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The remaining two Greek representatives in the Europa League, PAOK and AEK, were dumped out of the competition despite wins on Thursday. Reigning champions PAOK were knocked out by Slovan Bratislava despite a thrilling 3-2 home win in the second...

  The draw of the UEFA Champions League for the year 2019-2020 took place on Thursday evening in Monte Carlo. Greece's Olympiacos was placed in Group B and will face strong opposition in the group stages in order to advance to...

Having Giannis Antetokounmpo and a host of veterans makes Greece an attractive pick to fight for the top spots at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019, which starts this Saturday in China. The Greek team will begin its campaign on...

Olympiacos advanced to the Champions League group stage after beating FC Krasnodar 2-1 in the second leg on Tuesday to complete a comprehensive 6-1 aggregate victory over the Russians. The Greek league runner-up will play in its 19th Champions League...

Reigning champions PAOK started the defense of their Super League title with a 2-1 win against Panaitolikos at the Toumba stadium on Sunday night. Goals from Karol Swiderski and Josip Misic put the Thessaloniki club in firm command. Portuguese midfielder...

Greek swimmer Apostolos Papastamos, from Chania, Crete beat the World Junior Record and Championships Record in the final of the men’s 400 Individual Medley in Budapest on Saturday night. The 18-year old broke the Greek national record of 4:14.41, set...

The Greek National basketball team beat Jordan 92-65 on Saturday in the first game of the 2019 Suzhou International Basketball Challenge in China ahead of the World Cup. NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 13 points, behind Giorgos Printezis with 17...

The Greek National Basketball team arrived in Shanghai, China on Thursday to begin its pursuit for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The team was greeted by many fans, many of which were wearing Giannis Antetokounmpo Milwaukee Bucks jerseys, to...

Greece's Olympiacos practically clinched a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage after stunning Russia's Krasnodar 4-0 at Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus on Wednesday night. After a slow start with both teams trying to secure their box, it took...

Boats taking part in the 19th annual "Aegean Regatta" sailing competition set sail in the Aegean Sea from the Greek port of Mytilene on Monday, AMNA reports. A total of sixty vessels and their crews, including twelve crews from Turkey,...

The Greek national basketball team beat the team of Turkey on Saturday, during the second day of the ”Acropolis” basketball tournament that takes place in Athens' Olympic complex. Only a fortnight before this year's World Basketball Cup in China, the...

The Greek national basketball team won the game against Italy on Friday, during the first day of the ''Acropolis'' basketball tournament that takes place in Athens. With an amazing performance, the Greeks beat the Italians with a score 83-63 and...

Olympiacos booked their place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, while PAOK fell heroically to Ajax, last year's semi-finalist, losing 3-2 at Amsterdam. Olympiacos, who won 1-0 in the first leg...

Geoffrey Pyatt, the American Ambassador to Greece, met with NBA basketball superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday morning in Athens. Pyatt officially received Antetokounmpo and other members of his family, including his mother, at the offices of the American Embassy in central Athens. https://twitter.com/USAmbPyatt/status/1160886356513570816 In...

Katerina Stefanidi, Miltos Tentoglou and Voula Papachristou on Saturday finished first in their respective sports giving Greece three 12-pointers on the second day of the European Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In chronological order, Tentoglou jumped 8.30 in the long...