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Greece's national water polo youth team advanced to the World Championship final after beating Serbia 9-8 on Saturday evening in Hungary, waiting to face Spain on Sunday. Dimitris Kravaritis' young players overcame the tough Serbs in a nail-biting semi-final in...

Greek boccia player Grigoris Polychronidis has claimed gold at the sport's world championships in Liverpool, U.K. Polychronidis clinched top spot in Wednesday's final by beating South Korean opponent Von-Ho Geong in the BC3 ranking. The Paralympic sport is played in around 50...

Much maligned in recent years, Greek football got a shot in the arm on Wednesday with two of the country's clubs fighting their way through to the playoffs of the UEFA Champions League. From a situation before the summer when...

Despite Sunday's disappointing loss in the Canadian Open final for 20-year-old birthday boy Stefanos Tsitsipas, sportsmanship was the winner. After receiving the Rogers Cup, Spanish winner Rafael Nadal, claiming his latest title, told the crowd: "First of all, I want...

Greece has scooped another medal at the European Championships with a stunning performance by gymnast Lefteris Petrounias, Greece's own 'lord of the rings'. He claimed a fourth consecutive gold in Glasgow on the still rings with an impressive final display...

Stefanos Tsitsipas may have taken the foreign media with his meteoric rise at this year’s Australian Open, but the Vouliagmeni native has been honing his skills for years. In July 2017, the 20-year-old was 315 in the ATP doubles rankings. Today he...

U.S. college basketball came to Greece with a bang this week as an Oklahoma State squad travelled to Athens as part of a 10-day European tour. The side faced off against a Greek all-star team in Glyfada, running out eventual...

Greece has had another spectacular night of international sporting success as runner Maria Belibasaki only narrowly lost out on gold in the women's 400m at the European Championships in Berlin. In a post-race interview she dedicated her silver-winning performance to the...

Greek tennis' giant-killer Stefanos Tsitsipas has eliminated Kevin Anderson in the Canadian Open semi-finals to get a place in his first ATP Masters 1000 final. One of the youngest players to reach such a final, Tsitsipas will turn 20 on...

Greek tennis prodigy Stefanos Tsitsipas is into Saturday's semi final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto with Friday's 3-6, 7-6 (11), 6-4 defeat of defending champion Alexander Zverev. It was a third straight win over a top 10 opponent for the...

Voula Papachristou won the first place and won the gold medal for her 14.60 metre triple jump at the European Championships in Berlin late on Thursday. Papachristou celebrated her gold leap, and immediately dedicated it to the victims of last...

Young Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas secured the biggest win of his career so far when he beat Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto with a stunning 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3. After putting out...

Greece's athletes set new records at the Women’s Pole Vault final at the European Athletics Championship which took place in Berlin on Thursday. This was the first time that two Greek athletes got first and second place in the same...

Competing as a Top 30 player for the first time in his career, Greek tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas beat the seventh seed Dominic Thiem 6-3 7-6 in an hour and 21 minutes, according to Tennis World. This was Tsitsipas' 27th...

Greek league champions AEK Athens managed to clinch a 1-1 draw in Scotland against Celtic, while PAOK beat Spartak Moscow 3-2 in Thessaloniki, in the Champions League group stage qualifiers on Wednesday. Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor drove in the opening goal...