Soccer

Panionios midfielder Masoud Shojaei, one of two Iranian international football players banned from the national team after playing against Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv, says he had no intention to offend and his priority is always to be "a suitable...

Panathinaikos lost 2-3 at home in Athens after leading 2-0, PAOK won 3-1 in Thessaloniki and AEK managed a scoreless draw in Bruges in the first leg of the playoffs for the Europe League group stage on Thursday night. Panathinaikos...

Greece climbed to 14th place in the UEFA ranking after Olympiacos' win over Rijeka with a 2-1 score on Wednesday night in Piraeus. The Greek champions' victory has earned Greece 200 points, reaching 25,100 points and surpassing Switzerland (25,000) which...

Greek champions Olympiacos on Wednesday beat Croatia's Rijeka 2-1 at Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League playoff games. The "Reds" put the pressure early on in the game but the Croatian champions defended...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Thirteen years ago, in the summer of 2004, Greek football fans all over the world experienced the ultimate dream as they watched in amazement Otto Rehhagel and his team crowned champions of Europe. It seems only yesterday when the team...

British media speculate that Greek defender Kostas Manolas is close to signing a transfer deal with the English Premier League Champions Chelsea. The 26-year-old is believed to have been offered a four-year contract by the Russian club Zenit, but the...