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Basketball
Greek Under-18 Basketball Team Wins European Championship
The Greek Under-18 basketball team beat Turkey after lagging 14 points behind and won the European Championship on Sunday evening in Volos.
Greece's national team used the home advantage and came from behind to finally win the game and become the new...
Crime
85 People to Stand Trial for Greek Football Match Fixing Allegations
The Court of Appeals Council in Greece announced on Wednesday that 85 people will be tried for crimes connected to Greek football match fixing.
Investigations into match fixing in Greece began after UEFA had published a report that found 41 games of the 2009-2010 season...
Greece
UEFA Champions League: Panathinaikos vs Club Brugge 2-1
Panathinaikos F.C. made a solid start to their new season on Tuesday evening.
The Greek team won the game against Belgian Club Brugge K.V. 2-1 in the first leg of the third qualifying round for the 2015-2016 UEFA Champions League,...
Greece
Greek Long Distance Swimmer Gianniotis Finishes Third in World Aquatics Championships
Spyros Gianniotis won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometer open water race in the 2015 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.
Gainniotis, who hails from the Greek island of Corfu, swam the race in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 00.8...
Greece
World Cup 2018 Qualifiers: Tricky Task for Greece
The draw that took place in Russia on Saturday, July 25, determined that if Greece qualifies for its third FIFA Wold Cup finals in a row, the team will be placed in the same pool as fellow 2014 finalists Bosnia...
Greece
Greek National Football Team Coach Resigns – Hellenic Football Federation Rejects It
Sergio Markarian, the head coach of the Greek National Football team, submitted his resignation on Tuesday. However, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has not accepted his resignation.
While speaking with sport24.gr, EPO President George Girtzikis said that both he and EPO's board of...
Greece
Greek Swim Team Wins 4 Metals in Glasgow Championship
The Greek swim team won four metals in the Glasgow 2015 IPC Swimming World Championship, one silver and three bronze. Antonis Tsapatakis won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke SB4 with time 1:36.75, while Giannis Kostakis came third...
Economy
Fundraising Campaign For Greek Olympic Team
"An Olympic Games without founders Greece has never, ever happened – and we want to keep it that way," award-winning sports crowdfunding platform www.pledgesports.org said, urging all fans and believers of the Olympic Games movement to financially support Greece in order to be...
Greece
2015-2016 Superleague Kicks Off on August 22-24 Without Derby Fixtures
The draw of the 2015-2016 football season of Greece's top flight, the Superleague, that took place on Tuesday, July 14, produced a series of weeks of intense match ups among the usual suspects.
The news season kicks off on the...
Greece
Greece Men's Football Team Drops in July FIFA Rankings
Greece has slipped another 19 places to claim the 44th spot in the new FIFA rankings of the men’s national football teams released on July 9, 2015.
This is the team's lowest ranking since 2003 when it held the 30th...
Greece
Goalkeeper Luke Steele Extends His Contact With Panathinaikos
Goalkeeper Luke Steele, born on September 24, 1984 in Peterborough, England, will continue playing for Greek soccer club Panathinaikos F.C. until the summer of 2018, according to the Greek Super League club's announcement on Monday.
30 year-old Steele commented on his contract extension...
Greece
Petrounias Wins First Gold for Greece in European Games
Gymnast Lefteris Petrounias was the first Greek to win a gold medal in the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, by placing first in the men's rings on Saturday.
The 24-year-old world champion managed to edge out Russia's Nikita Ignatyev, who was...
Crime
Olympiakos President Marinakis Released Under Bail Terms
Shipping magnate and Olympiakos FC president Vangelis Marinakis spent seven hours making his plea before the special corruption investigator, Giorgos Andreadis, regarding the organization of an alleged criminal football organization that was controlling the domestic games
Olympiakos’ vice president Savvas...
Basketball
Olympiakos' Basketball Team Wins the Greek Basketball League
Olympiakos celebrated its 11th championship win on Sunday, June 14, and its third win over its main rival Panathinaikos with a score of 93-74 in the third game of the playoff finals.
During the match that took place at the...
Greece
UEFA EURO 2016: Faroe Islands Crash Greece's Hopes (Final Score 2-1)
The Faroe Islands defeated Greece once again in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group F. Greece, who were the 2004 European champions saw their last hopes to advance to Euro 2016 finals eliminated.
The hosts went 2-0 ahead with a goal...