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Greek-Australian Tennis Player Kokkinakis Approached to Fix Matches

A few days after the BBC’s report of alleged widespread corruption in the sport of tennis, Greek-Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis has stated that he was approached with the intent to fix matches. While being interviewed the young player said...

01/24/2016: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos beat Xanthi 1-0 (video) Saturday to maintain its big lead in the Greek league. Alan Pulido scored the only goal in the 74th minute with a shot into an empty net from an assist by Costas Fortounis. Five days after...

Greek Deputy Minister of Sports Punishes Panathinaikos FC for Violence

Deputy Minister of Sports Stavros Kontonis decided to close gates 13 and 14 of the Panathinaikos football field and impose a 90,000-euro fine as punishment for violent incidents. Gates 13 and 14 of the Apostolos Nikolaidis football field host the...

01/17/2016: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Panathinaikos were held to a 0-0 (video) draw by Panionios thanks to the heroics of the visitors' Greece under-21 keeper Sokratis Dioudis on Sunday as they slipped even further adrift of runaway league leaders Olympiakos Piraeus. Andrea Stramaccioni's team simply...

01/10/2016: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos continued its perfect run in the Greek league Sunday by beating visiting Levadiakos 3-1 (video) for its 17th straight win. The defending champion took a 2-0 halftime lead through goals from Brown Ideye and Felipe Pardo. Alejandro Dominguez added...

01/03/2016: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Asteras Tripolis - Panthrakikos  4 - 0  (video) PAS Giannina - Veria  2 - 0    (video) Iraklis - Kalloni  3 - 0   (video) Platanias - AEK Athens  0 - 3 Xanthi - PAOK PSTP Levadiakos - Atromitos PSTP Panionios - Olympiakos Piraeus    1 - 3 Standings 1....

Underdog Faros Keratsiniou Knocks Out PAOK to Reach Greek Cup Final

An A2 division team caused a great upset in the semi-finals of the Greek basketball cup. Faros Keratsiniou defeated PAOK on Monday evening by 69-65 in their home court to secure a ticket to the cup final against heavyweights and...

Northcote City Welcomes Michalis Karvouniaris

Michalis Karvouniaris, former player of Panahaiki, a Greek soccer team which is now facing challenging economic problems, will be welcomed to Australia in 2016 to play for Northcote City. Northcote City is a soccer team that was created in 1960...

Jürgen Klopp helped Claudio Ranieri Get Over Greek Tragedy

Claudio Ranieri has revealed Jürgen Klopp helped him recover from his Greek tragedy. The Leicester boss visited Borussia Dortmund's training camp earlier this year following his sacking from the Greece national team last November. Klopp had taken his side to La...

12/20/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos earned a Greek league-record 14th straight win to start the season when it beat Kalloni 2-0 (video). Costas Fortounis scored twice from the penalty spot for Olympiakos in the first half. In the second instance, he was brought down...

Greek Bosnian Tennis Player Banned for Life from the Sport

Alexandros Jakupovic was handed a lifetime ban by the Tennis Integrity Unit, having been found guilty on five different corruption charges. Jakupovic had already been found guilty on November 12th but the ban was announced on Friday. “The lifetime ban takes immediate...

Cyprus-Greece Sign Agreement for Sports Cooperation

A protocol of sports cooperation between the Cyprus Sports Organization (KOA) and the Greek General Secretariat for Sports was signed during a special event at the KOA headquarters in Nicosia on Tuesday by President Clea Hadjistephanou Papaellina and Greek...

Mayor of Volos Suspended from Duty

Businessman and mayor of Volos-Greece, Achilleas Beos, has been officially suspended from his duties, as he is due to stand trial for allegedly being part of a ring that fixed soccer matches when he was the chairman of the...

Anderlecht and Olympiacos Opponents Again

Anderlecht will be Olympiakos' opponent in the Europa League top 32 on the 18/12 in Brussels and on the 25/2  in the Karaiskaki stadium. Olympiakos had faced Anderlecht two years ago in the Champions League were he had won twice...

Greece's Panathinaikos FC Chief Looks for Financial Support

Yiannis Alafouzos, president of the Panathinaikos Alliance, said the football club is in debt and he is not getting the financial support expected from fans. Alafouzos spoke to the members of the alliance saying that when he became chairman the...