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Olympiacos booked their place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, while PAOK fell heroically to Ajax, last year's semi-finalist, losing 3-2 at Amsterdam. Olympiacos, who won 1-0 in the first leg...

The AEK football club beat CS Universitatea Craiova by 2-0 in Romania on Thursday in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2019-20, which practically secured them a spot in the playoffs for...

Olympiacos made a crucial step toward advancing to the playoff round of the UEFA Champions League, after beating Istanbul Basaksehir 0-1 on their home turf on Wednesday. Although the Reds were admittedly not at their best in offense in the...

It was neither the best, nor the worst scenario for Greece in the FIFA 2018 World Cup playoffs draw in Zurich. The Greek national team avoided football powerhouse Italy, but were drawn to play against their favourites, Croatia. The first...

The battle to make the football World Cup playoffs in Europe is entering the final stage - and with one game left to go nations now have a good idea what is required to avoid being the worst runners-up. There...

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...

On their first meeting with new Labor Minister Efi Achtsioglou on Tuesday, Greece's creditors insisted, as previously, on a larger percentage in mass layoffs. The chiefs of mission of the four institutions resumed talks with the Greek side on the...

The European Court of Justice has just deemed incompatible with European Union legislation a Greek law that forces companies to seek labor ministry approval before they proceed with mass layoffs. Greece's creditors have asked Athens to repeal the labor minister...

The nail gripping game between PAOK and Panathinaikos to win the Greek League playoffs and earn a slot for next season's Champions League concluded with a draw 1-1 on Tuesday. As energetic spectators watched, PAOK scored in the 17th minute...

Greek Labor Minister George Katrougalos reassured on Sunday in an interview with SKAI TV that there would be no mass layoffs. "The IMF is asking for mass layoffs," Katrougalos noted, "obviously we are not going to accept that," he said,...

The three-pointer buzzer-beater that sent Olympiakos to the 2015 Final Four and Barcelona back home was voted the top play of the Euroleague playoffs. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague's official site put together the top 5 plays of the 14 games...

Panathinaikos played with the fire in the last seconds of the match but was able to hold the +1 margin and pick up its first victory of the series at the OAKA Sports Center in Athens against CSKA for the Euroleague...

CSKA of Moscow crashed Panathinaikos for a second time in three days, this time with a 100-80 score, to lead the series 2-0 in the Euroleague playoffs (Final 8). Even though both teams carry a heavy history (they combine 12 Euroleague titles) CSKA is a...

Panathinaikos suffered a 69-68 defeat from Red Star at the Pionir Hall of Belgrade but made the playoffs due to Macabbi Tel Aviv's victory over Alba Berlin (64-73) fifteen minutes earlier. Alba's loss meant that Panathinaikos automatically qualified for the playoffs no matter...

For a record 10th time in a row, Olympiakos heads to the Euroleague Playoffs. The 86-75 win over Anadolu Efes lead by the Reds' former coach Dusan Ivkovic was their ninth in twelve games keeping them in close distance of second...