Sports
Australia
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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
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Basketball
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...
Australia
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Europe
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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
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...