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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...

The European Handball Federation, EHF, excluded the Greek women's handball team from the championship in Skopje after Greece refused to play FYROM amid an ongoing dispute over the Balkan country's official name. The EHF excluded Greece from competing on Wednesday...

Kostas Filippidis, the Gold medalist at the 2014 World Indoor Championships, has filed for compensation of 530,000 euros from the administrators of the Athens Olympic Stadium (OAKA). Filippidis claims that he sustained an injury that kept out of competitive sport...

In the summer of 2014, Dinos Mitoglou showed up unexpectedly from Greece to play basketball at Wake Forest. Three summers later, Mitoglou is leaving unexpectedly to play basketball in Greece. Mitoglou has signed a four-year contract with Panathinaikos in Athens,...

Greece’s Deaf Women's Basketball team celebrated a gold medal win on Saturday at the Deaflympics taking place in Turkey. In the final of the tournament, Greece beat Lithuania 67-50. At the end of the third quarter there was only a point...

After many years of waiting, supporters of one of the biggest football clubs in Greece, AEK, are witnessing the realization of their dream, a stadium. On Friday the construction of the new state of the art stadium began at the...

Olympiacos beat Partizan 3-1 at their home in Belgrade, while AEK lost to CSKA Moscow 0-2 in Athens, in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. After playing an even game until halftime which...

Greece's national team in the men's water polo tournament at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest has made its way to the semi-finals after a glorious game against opposing team Montenegro, where it prevailed in both offense and...

The Greek men's Under 20 basketball team beat Israel 65-56 in Sunday’s final at Iraklio, Crete becoming the 2017 FIBA U20 European Champion. The Greek team made the most of the home advantage at the Dyo Aorakia arena to win...

"The Greek Freak Invades Manila" is a charity event that the "Greek Freak," Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is participating in over the weekend in the Philippines. The event will include exhibition drills with PBA players Gabe Norwood and Ranidel...

The draw for the new season of the Greek Super League was made on Thursday. On the first round of games, champions Olympiakos were drawn to play AEL at home, AEK hosts Panetolikos, whereas Panathinaikos and PAOK will be away...

Greek champions Olympiacos will play against the winner of the Partizan (Serbia) and Buducnost (Montenegro) in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. Second in Greece's Super League, AEK (Athens), will compete against CSKA Moscow in the same...

Twenty nine years ago dozens of thousands of football supporters gathered in center of Piraeus in adulation for the new star signed by their beloved team. Olympiakos Piraeus had put off a footballing coup by bringing to Greece one of...