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Greece
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....
Australia
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...
Greece
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...
Australia
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...
Basketball
Antetokounmpo Brothers to Participate with Greek National Team in FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Yannis Antetokounmpo will be among the Greek National Basketball Team's basic players, along with his borther Thanasis Antetokounmpo, for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Torino.
Fotus Katsikaris, the team's coach, announced the 16 players who will participate in the...
Greece
Close, But No Crown: Olympiakos Loses in Water Polo's European Cup Final
After an amazing run, Olympiakos suffered its only defeat of the season during the final of the LEN Champions League on Saturday night in Budapest.
The season concluded with Olympiakos closing an impressive record having finished with 37 wins, three draws...
Australia
Australia’s Soccer Coach Slams State of Sydney Stadium Pitch After Friendly Win vs. Greece
Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou criticized the poor state of the pitch at Sydney's Olympic stadium, stating he is embarrassed to have hosted Greece's national team on such a bad playing surface.
According to an ABC report, the comments came after...
Australia
Australia Beats Greece 1-0 after 94th Minute Leckie Goal
The Socceroos have beaten Greece's national team 1-0 in their first friendly after forward Mathew Leckie scored in the 94th minute.
The field of Sydney's Olympic stadium was soggy after almost 24 hours of downpour, but luckily for the 38,682...
Australia
Greece Midfielder Andreas Samaris Remembers Socceroos Boss Ange Postecoglou As a Compassionate Coach
A mutual exchange of gratitude and admiration took place between footballer Andreas Samaris and Socceroos boss, Ange Postecoglou. Postecoglou, who initially took over as coach for the third division team Panachaiki in 2008 in his home country, Greece, remembers...
Australia
Greek National Football Team Warmly Welcomed in Australia [video]
The Greek National Football team was welcomed warmly by the Greek expatriates of Australia, at the Sydney airport. The team will be in Australia to face the Australian team in two friendly matches in Sydney on June 4 and...
Greece
PAOK Draws With Panathinaikos at Playoffs for Shot at Champions League
The nail gripping game between PAOK and Panathinaikos to win the Greek League playoffs and earn a slot for next season's Champions League concluded with a draw 1-1 on Tuesday.
As energetic spectators watched, PAOK scored in the 17th minute...
Greece
Lonely Planet: Handlebar Cafe in Athens Among World's Best
Greek cyclists are constantly growing in numbers. Bike free days are growing in popularity despite the uneven terrain, and Lonely Planet has even listed an Athens cafe among the nine best coffee houses for bike enthusiasts.
The Greek cafe, located...
Basketball
Olympiacos Beats Panathinaikos 82-81 to Win Greek Basketball Championship (Video)
Olympiacos won the Greek Basketball League title after beating Panathinaikos 82-81 at a match that was decided in the last 2 seconds of the second overtime period on Monday at Olympic Athletic Center of Athens, Panathinaikos' home.
This is the second...
Greece
"Antetokounbros" Streetball Event Fills Open Court in Athens with Laughter and Cheering (video)
NBA stars Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks, offered a spectacular street-ball game in Athens on Sunday, commemorating the "Antetokounbros Streetball Event".
Organized by eurohoops.net, the "Anterokounbros Streetball Event" took place in an...
Australia
Socceroos Welcome Back Multiple Players Ahead of Two Games With Greece
Australian soccer team "Socceroos" welcomed back multiple players ahead of the two matches against the Greek National team, a fact that has delighted coach Ange Postecoglou.
Coach Postecoglou expects Australia to go to even greater heights, when they face Greece...