Forest owner Marinakis shown in heated altercation at Olympiakos basketball game

Forest owner Marinakis shown in heated altercationImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Evangelos Marinakis took over Nottingham Forest in 2017ByPaul BattisonBBC Sport JournalistPublished2 minutes agoNottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has been filmed appearing to have a heated altercation during the Euroleague Basketball final in Athens on Sunday.Marinakis, 58, who also owns Olympiakos, was at the event to watch the Olympiakos basketball team's 92-85 win over Real Madrid.Footage from the event, shared on social media, appears to show Marinakis wearing a ripped shirt and arguing in the stands while being separated by a barrier and security personnel.The video does not show the person with whom Marinakis is arguing, but Greek media, external are reporting it to be Grigoris Dimitriadis, who is a former close advisor to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.BBC Sport has approached Nottingham Forest for comment.Forest drew 1-1 with Bournemouth on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday as the club secured a 16th-placed finish. Marinakis has overseen a rollercoaster season at the City Ground, sacking three managers in Nuno Espirito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Sean Dyche, before Vitor Pereira secured Premier League safety.They also reached the semi-finals of the Europa League before a 4-1 aggregate defeat by eventual winners Aston Villa.In 2024, Marinakis was found guilty of improper conduct and handed a five-game stadium ban for spitting on the floor as match officials walked past following Forest's 1-0 Premier League defeat by Fulham.Three months later, he was a central character what the Football Association (FA) called "an attack on the integrity of a match official on an unparalleled scale" after a Forest social media post made about video assistant referee (VAR) Stuart Attwell.Marinakis said he had "no regrets" speaking about "big mistakes" made by the official, but Forest were fined £750,000 for th...