday night when a fight broke out between them in the popular bar district of Ladadika.

One of them, aged 24, was arrested after a small quantity of cocaine was found in his possession, while the rest were released. 

The fan is expected to appear before a prosecutor on Thursday.