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The general athletics secretariat has informed EPO that the Greek Cup will recommence, with the semi-finals taking place without any fans, while the finals will take place with students in the bleachers. "Deputy Minister of Athletics, Stavros Kontonis, signed today...

Greece and FIFA on Tuesday reached an agreement to restart the Greek Cup, that was suspended by Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis because of violence in early March. Kontonis had decided to stop the Greek Cup after PAOK fans stormed...

The Hellenic Olympic Committee announced that first Torchbearer in the Torch lighting ceremony for the "Rio 2016" Olympic Games will be World Champion Lefteris Petrounias. The World Champion in Men's Rings will receive the Olympic Light from the High Priestess,...

Veria - Xanthi  1 - 1  (video) Asteras Tripolis - Panathinaikos  0 - 0   (video) PAS Giannina - Platanias  2 - 0 Panthrakikos - Iraklis  0 - 3  PAOK - Levadiakos  2 - 0   (video) Panaitolikos - Olympiakos Piraeus  2 - 5 AEK Athens -...

Deputy Athletics Minister, Stavros Kontonis said that for the Greek Cup to commence again, all the people who are being prosecuted must resign. "We are waiting for EPO, who has the case in its hands, to work towards the benefit...

  Today is the 120th anniversary of the first modern Olympic games, which started in Athens, Greece in 1897. The Games were first held in Ancient Greece and were revived by baron Pierre de Coubertin in 1894. The International Olympic Committee was founded...

The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) must find a solution for the issue of the Greek Cup by Friday April 15 in order to avoid being excluded from all international championships. FIFA has set the above date as the conclusive date...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Deputy Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis on Friday to continue efforts to reform Greece’s football leagues following increased crowd violence at games. Kontonis canceled this season's Greek Cup indefinitely. Tsipras met with Kontonis earlier to...

Things are starting to look tough for the Greek football scene, as once again the Greek football teams are facing the risk of being excluded from international leagues. On Wednesday afternoon, Deputy Minister Stavros Kontonis met with the Hellenic Football...

Greece is at risk of being barred from international football competitions after Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis decided to cancel the Greek Cup because of crowd violence. The decision was made after the first leg of the semi-final between PAOK...

World rings champion Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece won the gold at the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) World Cup at the Aspire Dome in Doha today. Petrounias produced a great routine that received a score of 15.875 points. The Greek champion...

Greek sports are risking exclusion from the Rio Olympic Games in August and other international competitions due to the draft law the government is preparing to table in Parliament. Earlier it was FIFA and UEFA that threatened to kick Greek...

Olympiakos scored after only 37 seconds as two goals by Hernani guided the champion to a 2-1 win at Asteras (video) in the Greek league on Sunday. Hernani opened the scoring following an assist from Costas Fortounis and he made...

Voula Papachristou is celebrating her return to big sports events in the best way. The triple jump champion won third place in the IAAF World Indoor Championship in Portland, with a jump of 14.45 meters. Papachristou managed to win the bronze medal...

FIFA and UEFA have reacted to the Hellenic Football Federation's (EPO) update regarding the cancelling of the Greek Cup by the Alternate Minister of Sports. In the first meeting of the committee of the International Federation, with its newly elected...