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PAOK FC Owner Repays Club's €10.8 Mln Debt to Greek State

PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis made an interbank transaction to repay the team's debt to the Greek state, putting an end to the nightmare that tormented the club for the last years. Meanwhile the relevant payment documents have already been presented...

Greek Basketball Coach Itoudis Voted Best in Russian League

Greek basketball coach Dimitris Itoudis was voted coach of the year in Russia's VTB league, leading CSKA to a great season culminating in the Euroleague Final Four. This is Itoudis' second season as head coach and his first with CSKA...

Antetokounmpo Brothers Back At Their Old Greek Neighborhood

Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo returned to their old neighborhood in Sepolia, Athens, spurring the interest of hundreds of their fans, who hastened to visit the Triton open-air basketball court to watch the NBA brothers participating in a basketball event...

05/10/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Niki Volos - OFI CANC Panaitolikos - Veria  2 - 0 Panthrakikos - Xanthi  2 - 0  Asteras Tripolis - Kerkyra  2 - 0  (video) Platanias - Olympiakos Piraeus  1 - 1  (video) Panathinaikos - PAS Giannina  3 - 1  (video) Kalloni - Atromitos  1...

New Bill on Violence in Sports Passed by Greek Parliament

Greece’s Parliament passed the new bill about implementing urgent measures to tackle violence in sports. However, according to Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis a few changes had to be made to Article 15 which finally passed with a strong...

Greek Sports Min: Draft Bill on Battling Violence in Sports Is Ready

Greek Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced on Tuesday, May 5 that the new draft bill on tackling violence in sports has been finalized, after talks with international federations in order to improve certain articles and paragraphs. Furthermore, the Greek...

Fenerbahce Target Fulham FC’s Kostas Mitroglou

Fenerbahce are set to make an offer for Fulham FC’s out of favor striker Kostas Mitroglou. According to getwestlondon, Fenerbahce are preparing a swap deal which involves Emmanuel Emenike for the Greek international. Mirtoglou has scored 19 goals in 32 appearances...

05/03/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Costas Mitroglou scored the final two goals in Olympiakos' 5-0 win over Kalloni in the Greek league Sunday, (video), in the already-crowned champion's final home game of the season. Javier Benitez opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Costas...

Panathinaikos Basketball Team Dismisses Coach Ivanovic

Panathinaikos announced the dismissal of Dusko Ivanovic, the basketball team’s coach through an official statement. The team’s poor performance against Olympiakos which Panathinaikos lost its advantage, as well as the team’s exclusion from the Euroleague Final 4 lead to...

Thousands of Runners Participate in 4th Athens Half-Marathon

No incidents occurred during the 4th Athens Half-Marathon which was attended by more than 15,000 people of every age. In total 4,000 runners participated in the 21-kilometer run which started on Sunday, May 3 at 8 am. Furthermore, at least...

Greek Minister Tables Amendments to Sports Violence Bill, Including Points Debated in Committee

Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis tabled in Parliament amendments to a draft bill on dealing with sports violence that were discussed with other parties on Tuesday, during the committee reading of the bill. The bill as a whole passed in...

Greek Cup Final: 10 Awesome facts about Olympiakos vs Skoda Ksanthi

Olympiakos' 1-1 tie against Apollon Athinon was enough to seal the move to the final where they'll meet Skoda Ksanthi who surpassed Iraklis Thessalonikis with a 0-0 home draw. Stepping on this event, we gathered 10 fun facts about the...

Greek Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Travels to Minsk

The Greek rhythmic gymnastics team will travel to Minsk, Belarus, where it will represent the country at the European Championship from May 1 to 3. The team will include Varvara Filiou and Korina Alevrogianni who will participate as individuals, as well...

EuroLeague:Giorgos Printezis Tops the Playoffs Highlights (Video)

The three-pointer buzzer-beater that sent Olympiakos to the 2015 Final Four and Barcelona back home was voted the top play of the Euroleague playoffs. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague's official site put together the top 5 plays of the 14 games...

7 Greeks in the 500 Most Important Soccer Players on the Planet

The most popular sports magazine in the world, World Soccer, formed a list with the 500 most influential soccer players on the planet of which 7 Greeks are part of. The list consists of names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi...