Tommy Oar is set to join A-League club Central Coast Mariners after securing his exit from Cypriot club Apoel Nicosia -- news that is potentially bad for Usain Bolt.

Oar is a natural left-sided attacker, and the left wing is where eight-time Olympic sprint champion Bolt is hoping to carve out a spot in the team.

But regardless of whether Bolt actually realises his ambitious dream of becoming a professional footballer at age 32, the Mariners will have snared a proven A-League quantity in Oar.

He...

NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Cypriot police say an APOEL team doctor was taken to the hospital after opposing football fans hurled objects toward the Nicosia club's bench.

Police say the 62-year-old doctor collapsed on the field and broke into convulsions at the end of Wednesday's match against Anorthosis Famagusta.

A stadium physician found that the doctor's tongue had blocked his airway. The doctor, who also had bruising on his left ear and face, was treated in the hospital and released.

Police also say...

A Cyprus first-division match between Apoel Nicosia and AEL Limassol was interrupted for more than an hour, attracted riot police, and finished amid near-empty stands on Monday.

Referee Demetris Mashias halted play late into the first half in Limassol after a ballboy appeared to have been hurt. He was taken away by ambulance to a private clinic.

The match resumed a half hour later until Mashias again whistled a stop when fans began showering the pitch with flares.

Some opposing fans then made it...