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41 People Arrested in Northern Greece During Trip to Watch Football Game

Greek police arrested 41 people, including 35 Serbian citizens and six Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens, on Tuesday morning in the area of Tempi, Northern Thessaly on charges of robbery and breaking the Greek law on firecracker possession. A Greek police announcement states...

Panathinaikos Football Coach Leaves the Club

Panathinaikos F.C. coach Yiannis Anastasiou has terminated his contract with the club in a mutual decision on Monday, following a stint of under-performing results in the Greek league. Panathinaikos, who has not won the championship since 2010, is already eight points behind...

Greek Man Achieves Diving World Record

Greek diver Stavros Kastrinakis broke the freediving with interchangeable weights world record on Sunday, November 1, going under at the deepest point of the Messinian Bay, Kalamata. The athlete dived to 146 meters and emerged at 3.6 seconds breaking the...

11/01/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Olympiakos beat host Veria 2-0 (video) to maintain its perfect record in the Greek league after nine rounds. Brown Ideye and Jimmy Durmaz scored in the second half to give the defending champion the victory. In other action: Levadiakos - Panionios   0...

Eleftherios Petrounias Wins Gold Medal in Glasgow Gymnastics World Championships [video]

Eleftherios Petrounias emerged supreme on Saturday claiming the gold medal in the gymnastics world championships in Glasgow Scotland. Petrounias celebrated his win by dedicating his gold medal to his father, who passed away a few weeks ago. The Greek athlete overcame his rivals with a 15,800 score....

Greece Hires German Michael Skibbe as National Soccer Team Coach

The saga of filling the coach position in Greece's national soccer team will have its final episode on Friday, when German Michael Skibbe will sign the contract. The Greek Football Association (EPO) has hired Skibbe as the new national team...

10/25/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Kalloni - Levadiakos  0 - 0  (video) Panaitolikos - Platanias  1 - 2  (video) AEK Athens - Iraklis  5 - 1  (video) Atromitos - Olympiakos Piraeus  1 - 2  (video) Panionios - Veria  0 - 1  (video) Panthrakikos - Xanthi  0 - 0  (video) PAS...

Naxos to Host Windsurfing Competition This Weekend

The Greek island of Naxos, the biggest island of the Cyclades, will host the finals of the Greek Freestyle Windsurf Tour this upcoming weekend on October 24 and October 26 at the Laguna beach, located on the island's eastern shores. "The...

Greek Soccer Legends to Join Historic Cup Tournament in Ontario, Canada

Famous World Cup and European Champions will join the International Masters Cup 2015, a historic Cup Tournament that will be held at FirstOntario Centre in Ontario, Canada on Sunday, November 29. Legendary soccer stars Angelos Charisteas, Angelos Basinas, Antonios Nikopolidis and Stelios Giannakopoulos from Greece, Gianluca Zambrotta...

Champions League: Olympiacos Defeats Dinamo Zagreb

Olympiacos F.C. claimed an important 0-1 victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday evening at Croatia to get one step closer to qualification from the group stage to the UEFA Champions League's last 16 round. Ideye broke the deadlock at the 79th minute...

AEK F.C. Announces Manager Resignation

AEK F.C. manager Traianos Dellas will serve his last day as club manager on Wednesday. An official announcement by the club states that Dellas offered his resignation and the club accepted it. Stelios Manolas will take over as caretaker coach. Dellas...

Greek George Charalampopoulos Wins Arm Wrestling World Championship

George Charalampopoulos is among the best arm wrestlers in the world after claiming the title in one of the World Championship categories this year. The Greek won the first place in the World Armwrestling Federation's World Championship 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the left-handed men over...

Medics Drop Injured Greek Footballer While Carrying Him Off the Field (Video)

Greek footballer Leonardo Koutris was injured during the second division match between AEL Larissa and Ergotelis. However, the real ordeal started when the medics arrived to carry him off the field. At first Koutris was tossed on the stretcher by...

10/18/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Three days before traveling to Dinamo Zagreb for a Champions League game, Olympiakos had no trouble beating visiting third-place AEK 4-0 (video) in the Greek league Saturday despite resting some of its starters. Costas Fortounis entered the game in the...

Greece Wins Over Hungary to Secure Its First Win in 13 Games

The Greek Men's Soccer Team concluded a dismal 2016 EURO qualifying tournament on a positive note with a 4-3 victory over Hungary. The Greeks, who were unable to secure a victory in the previous nine qualifying games having scored just three goals,...