Friday, December 5, 2025

Six far right activists arrested during anti-gay protest at football federation

TBILISI, DFWatch–Six far right activists were arrested Tuesday night at the office of the Georgian Football Federation’s (GFF) in Tbilisi, as they protested the wearing of a rainbow colored LGBT armband by one of the national team members.

The right wing nationalists demand that the federation

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Georgian Football Federation elects new president

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Levan Kobiashvili addressing the media after being elected new president of GFF. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A lengthy and intense debate in the Georgian Football Federation Saturday ended in the election of Levan Kobiashvili as new president.

GFF’s former president Zviad Sichinava resigned after the UEFA Super Cup match in Barcelona-Sevilla in Tbilisi.

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Top Georgian football team disqualified because it is broke

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Zestaponi players on a practice trip to Spain in 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Football Federation (GFF) has banned one of the country’s top teams from taking party in national championships after it stayed away from a match due to financial problems.

GFF decided this after Zestaponi FC violated the rules

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Why is the Georgian government into sports?

The ministry of internal affairs (minister Vano Merabishvili pictured) recently bought a football team in Gori. The Saakashvili regime is exhibiting a conspicious interest in running its own sports clubs. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Recent sports events in Georgia are mainly connected to politics. After the Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri joined the opposition Georgian Dream movement, two others within the same sport have joined him: Olympic bronze medalist Nestor

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Football star explains why he left

TBILISI, DFWatch – Public figures continue coalescing around a Georgian billionaire businessman who recently decided to go into politics and a few days ago officially established a new movement called Georgian Dream. At the movement’s launch ceremony in Tbilisi Concert Hall December 11, a famous Georgian football (soccer) player announced that he is leaving the … Read more