AEK Athens

Olympique de Marseille secured a 3-1 home victory against AEK Athens in an entertaining Europa League Group B match on Thursday that featured a red card for the visiting goalkeeper and two goals from the penalty spot.

Mark Ogden speaks on how the Europa League draw panned out for Liverpool, Brighton and West Ham.

All 105 soccer fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that ended in the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial, authorities said Sunday.

Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans appeared in an Athens court Wednesday to face criminal charges that include murder and membership of a criminal organization over their alleged involvement in deadly fan violence.

A 29-year-old Greek fan has died after overnight clashes between rival supporters in Athens, causing UEFA to postpone a Champions League qualifying game scheduled for Tuesday because of the violence.

Mexico international Rodolfo Pizarro has a deal in place to join AEK Athens, a move that will allow Inter Miami to use a Designated Player spot for Lionel Messi, sources told ESPN.

UEFA picked bigger stadiums Wednesday to host the next two Europa Conference League finals after sub-20,000 capacity venues staged the previous two title games involving clubs from Italy, England and the Netherlands.

Former Senegal midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who scored the winner to defeat World Cup holders France in the 2002 tournament, has died aged 42.

AEK Athens has also been ordered to play its next two UEFA competition home games behind closed doors and fined €80,000.

UEFA said its disciplinary body ordered AEK to pay Bayern €10 euros for each of the 3,288 tickets sold to away fans for an October UCL match.