The Greek top-flight match between PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens yesterday was abandoned after PAOK’s president invaded the pitch with a gun.
Ivan Savvidis tried to confront the referee with a gun in a hip holster after his side had an 89th-minute goal ruled offside with the score NIL-NIL.
AEK’s players left the pitch concerned for their safety and did not return.
The match was officially abandoned two hours later but it was reported that the referee had reversed his decision.
Meanwhile, England all-rounder Ben Stokes pleaded not guilty today via video link to a charge of affray over a nightclub incident that forced him out of the Ashes tour.
The all-rounder, currently with the England squad in New Zealand, looks set to miss the second Test against India at Lord’s, with his trial set for August 6.
Stokes and two other men pleaded not guilty to the charge during a 15-minute hearing at Bristol Crown Court, in England.
