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Greece's Men's Team Thrash Australia at Water Polo, 10-5

Greece recorded another win at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) men's Water Polo World League Super Final in Huizhou, China. The men's team beat Australia 10-5 (1-1, 3-1, 2-2, 4-1), climbing up the rankings tying with Serbia in the...

Greece Beats Turkey in Friendly With a Taste of NBA, 78-52 [video]

The first friendly game of Greece had the taste of NBA as Giannis Antetokounmpo assumed a leadership role in the Olympic Qualifying tournament against Turkey. The score was 78-52 in Greece's favor with Kostas Koufos finishing the game with...

Olympiakos Coach Silva Unexpectedly Quits, Players in Shock

Olympiakos coach Marco Silva, aged 38, suddenly and unexpectedly quit from the helm of the team, citing personal reasons. The Portuguese coach bowed out on Thursday just as he was about to enter his second season on the bench....

Football Match Fundraiser on Saturday to Raise Money for UNICEF

A football match will be organized on Saturday, June 25, at 5:30 pm, at the municipal stadium of Rafina to raise money for UNICEF. The aim of the match is to promote solidarity and love for children. The revenues will be...

#TeamRefugees: Heroic Syrian Refugee Who Saved 20 Lives, Will Swim at Rio 2016 [video]

Yusra Mardini has already proven what she is made of as the 18-year old swimmer from Syria saved the lives of 20 fellow refugees when they were crossing the Mediterranean Sea in hopes of reaching the shores of Greece. Just two...

Underfunded Greek Athletes Have to Self-fund, Struggling to Get to Rio

Greek athletes are losing sleep over more than rigorous training schedules as they prepare for the Olympics in Rio. With virtually no funding and inadequate training facilities the economic crisis is taking its toll on the Olympic hopefuls. Gymnast Vasiliki...

Russians Extremely Disappointed Over Olympics Ban

Russia's track and field team has been banned from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The global body that governs track and field competition, the IAAF, announced Friday that it is continuing a ban on the Russian track athletes,...

Deputy Sports Min Kontonis Expresses Concern Over Security in Greek Football

Greek Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis in a letter to FIFA and UEFA expressed his concern over the issue of security in the Greek football sector and called on them to take the necessary measures in order to find...

Ancient Nemean Games Revived for Three Days (video)

Before the Games begin in Rio de Janeiro in August, athletes from all over the world, between June 10th and 12th, are gathering and taking part in a different kind of sporting tournament in southern Greece, the Nemean Games. The Sixth Nemean...

Giannis Antetokounmpo Gets Permission from Bucks to Participate in FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

A happy ending for Giannis Antetokounmpo and his participation in the Greek National Basketball in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as the Milwaukee Bucks have given him official permission to play along with the team. Giannis manages to convince the...

Santorini Experience, Sporting Event to be Held October in Santorini

"Santorini Experience" will be held on October 7-9 on the volcanic island. Santorini authorities said that the event is a very good promotion of the island to foreign tourist markets. This year's program includes open sea swimming from the beaches nearby the...

Watch Katerina Stefanidi Fly Over Pole Vault at 4.80m [video]

Awesome Katerina Stefanidi showed that she was in great form in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Olympics by flying over 4.86m in the pole vault at the Filothei Athletics Gala meet - making the best result for 2016....

Greece Football Fans Set Off Flares at Australia Friendly with Greece, FFA Promises Bans [video]

Greece's football fans love setting off their flares at games all over the world. During the international friendly between Australia and Greece at Eithad Stadium flares were set off in spite of warnings from the Football Federation Australia (FFA) preceding...

Watch Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Spin a Ball [pics + video]

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was a top-rate volleyball player before he started showing an interest in student politics. A leg injury, however, caused him to nip his budding career in the bud. Nonetheless, he can still use a...

Maniatis Scores Spectacular 60-Meter Goal for Greece Against Australia [video]

Greek midfielder Giannis Maniatis stunned spectators after scoring a spectacular 60-meter goal as Greece beat Australia 2-1 in a friendly game in Melbourne on Tuesday. The win, a first in 38 years, came just three days after Greece lost...