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Deputy Minister of Athletics, Stavros Kontonis, announced the renaming of the Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA) basketball stadium to "Nikos Galis" -- one of Greece's greatest retired basketball players. "I would like to thank the State and its initiative. It's...

Australia head coach Ange Postecoglou has named a 23-player squad for the two friendly international matches against Greece which will take place on Saturday June 4 at ANZ Stadium, Sydney and on Tuesday June 7 at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne. Postecoglou...

The two "eternal enemy" teams will face each other for the 16th time in the finals for the Greek Basket League tonight. The Greek Basket League finals open tonight, with Olympiacos hosting Panathinaikos at the Peace and Friendship stadium in...

Greece’s Andreas Vazaios picked up the men’s 200-meter Individual Medley title at he 2016 European Aquatics Championships in London. Vazaios turned in a top time of 1:58.18 for the win, moving up to ninth place in the world rankings. Israel’s Gal...

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has made it publicly known that the elections which will appoint the new president of the federation will take place on September 14 in Athens, in a conference where all its 55...

AEK Athens beat Olympiacos 1-2 to win the Greek cup title in Greece's Olympic stadium on Tuesday, May 17. The match was initially postponed last Saturday. AEK emerged triumphant from the match scoring 2 goals, in a match held behind closed doors...

The Greek National Team has announced its extended squad to face the Socceroos in the two international friendly matches in June 4 and June 7 in Australia. Head coach Michael Skibbe will be bringing a 31-man squad, including some of...

The 4th year of the Spetsathlon athletic event promised an even more integrated experience for both the participants and the spectators. On the weekend of May 13-15 2016, the island of Spetses welcomed for another year the elite of...

Although it looked like there was going to be yet another delay, fans of the Greek Football Cup will finally be able to see the much-awaited and much-delayed final between Olympiacos and AEK. It has been reported that in order to...

The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has proceeded with an important move in order to carry out next Tuesday's final game for the Greek Cup, as it has replaced the assistants of referee Tasos Sidiropoulos. The replacement of the referee's assistants...

Greece will be without a representative at the International Olympics Committee (IOC) -- the governing body of the games -- for at least a year, reports Greece's daily newspaper Kathimerini. This will be the first time that the birthplace...

The decision by the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to hold the postponed Greek Cup final on May 15 was rejected by Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis. According to Kontonis, EPO doesn't have the right to override his original decision...

21-year-old Latvian driver Ralfs Sirmacis, secured a sensational win at the SEAJETS Acropolis Rally of Greece held at the dirt tracks of Lamia for the first time since 2005. The victory marks the young driver's debut at the top...

Spectators and local authorities gathered at the monument of ancient Spartan warrior king Leonidas at Thermopylae on Friday for the ceremonial start of the SEAJETS Acropolis Rally of Greece. A whopping 81 crews entered this year's rally made all-the-more...

Saturday's Greek Cup final between Super League champions Olympiacos and AEK has been postponed at the request of the police. The match was due to be held behind closed doors because of crowd violence in previous games, after a joint decision...