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Greek athlete Anna Korakaki won the first medal for Greece in the Olympic Games in Rio. Korakaki took the bronze medal at the 10m air pistol final and the first for Greece in the Olympic shooting competition since 1920...

Ten months after fleeing the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian refugee swimmer Yusra Mardini has been selected together with nine fellow refugees to be part of the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. The 18...

Artistic gymnast and Olympian Eleftherios Petrounias put on a stunning performance to make it to the Men's Rings final in Rio. The Greek champion performed an unmistakably impeccable program and is a favorite to win a gold medal in the...

The Olympic Games 2016 kicked off on Friday, August 5 with the opening ceremony that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the tradition of past years, the Greek athletes led the athletes’ parade, because of the country’s...

Ten refugee athletes made history on Friday evening marching into Maracana Stadium in Brazil during the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympics a team has been...

One day before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2016, in Rio, Brazil, a Greek athlete was banned by the Hellenic National Council for Combating Doping. The swimmer had already travelled to Rio when she was informed that...

The Greek football team Olympiakos will face the Portuguese Arouca in the Europa League playoffs, in order to get the “ticket” for the group stage of the championship, revealed the draw that was held in Nyon, Switzerland. Greece’s Red-Whites...

Greece will lead the Parade of Nations in the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece will enter...

Olympiacos failed to reach the Champions League group round qualifiers after a 0-1 loss to Hapoel Beersheba at Turner Stadium in Israel. At the same time, PAOK lost 1-2 to Ajax in Thessaloniki and does not qualify for the next...

It seems that there is a constant in the Olympics that has survived the test of time over the past 2,000 years. From ancient times to the modern games, bribery has played a consistent role in the games. It's All...

The Greek athletes who have arrived at the Olympic village in Rio have complained that the accommodation conditions are "tragic." Specifically, the athletes and officials had to move to a higher floor because the original rooms allocated to them were...

The Greek Olympic Committee is set to take action as the Rio 2016 Olympic website has made a serious blunder listing the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as "Macedonia" on their official website. This mistake was made even after...

On Friday the Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis announced that he will not be competing at the Rio Olympics, as he is suffering for an ongoing injury. In a statement on Facebook, the 31-year-old 2006 Australian Open Finalist said that he...

The Thessaloniki startup company Athlenda has managed to complete its first round of financing, reaching up to 200,000 euros, with retired Greek basketball players Lazaros Papadopoulos, Thodoris Papaloukas and Kostas Papanikolaou backing it. Lazaros Papadopoulos has enlisted the help of...

The good news is just in and it looks as though Greece sports fans have something to celebrate. All of the country's three representatives in the Europa League have managed to advance to the completion's play-offs after finishing the first...