Sports

The Greek pay-TV market has suffered a rare loss in subscriber numbers, with 15,000 fewer customers at the end of the first half of 2017, compared with those of the previous six months. According to Kathimerini news daily, this is...

He is one of the most famous, well paid, internationally recognisable NBA stars in the world, but Giannis Antetokounmpo is primarily a very simple guy - not to mention a really good kid. Giannis has never allowed fame, money, or...

Greece celebrates an astonishing victory in water polo after its junior team were crowned World Champions at the World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championships held in Belgrade. After an amazing final on Sunday, Greece beat Croatia on penalties 5-4 after...

Greece beat hosts and defending champions Serbia to reach the final of the World Men's Junior Water Polo Championships in Belgrade. The Greeks claimed a 9-8 win at the Sports Center Milan Gale Muskatirovic, despite playmaker Alexandros Papanastasiou being ejected...

After a thrilling game, Greece beat Spain 8-7 to advance to the semi-finals of the Junior Water Polo Championship in Belgrade. Greece will now play Serbia in the semi-finals of the tournament. Spain controlled the game against Greece from the first...

NBA star Hollis Thompson is bringing his talents to Greece and Piraeus. Unable to settle a deal with an NBA team this summer, Thompson has decided to go overseas for the first time in his career, as it was announced...

Iran has dropped midfield duo Haji Safi and Masoud Shojaei from the national team after they played in a UEFA Europa League game against Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv for their Greek club Panionios last week, the Iranian sports ministry...

With a comfortable 92 - 64 win over Great Britain, the Greece basketball team concluded the Patras friendly tournament, ahead of its official games for the upcoming Eurobasket 2017 competition, which kicks off on August 31. Greece set the tone...

Greece's Junior national team beat the USA on the third day of the 19th World Men’s Junior Water Polo Championship in Belgrade, making a big step to the tournament quarterfinal. The match of the day saw a close battle between...

Greek authorities are looking for a way to cut the number of video lottery terminals (VLTs) that gaming privatised monopoly OPAP operates in the country. The Finance Ministry has tabled a bill seeking to slash the number of VLTs to...

Iran’s football federation condemned two Iranians who play for a Greek club for participating in a match against an Israeli team, Iranian media reported. The federation “strongly condemns” the participation of Masoud Shojaei and Ehsan Hajsafi in a match between...

Katerina Stefanidi won her third gold gold medal in a year, breaking Greece's paul vault record with a 4,91m jump during the World Championships in London on Sunday. She became the first woman in the history of Greek sport, who...

Friday's UEFA draw for both the Champions League and the Europa League play-offs reserved both bad and good news for Greek football clubs. Four out of the initial five Greek teams (Olympiacos Piraeus, Panathinaikos, PAOK Salonika and AEK Athens)...

Panathinaikos and PAOK progressed to the play-offs of the Europa League after winning their second leg games against Qabala and Olimpik Donetsk respectively. Panionios, however, was knocked out from the competition losing 1-0 for the second time in a week...

Olympiacos and APOEL FC remain on track to qualify for the group stage of the UEFA Champions league after successfully completing their third round qualifying ties midweek. Olympiacos successfully closed out its tie in Piraeus against Partizan Belgrade with a...