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Panathinaikos Lick Olympiakos for Third Win in Season (68-61)

After two away wins in Piraeus; one for the Greek league and one for the Euroleague, Panathinaikos scored a third win against Olympiakos. This time they won at home for the domestic league, proving they can beat their "eternal"...

Olympiakos, PAOK Secure Easy Wins as AEK Stumbles

Olympiakos and PAOK maintained their winning streaks after cruising to victories with the identical scoreline of 3-0 against Xanthi and Apollon Smyrnis respectively. Third-place AEK dropped two points in the race for the title at Larissa (0-0). Olympiakos chalked up their...

Olympiakos, AEK to Clash in Greek Cup Quarter Finals

The draw for the quarter finals of the Greek Cup has produced a clash of the titans as Olympiakos and AEK will battle it out for a place in the last four. Champions Olympiakos will host AEK on Jan. 24...

Greek Champions Olympiakos Sack Manager Lemonis

Greek champions Olympiakos released interim coach Takis Lemonis on Thursday with media reports expected to announce the hiring of Spanish coach Oscar Garcia. “Takis Lemonis took over the team under special circumstances and we thank him for his services,” said...

Juventus Beats Olympiakos (video)

Juventus claimed a spot in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday after comfortably seeing off Olympiakos 2-0 at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus, in their final Group D match. With Barcelona already through, the result saw...

Weak Olympiakos bid Champions League Adieu After Lisbon Defeat

Whatever slim chances Olympiakos Piraeus had at staying on in UEFA competitions this season were eliminated after an uncontested 3-1 defeat in Lisbon against Sporting. The Greek champions needed an away win to keep up their hopes of carrying on...

Olympiakos Secures Goalless Champions League Draw from Barcelona

Playing an aggressive defence with no deviation for over 90 minutes, Olympiakos Piraeus secured a goalless draw from Barcelona in Day 4 of Champions League, leading the Catalan powerhouse to drop its first points in Group D. On his return...

Olympiakos Suffer Second Champions League Defeat at Juventus

In their worst season opening in ages, Greek champions Olympiakos Piraeus suffered their second defeat by Juventus in Turin (2-0), just three days after their astonishing defeat to AEK Athens for the Greek league. It was Gonzalo Higuain who got...

Olympiakos Stands One Game From Win After Beating Panathinaikos

On Sunday Olympiakos rose to the occasion closing a 10-point deficit against Panathinaikos in the last five minutes of the game to win Game 3 of the Basket League final series with a final score of 64-62. With this win...

Olympiakos Makes Euroleague Final After Beating CSKA 82-78

Olympiakos has advanced to Sunday's Euroleague final after beating CSKA Moscow 82-78 on Friday in Istanbul. The Reds will be facing the winner of the other semifinal between Real Madrid and Fenerbahce. Players Spanoulis, Costas Papanikolao and Girogos Printezis...

Olympiakos Defeats Efes; Makes Euroleague Final Four

The Euroleague Final Four will be taking place in Istanbul on May 19-21 and Olympiacos will be representing Greece after their victory over Anadolu Efes Tuesday night in Piraeus gave them a 3-2 score in the play-offs courtesy of...

Olympiakos Clinched their 44th Greek League Title

Olympiakos Piraeus clinched their seventh consecutive Greek league title and 44th in total after enjoying a comfortable 5-0 home win over struggling PAS Giannina (video) in their penultimate match of the Super League season on Sunday. In other action: Larissa -...

Olympiakos Wins in Serbia and Secures Home Advantage in Euroleague

Olympiacos beat Red Star in Belgrade on Wednesday night and secured home advantage for the Euroleague play-offs. The Greek champions needed to go to overtime in a low-scoring game to beat their Serbian hosts 66-64, thanks to a last-ditch effort...

Panathinaikos Beat Arch Rivals Olympiakos in Greek Super League

A terrific goal by Marcus Berg was enough for Panathinaikos to beat arch rivals Olympiacos 1-0 in Athens on Sunday's derby, while PAOK downed second-ranking Panionios with the same score in Thessaloniki. Thanks to goalkeeper Stephanos Kapino who had some impressive...

Olympiakos Leaves UEFA Europa League After Losing 4-1 to Besiktas

A goal by Tarik Elyounoussi and the expulsion of Besiktas' striker Vincent Aboubakar shortly before the second half was not enough for Olympiacos who lost to the Turkish team 4-1 on Thursday in the second leg of the UEFA...