Soccer

Juventus claimed a spot in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday after comfortably seeing off Olympiakos 2-0 at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus, in their final Group D match. With Barcelona already through, the result saw...

Karim Ansarifard checked in in the 62nd minute and scored twice to break a tie and lead Olympiakos over Apollon 3-1 (video) in the Greek league. In other action: Asteras Tripolis - Kerkyra  4 - 0 Xanthi - PAOK 0 - 3 ...

German coach Michael Skibbe took over as Greece's national football coach after a disastrous two years; when the team's performance was at an all time low, and managed to reshape its fighting spirit. This fact was apparently recognised by the...

A prosecutor has charged a former head of Greece's football federation (EPO), with breach of duty over the misuse of a large donation by UEFA that was intended to support fire-stricken areas in the region of Ilia, Peloponnese, after...

Since the Mandra hailstorm tragedy last week, many organisations, businessmen and individuals have offered support to those devastated by nature's wrath; and sports clubs have been on the charity front line, as well. AEK Athens; a club created by Greek...

Atromitos drew with Panathinaikos 1-1 (video) in the Greek league on Saturday. Abiola Dauda scored after only three minutes, assisted by Nicolas Diguiny. Panathinaikos equalized in the 30th through Guillermo Molins' penalty kick. In other action: PAS Giannina - Xanthi  1 -...

After a disastrous first half, AEK managed to get a point (2-2) in a dramatic tie against Rijeka of Croatia at the Olympic Stadium of Athens on Thursday. AEK needs at least a draw in its last game of the...

Whatever slim chances Olympiakos Piraeus had at staying on in UEFA competitions this season were eliminated after an uncontested 3-1 defeat in Lisbon against Sporting. The Greek champions needed an away win to keep up their hopes of carrying on...

Thousands of football fans gathered at Iraklio football ground on Monday to honor 77-year-old Dutchman Eugene Gerards, who coached OFI Crete from 1985 to 2000. The crowd chanting "Dutchman, we shall never forget you" was a truly moving moment for...

AEK escaped with a 1-1 draw at Panathinaikos after Marko Livaja's equalizer in the fifth minute of second-half injury time in the Greek league on Sunday. AEK is top of the league, one point ahead of Atromitos and Olympiakos. Atromitos...

A group of Cyprus' Apoel football club fans hoisted a banner with the slogan, ‘’Polytechnio 1973-2017, 44 years of lies,” during their club’s match against Omonia on Friday, November 17, the day on which the anniversary of the student...

After a whole year of tough matches in a European football World Cup qualifying group, Greece made it to the playoff stage, where they were eliminated by Croatia. Normally, that would be the end of the road. Now however; a...

Greece were eliminated at the play-off stage of the World Cup after a goalless draw against Croatia in the Karaiskakis Stadium on Sunday night. The Croats deservedly progress to the finals that will take place next Summer in Russia, following...

Elementary turnovers in defence cost Greece dearly in the first leg of the FIFA World Cup qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb. Croatia moved closer to next year's World Cup with an emphatic 4-1 home win over Greece on Thursday in...

The biggest football scandal in Greece, dubbed "Koriopolis", is finally reaching the courts following 6 years of police investigations, leaked wiretapping and endless judicial maneuvering. Twenty-eight officials of Greek football, including Olympiakos club president Vangelis Marinakis, are being ordered to...