Soccer

(AP) - Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou scored in injury time as Olympiakos came from behind to beat struggling French champion Montpellier 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Gaetan Charbonnier's first Champions League goal was not enough for the hosts,...

A late goal from Jesé Rodríguez continued Spain's dominance of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, securing a sixth title in 11 years – and a second in succession – at the expense of a tireless Greece team. Spain won...

Greece played a heavily favored German side in order to qualify for the semi-final of the Euro 2012 Championship today in Gdansk. Greece lost to Germany 4-2. Under the circumstances Greece played well but Germany is a team of...

Greece plays a heavily favored German side in order to qualify for the semi-final of the Euro 2012 Championship today in Gdansk.  All times are local for Los Angeles. 1.38 PM: The game is officially over. Final score: 2-4 in...

Bild newspaper seems to be focusing on nothing but the Greek National Team. Once again, a German journalist chose to write about Friday's Euro 2012 football match. Acting like a more modern Big Brother, or more like James Bond (as...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Greece surged into the European Championship quarterfinals, defeating Russia 1-0 Saturday on a goal by Giorgos Karagounis just before halftime. Karagounis, making his team record-tying 120th international appearance, sent a low shot under goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev...

Continuing with our Defenders: GIORGOS TZAVELLAS A year before I joined Terspithea in D' Ethniki (4th division in Greece) back in 2006, their best player was Giorgios Tzavellas. Then I took over...(!) I had heard stories about him, one of which...

Two years after our latest journey to South Africa where we gathered 3 points in the group stage against Argentina (loss), S. Korea (loss) and Nigeria (win), our "Galanolefki" is back in action. We are traveling to Eastern Europe...

Οlympiacos FC is not only looking for a new coach but also for a new president, since Evangelos Marinakis announced his decision to quit due to the new Greek government sports law. Marinakis has been president of the team since...

(AP) - Olympiakos won its 25th Greek Cup and first since 2009 after a 2-1 extra time win over Atromitos in the final at Athens Olympic Stadium on Saturday. Substitute David Fuster scored the winner, a header, in the 119th...

Apoel Nicosia reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time on Wednesday after beating Lyon 4-3 in a penalty shootout in their last 16, second leg tie. Apoel won 1-0 on the night for a 1-1 aggregate before...

The Greek football league, Superleague, will be suspended for one week at the end of the month in protest at a new sporting law that has also drawn criticism from FIFA. League organizers said Friday that scheduled games will not...

Marco Pantelic scored four goals including a hat trick inside 29 minutes as Olympiakos won 4-0 at Kerkyra Sunday (video) to stay in hot pursuit of Greek league leader AEK. Olympiakos is a point behind AEK but has played...

AEK Athens moved top of the Greek league on Sunday after winning 1-0 against lowly Kerkyra from Steve Leo Beleck's second-half goal  (video). Beleck scored in the 75th minute to allow AEK to take advantage of crosstown rival Panathinaikos' first...

The Lilywhites went down 2-1 to PAOK at White Hart Lane, leaving Harry Redknapp’s side three points behind Kazan – and five goals worse off on goal difference. PAOK took the lead after six minutes when Dimitris Salpingidis was on...