Greece

The Court of Appeals Council in Greece announced on Wednesday that 85 people will be tried for crimes connected to Greek football match fixing. Investigations into match fixing in Greece began after UEFA had published a report that found 41 games of the 2009-2010 season...

The trial of the 84 people charged for being involved to a football match-fixing racket has been postponed until November 7 due to a lack of space in the courtroom. The affair concerns allegations that at least 40 matches...

Greek shipowner and Olympiacos football club manager Vangelis Marinakis, aged 49, has been ordered to stand trial over charges of creating a criminal ring and football match fixing. Prosecutor Stamatis Daskalopoulos has pressed charges on Marinakis and dozens more...

UEFA said that Olympiacos Piraeus FC will play in Champions League despite match-fixing allegations by rivals Panathinaikos, who appealed to CAS. Olympiacos will be on Thursday's draw for the Champions League groups after football's highest court, the Court of Arbitration...

Greek Super League champions Olympiakos Piraeus owner Evangelos Marinakis was charged by prosecutors with a series of alleged offenses including match-fixing. Marinakis, 47, a Greek shipping magnate, has owned Piraeus' hometown team Olympiakos since mid-2010, while he also served as president of...

Makis Psomiades was convicted to four and a half years imprisonment for attempted blackmail and bribery by a Greek court. The 58-year-old businessman and former Chairman of Kavala soccer club was cleared of the more serious charges of leading...

ATHENS – A businessman and soccer club owner who had been on the run for two months after being charged with fixing games before being apprehended will be let go after a judge declared there was not enough evidence...

European football chief Michel Platini will meet Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou here next Tuesday to discuss progress on the ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Greek football. The Greek Ministry of Culture and Tourism, which is responsible for professional sports...

68 people from the football world have been charged with a variety of offences including illegal gambling, fraud, extortion and money laundering. The culture minister, Giorgos Nikitiadis, described the alleged scandal as "the darkest page in the history of Greek football", but promised...

Super League and Olympiakos Piraeus President Vangelis Marinakis and Greek defender Avraam Papadopoulos  were identified by the Athens prosecutor on 24th June for their alleged involvement in match-fixing, as the list of those implicated in the scandal that has...

Nine people have been arrested in connection with a probe into match-fixing in Greek football, police announced on Wednesday. Police conducted an extensive search at suspects' homes following an investigation by Greek judicial authorities in the last few months over...

Police have passed on information to the Greek authorities relating to the bank accounts of people allegedly involved in a match-fixing scandal in Greece, it was revealed yesterday. Police spokesman Michalis Katsounotos said yesterday: “We are cooperating fully with the...

In its 27-year-old history, Greek TV networks have been through multiple transformations but one - ownership status. All major TV channels have been in the hands of the same businessmen, most of them with a background in the press...

The Greek Superleague is upon us once again as the new season premiers on Sunday. Greek teams have made some prolific signings this summer such as Esteban Cambiasso to Olympiacos and Michael Essien to Panathinaikos F.C., while teams like PAOK F.C. are...

The draw of the 2015-2016 football season of Greece's top flight, the Superleague, that took place on Tuesday, July 14, produced a series of weeks of intense match ups among the usual suspects. The news season kicks off on the...