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Greece Climbs to 14th Place in UEFA Ranking after Olympiacos' Win
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...
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Mykonos and Greece to Host Heineken Champions Voyage
The glamorous and cosmopolitan island of Mykonos in the southern Aegean has been chosen as the final destination of the Heineken Champions Voyage campaign, organized by Heineken and Athenian Brewery, in order to celebrate the final of the UEFA...
Greece
Greek Super League Finally Begins on September 10
Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis pledged that Super League games will begin on September 10. He denied rumors that said he was willing to accept the beginning of domestic competitions after the FIFA-UEFA visit in Athens and their meeting...
Greece
Deputy Sports Min Kontonis Expresses Concern Over Security in Greek Football
Greek Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis in a letter to FIFA and UEFA expressed his concern over the issue of security in the Greek football sector and called on them to take the necessary measures in order to find...
Greece
UEFA to Host Presidential Elections in Athens
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has made it publicly known that the elections which will appoint the new president of the federation will take place on September 14 in Athens, in a conference where all its 55...
Greece
Greek Cup Recommences Without Any Fans
The general athletics secretariat has informed EPO that the Greek Cup will recommence, with the semi-finals taking place without any fans, while the finals will take place with students in the bleachers.
"Deputy Minister of Athletics, Stavros Kontonis, signed today...
Greece
Greece-FIFA Find Common Ground to Avoid Football Grexit
Greece and FIFA on Tuesday reached an agreement to restart the Greek Cup, that was suspended by Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis because of violence in early March.
Kontonis had decided to stop the Greek Cup after PAOK fans stormed...
Greece
PM Tsipras Urges Sports Minister 'Not to Back Down One Inch' in Football Deadlock
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis on Friday to continue efforts to reform Greece’s football leagues following increased crowd violence at games. Kontonis canceled this season's Greek Cup indefinitely.
Tsipras met with Kontonis earlier to...
Greece
Fruitless Meeting Between Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis, UEFA and FIFA; Greece Faces Risk of Exclusion
Things are starting to look tough for the Greek football scene, as once again the Greek football teams are facing the risk of being excluded from international leagues.
On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Minister Stavros Kontonis met with the Hellenic Football...
Greece
Greece Hopes to Avoid FIFA Sanctions After Cup Cancellation
Greece is at risk of being barred from international football competitions after Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis decided to cancel the Greek Cup because of crowd violence.
The decision was made after the first leg of the semi-final between PAOK...