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Panathinaikos came back from 0-2 down against AEK to celebrate an improbable victory 3-2 for the Greek Super League at the Olympic stadium on Sunday. Goals from Michalis Bakakis and Nelson Oliveira put AEK in firm command of the match...

John Kipkorir Komen from Kenya is the Marathon runner who managed to finish first in the 37th Authentic Athens Marathon on Sunday. He completed the marathon at 2:16:34. The record for Athens' Marathon is 2:10:37. Felicien Muhitira finished second at 2:16:43;...

Legendary American basketball coach Rick Pitino agreed on Friday to coach the Greek national team as it attempts to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics, to be held in Tokyo. The highly-regarded coach held meetings with the Hellenic Basketball Federation...

Valiant Olympiacos held Bayern Munich for 68 minutes before the usual suspect Robert Lewandowski scored for the German giants who reached the Champions League knockout stages with a 2-0 victory on Wednesday. Ivan Perisic scored the second a few minutes...

American basketball coach Rick Pitino is said to be close to signing a contract to coach the Greek national team as it attempts to qualify for the 12-team Olympic tournament. The legendary coach is scheduled to fly to Athens, Greece...

Reigning Greek champion PAOK on Sunday missed the chance to catch up with Olympiakos at the top of the Greek Super League dropping two points against Panathinaikos in a thrilling game at Toumba stadium. PAOK came within seconds of losing...

Enriqueta Basilio, an athlete from Mexico and the first woman in history to light the Olympic cauldron, died recently at the age of 71. It was 1968 when Basilio, a 20-year old track and field athlete, lit the Olympic cauldron...

Olympiacos eased past AEK 2-0 at the Georgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus to reclaim top spot in the Super League ahead of PAOK by two points. The Piraeus club were the better team in the bad-blooded game deserved their win. Defender...

The first All-Star Game Greece Motocross show took place this weekend on the Greek island of Mykonos, offering some breathtaking thrills to those who were there. Under the auspices of the Motorcycle club of Mykonos, the All-Star Game offered the...

Greek young athlete Stefanos Xenos won the gold medal on Saturday in the category of U21 Male Kumite -60kg, during the Under 21 Karate World Championship. The Greek karateka managed to defeat  Meshari Alzuabi, from Saudi Arabia, 4-1. Xenos, who is...

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced on Saturday that Greek swimmer Spiros Gianniotis will be inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2020. Gianniotis will become the second Greek swimmer to be a member of the Hall...

Olympiacos battled hard but lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich in a thrilling encounter at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium on Tuesday in the group stage of the Champions League. The Greek side took the lead with a perfect header by Youssef...

At least four people were injured when a group of hooligans attacked visiting German football fans during a game between the youth clubs of Olympiacos and Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Greek police say that around 30 hooded hooligans on motor...

Super League leaders Olympiacos completed a hard-earned 2-1 win over this season’s surprise package OFI Crete at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on Saturday. Algerian striker Hilal Soudani scored a goal in each half, his second strike an especially memorable one....

Belgian sport officials condemned on Tuesday the military salute given by young football players of Turkish descent apparently to honor the Turkish armed forces now waging war in northern Syria. Flemish Minister of Sport Ben Weyts said that "It is...