Skip to main content
institutional access

You are connecting from
Lake Geneva Public Library,
please login or register to take advantage of your institution's Ground News Plan.

Published loading...Updated

Withdraws Athens From the Competition and Accuses the City of Abuse of Power

Summary by Vísir
Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson, coach and founder of the Athén basketball club, announced on Facebook that the team's championship team has been disbanded and will not participate in the women's Bonus League this fall. The city of Reykjavík, its abuse of power, and the lack of action by the new majority in the city are to blame.
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

2 Articles

Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson, coach and founder of the Athén basketball club, announced on Facebook that the team's championship team has been disbanded and will not participate in the women's Bonus League this fall. The city of Reykjavík, its abuse of power, and the lack of action by the new majority in the city are to blame.

·Grindavik, Iceland
Read Full Article

Athena was promoted from the first women's basketball division this spring and was supposed to play in the premier league next season. However, that will not happen. Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson, coach and founder of Athena, announced today that the women's championship team will likely be disbanded and that the club will withdraw its participation in the premier league. He says the reason is that the City of Reykjavík has not yet renewed the operati…

Read Full Article
Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality Info Icon

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

Info Icon

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

RÚV broke the news on Sunday, July 12, 2026.
Too Big Arrow Icon
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
Feed Dots Icon
For You
Search Icon
Search
Blindspot LogoBlindspotLocal