Category: Games

The Cyprus Basketball Federation is in Munich to present its bid to host the Group Phase of the Fiba Eurobasket 2025.

The CBF said that Cyprus is bidding for one of the four groups which will be a forerunner of a huge celebration of basketball on the island and will attract a lot of people from all over the world.

Heading the delegation that traveled to Munich, the CBF chairman, Andreas Mouzourides said that the result of Cyprus’ bid will become known on Tuesday after midday.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus won one silver and two bronze medals in the «Athens Junior European Cup 2022», of the International Judo Federation.

The Cyprus Sports Organisation, in a press release, congratulated Judo athletes Petros Christodoulides, Georgios Balarjisvili and Zanet Michalidou for their medals.

Christodoulides won the silver in the Men`s-60 kg category after beating Kazakhstan’s Nurkanat Serikbayev while Balarjisvili secured the bronze in the Men`s- 66kg and Michailidou also scored the bronze medal in the women`s -78kg category.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Sports should be a way of life and the concept of fair play should go beyond wars, said on Saturday President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades, as he signalled the start of the OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO.

The OPAP Limassol Marathon GSO is a flat course which follows the Mediterranean coastline. From the centre of the city, along the beach front, to the ruins of the ancient Royal city of Amathus, and back to the city.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus Minister of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth Prodromos Prodromou expressed hope that the war in Ukraine will end and the international law will prevail, comparing the situation in the war-ravaged country with the occupation Cyprus has been facing since 1974.

According to a Ministry of Education press release, addressing the “Cypriot Gala Concert”, held yesterday in Vienna, Prodromou referred to the recent joint declaration of the Ministers of culture of the E.U.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus Health Minister, Michalis Hadjipantela, will submit a proposal to the Cabinet for the extension of the test to stay scheme for teachers as well.

The Minister announced his intentions after a meeting on Tuesday afternoon with educational associations, during which he was informed about problems associated with the test to stay and the 72-hour rapid test in high schools.

“Our intention”, he said, “is to propose to the Cabinet on Wednesday the extension of the test to stay scheme for teachers and if the proposal is approved, it will be put in effect as of Monday.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Two Cypriot athletes participated in the 27th Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships held on Saturday in Istanbul and one secured a gold medal while the second qualified for the World Indoor Championships.

In the women`s events, Olivia Fotopoulou won gold in the 60m race with 7.35, thus matching her best individual performance. Natalia Christofi came second in 60m hurdles with 8.10, achieving a new national record and securing her qualification to the World Indoor Championships, which will be held from 18 to 20 March in Belgrade, Serbia.

In a statement, the Cyprus Sports Organisation congratulated the two Cypriot champions, who are part of the Organisation`s High Performance Programme, as well as their federation KOEAS.

Cyprus` representative in the men`s events, Christos Demetriou finished 4th in the 800m with 1:51.93.

Cyprus increased the number of Balkan Indoor Championships medals to 22, winning at least one in all nine events it has taken part in since 2014 when it became a member of the Balkan Federation (eight gold, nine silver and five bronze medals).

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Doxa Katokopias won on Sunday 27 February the match against PAEEK with 1-0 at Makarios stadium for the 22nd and last day of the first phase of the Cyta football championship.

Diaz scored the goal for the team from Katokopia in the 16th minute. With this victory, Doxa finished the first phase of the league in the 10th place with 22 points, leaving PAEEK in 11th place with 15 points.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Deputy Ministry of Research and Innovation has concluded all changes needed in settings of CovScan Cyprus app in order to recognize the new protocol in place for categorization of establishments on the island, Health Ministry said Thursday, asking owners of these establishments to download the app and choose the category under which their place falls.

There are various categories of establishments according to their capacity, if they offer music etc and the app makes it easy for owners to know what are the prerequisites for people to enter. Everyone needs to show their safepass and an ID document.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Dancing returns in night clubs and other establishments in Cyprus with a 24 hour rapid test for all, vaccinated and unvaccinated, Health Minister Michalis Hadjiantelas announced on Monday. A decree will be issued tomorrow to set the framework of the new protocol.

The Minister chaired a meeting with the Scientific Advisory Committee and said that in ten days the measure will be reviewed to see whether entrance with a 48 hour rapid test will be allowed for all those who have concluded their vaccination scheme.

Source: Cyprus News Agency