Greece

Ancient Greek Olympians left their mark on history, with many of their accomplishments recorded by the greatest historians of the times.

Greek athletes Miltos Tentoglou and Manolis Karalis have made it to the final round of the long jump and pole vault events, respectively, at the Tokyo Olympics. Tentoglou qualified for the finals in the long jump event on Saturday. The...

Greek athlete Evangelia Platanioti has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Long-distance runner Marios Giannakou completed the race of his life on Monday as he climbed to the summit of Mount Olympus carrying the disabled Eleftheria Tosiou on his back. "There is nothing more real than the dream," Giannakou wrote on...

Long-distance runner Marios Giannakou is preparing for the race of his life as he is to climb Mount Olympus carrying on his back the disabled Eleftheria. The athlete from Drama who has crossed 270 kilometers (168 miles) in the hot...

The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame announced on Saturday that Greek swimmer Spiros Gianniotis will be inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2020. Gianniotis will become the second Greek swimmer to be a member of the Hall...

The 92-member team representing Greece at the Special Olympics held in Abu Dhabi last week returned to Greece on Monday full of pride, joy and emotion -- and loaded down with 64 medals. Greek officials welcomed the team at the...

Katerina Stefanidi (pictured), Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou and Eleni Polak advanced to the women's pole vault final at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin to take place on Thursday. Thursday night will be a great evening for Greek athletics as the three women are...

A Greek athlete has clinched a joint gold in the men's high jump at the IAFF World U20 Championship. Antonios Merlos, 19, and Mexico’s Roberto Vilches both jumped 2.23 meters on their first attempts at the event in Tampere, Finland. Although...

He may not be a household name but Greek table-tennis player Panagiotis Gionis strives to achieve something only a handful of athletes have achieved in their careers by participating in his fifth Olympiad. Speaking to the Greek Reporter Gionis, born...

Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo has signed a contract extension with Wisconsin's Milwaukee Bucks for $100 million, making him the highest paid Greek Athlete, sources have reported. According to the AP, sources familiar with the situation have commented that the deal details...

Ten athletes will represent Greece in the first day, Thursday, of the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chrysoula Antoniadou, Semicha Rizaoglou and Alexandra Stamatopoulou will represent the white and blue in 100m freestyle swimming. Nikos Gonios, Dimitrios...

Υ What Anna Korakaki achieved on Tuesday night in Rio, no other contemporary Greek athlete has managed before: To bring two Olympic medals to Greece in the same competition. The last time this happened was in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, when...

The third day of the Greek athletes in the Rio Olympics started with a great performance of the men's water polo team that ended with a 9-9 draw against world champions Serbia. Despite a great start that found the Greeks...

A total of 13 athletes of Greek descent who were forced to emigrate for different reasons are competing under their new, adopted flags in the Rio Olympics, according to a Kathimerini newspaper report. Some of them were born in their...