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After Cyprus won the EURO U-21 qualifiers match against Turkey with a final score of 0-1, the scene quickly became violent with a fight breaking out on the pitch. Once the final whistle blew, the referees found themselves having to...

Greece is beautiful and has hundreds of well-known beaches where people flock from all over to get some R&R. However, not everyone is into sitting around and relaxing for the entirety of their vacation. Fitness fans and athletes of all...

The first group of Paralympic athletes who will represent Greece at the 15th Summer Paralympic Games flew to Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. The 2016 Paralympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro September 7-18. President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis...

After a call to replace the judges of its ethics committee earlier this summer, the Hellenic Football Association (EPO) is nowhere near to settling on a start date for Greece's Champion League 2016-17 season. On Tuesday the EPO annulled the...

Three Greek teams advanced to the Europa League, and the draw is already out with two out of the three teams having drawn teams that they stand a chance of winning against. Olympiakos and PAOK can easily move to...

Greek President Prokopis Pavopoulos met Olympic medal winners at the presidential mansion on Thursday. During the reception, the Greek president welcomed the athletes of the Rio Olympics and thanked them for setting a good example for the younger generation...

Blissful and with a permanent grin on his face, rings gold medalist Eleftherios Petrounias promised more medals upon his arrival to Greece from the Rio Olympics. Petrounias landed at Eleftherios Venizelos Athens International Airport a little after noon on Thursday....

Gold Medalist in women's pole vault, Katerina Stefanidi, arrived in Athens on Wednesday afternoon following her Olympic victory. Representatives of the Greek track and field association, SEGAS, greeted her at the Athens International Airport with flowers and a large...

The United States Olympic basketball team decided to relax in the shades of Mykonos blue just a few days after winning Gold at the Rio Olympics 2016. Still fresh from their victory in the finals with Serbia (96-66), the...

Marko Marin, aged 27, has left Chelsea for a 3-year-deal with Greece's Olympiakos. His move away from London was confirmed on Tuesday following his medical with the Greek side a day earlier. Marin will be an asset to the Greek...

In a symbolic gesture of Turkish-Greek friendship, Turkish long-distance swimmer Seda Kansuk swam the 11 kilometer distance between the coast of Turkey and Eftalou on the Greek island of Lesvos; a popular route used by migrants fleeing conflict zones trying...

Greek athletes received financial support from a fund allocated to athletes from developing countries said President of the Hellenic Olympic Academy, Isidoros Kouvelos. Kouvelos, who was chief of the Greek mission in the Rio Olympics, spoke to Parapolitika 90.1 radio...

Hundreds of visitors flocked near the mountainous town of Konitsa, northwestern Greece, where the regional paragliding competition is being held during the past two days. The event, organized by the Airsport Association of Ioannina, gathered athletes from around the country...

Gold medal winner Katerina Stefanidi entered Maracana stadium first waving the Greek flag for the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics on Sunday night. Stefanidi was followed by all members of the Greek mission, the athletes who won a...

Greece heard its national anthem playing for the third time at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as Katerina Stefanidi won gold in the Women's Pole Vault Event. Stefanidi won an emotional victory over USA's Sandi Morris when Morris' elbow hit...