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Greece Returns to Winning Ways With Gutsy Performance Against Bosnia (video)

The Greek National team recorded its first win in six matches seeing off visiting Bosnia 2-1 with a much improved performance at an almost empty Olympic Stadium of Athens late on Tuesday. In this first win under Dutch manager John...

Euro 2020: Spirited Greece Lose 2-0 to Italy (video)

A spirited, but limited Greek side lost to Italy 2-0 at Rome's Stadio Olimpico on Saturday for the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The defeat has left Greece second from bottom in Group J, just above Lichtenstein, with just five points in...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Knocked Out of Shanghai Masters Final

Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to number 3 Daniil Medvedev in two sets (7-6, 7-5) at the semi finals of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday. Medvedev has now seen off the 21-year-old -- who defeated world number one Novak...

Eliud Kipchoge Becomes First Human to Run the Marathon in Under Two Hours

World record holder Eliud Kipchoge made history on Saturday by becoming the first human being to run a marathon in under two hours. The Kenyan Olympic marathon champion and world record holder completed a course around Vienna's Prater Park in...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Fights Back to Beat Novak Djokovic at Shanghai Masters (video)

Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas on Friday came back from one set to love to beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 2-1 in the quarter finals of the Shanghai Masters. Having lost the first set 3-6 to Djokovic, Tsitsipas fought back...

Leaders in Greek Super League Continue With Away Wins (video)

All three teams that lead the race for the title in the Greek Super League, Olympiacos, Xanthi and PAOK, scored important victories away from home over the weekend. Olympiacos, maintained their winning form at the top of the Super League...

Stefanos Tsitsipas Loses to Dominic Thiem in China Open Final

Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas missed the chance to win the China Open final as he was defeated by Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem in the men's singles final in Beijing on Sunday. Thiem needed two hours and 13 minutes...

Greek Tennis Wonder Tsitsipas Beats Zverev and Advances to China Open Final

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas beat German second seed Alexander Zverev 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 in the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing on Saturday and advanced to the final with Austrian top seed Dominic Thiem, Reuters reported. Tsitsipas, 21, won 70...

Champions League: Ten-Man Olympiacos Crumbles in Belgrade (video)

Olympiacos suffered a disappointing 3-1 defeat against Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) in Belgrade on Tuesday as the Greek crumbled in the second half after Algerian Yassine Benzia was sent off. The sole Greek representative in Champions League conceded three goals...

Shocking Footage Emerges of Elderly Football Fan Murdered in Thessaloniki

Shocking video footage has emerged of an elderly football fan being pushed over and killed by a fellow spectator at a football game in Thessaloniki on Sunday. The footage shows 70-year-old Nikos Triglianos arguing with another spectator during the Apollon...

Greece’s Stefanidi Wins Bronze at World Athletics Championship

Katerina Stefanidi won bronze in the women’s pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha on Sunday, with a season-best clearance of 4.85 metres. The former world champion and Olympic gold medalist could do no better than landing...

AEK, PAOK Share Honors as Olympiacos Moves Top of Greek Super League (video)

AEK held reigning champions PAOK to a 2-2 draw at the Athens Olympic stadium on Sunday enabling Olympiacos to move alone to the top spot of the Greek Super League. AEK twice fought back from a goal down to earn...

Greek Super League Derbies End in Draws

Panathinaikos and Olympiacos shared an 1-1 draw in the Greek version of el clasico on Sunday at the Athens' Olympic Stadium, whereas PAOK saved a point equalizing against Aris deep in injury rime in the Thessaloniki derby. Panathinaikos left it...

Greece’s Judo Champion Elisavet Teltsidou Wins Gold at International Grand Prix

Greece’s Elisavet Teltsidou won the gold medal at the Judo International Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday. It was her second victory this year and the third time she stood up on the international podium as a gold medalist. https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rRsDqoW8n/ Teltsidou...

Olympiacos Comeback Earns Champions League Draw Against Tottenham

Olympiacos bounced back after conceding two goals from Tottenham in the first half hour to earn a credible 2-2 draw at the opening game of the Champions League campaign in Piraeus on Wednesday. Harry Kane bagged a 26th minute penalty...