ATHENS, Greece Mar 30, 2007 (AP)— The Greek government suspended play in professional soccer, basketball and other team sports for two weeks Friday after a fan was killed in a volleyball riot.

The ban lasts until April 13.

A man was killed and five others were hospitalized Thursday when fans from rival women's volleyball clubs Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos Piraeus fought near Athens.

"Violence is sport is something that affects our entire society … and cannot be tolerated," government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos said Friday.

Several dozen fans on motorcycles clashed with rival supporters, hurling petrol bombs and rocks. At least two cars and three stores were damaged, police said.

Eighteen youths were detained by police.

Police said a 25-year-old man died of head injuries before reaching the hospital.

The clashes occurred before a volleyball Greek Cup match between rivals Panathinaikos and Olympiakos.

Both clubs have major teams in soccer, basketball and other sports, and rival supporters in the past have clashed at various sporting events.
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Hardcore Hooligans

Volleyball hooligans, what is the world coming to? Its just a game and people take it way to serious. Don't they have security there?

Tim Hovland and/or Randy Stoklos would have beaten the shit out of those people if they tried that here.

The Hov --> <-- smelly unwashed Greeks

Just the fact that Greece has rival volleyball teams tells me that country is fucked in the head. What makes them so special that they have volleyball hooligans instead of soccer (yes soccer not football I'm American fuck you very much) hooligans like the rest of Europe?