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Greek International Kostas Manolas Set to Join Chelsea

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...

Kostas Manolas in the Serie A's Best Eleven!

La Gazzeta dello Sport, Italy's longest-running and most prestigious sports newspaper, added Kostas Manolas in its top eleven for the first six weeks of the Campionato. Historically, the Italian league has always been known for its world-class defensive lines, so to...

Kostas Manolas Moves to AC Roma for €15m

Kostas Manolas signed for AC Roma, a week before the end of the summer's transfer window to replace Mehdi Benatia who moves to Bayern Munich. Olympiacos, the young player's club till yesterday, will bank in €13m from the deal...

Manolas' World Cup Playoff Ban Angers Greece's Football Coach

Greece national football coach Michael Skibbe blasted FIFA's decision to ban Roma defender Kostas Manolas from Thursday's World Cup playoff first leg away to Croatia for "intentionally seeking a yellow card". "What FIFA did was not right. FIFA sometimes takes...

Greece Pay the Price of Lack of Firepower in Hungary Defeat (video)

Greece lost to Hungary 2-1 on Tuesday night in the Groupama Arena in the UEFA Nations League Group 2. The Magyars took a 15th-minute lead through Roland Sallai after a superbly-worked passing move, but Greece’s Roma centre back Kostas Manolas...

Elementary Turnovers Cost Greece a Heavy Defeat in World Cup Qualifier

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...

7 Greeks in the 500 Most Important Soccer Players on the Planet

The most popular sports magazine in the world, World Soccer, formed a list with the 500 most influential soccer players on the planet of which 7 Greeks are part of. The list consists of names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi...

Greek National Team: World Cup Behind the Scenes Video

The Greek Football Federation (EPO) has just released a video of the Greek internationals' backstage actions while in Brazil for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. One of the chief reasons the Greek team reached the final sixteen and just a penalty...

Five Greeks play in the Same Campionato Match for the First Time in History

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Vaggelis Moras, Orestis Karnezis and Panagiotis Kone were the five Greek international players that were part of today's historical game between Udineze and Hellas Verona for matchday fifteen of the Serie A. Never in the history...

Euro 2016: Claudio Ranieri Surprises with Historic Picks

Claudio Ranieri has brought about wonders in his latest picks for the game against the Faroe Islands for the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Greece's last three games were dreadful to watch. That is partially the coach's fault for being unable to put together a decent...

Greek National Team: Claudio Ranieri's picks for the EURO 2016 Qualifiers Against FInland and N. Ireland

    The European qualifiers are back in action next week with two crucial Greek games against Finland away (Saturday, October 11th) and N. Ireland (Tuesday, October 14th) at home. Coach Claudio Ranieri chose to invite twenty-five players for training at the Agios...

Italian League: Astonishing Winning Goal by Panagiotis Tachtsidis

The Greek packed squad of Hellas Verona sinked Cagliari even further down the Campionato table thanks to Panagiotis Tachtsidis' screamer in the last two minutes of the game for a 1-0 victory over the Rossoblu. The Greek midfielder met the...

UEFA Champions League Group Stage 1st Leg: Wednesday's Results

Today's match-ups included Bayern Munich, Manchester City, FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Chelsea, AS Roma and FC Porto. Let's take a look at each group individually: Group E Bayern Munich - Manchester City 1-0 (J. Boateng 90') AS Roma - CSSKA Moscow...

The "Greek" Salaries of the Italian League Campionato

The no1 selling sports newspaper in Italy "Gazzetta dello Sport" displayed the salaries of all players featured in the Italian Serie A this coming year. For the first time in history, there are nine Greek players present in Italy's first...

Greek National Team: Claudio Ranieri Set on the Starters Vs Romania

The 2016 UEFA European Cup Group F qualifiers begin tomorrow with the game between Greece vs Romania at the Karaiskakis stadium. Finland vs Faroe Islands and Hungary vs Northern Island are the other two games of the day. This will be...