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Former Olympiakos Coach Michel Meets With Giorgos Karagounis

Greek national team's technical director Giorgos Karagounis found the opportunity to meet up with Michel after his rendezvous with Sergio Markarian over the possibility of leading the Greeks to the 2016 Euro. The 51-year-old coach's contract was recently terminated after...

Australian Open: Nick Kyrgios Prepared to Reach the Quarter-Finals (Video)

Greek Australian Nick Kyrgios is set to face Andreas Seppi today (6.15pm local time - 2.15am EST) after the latter's shock four-set winner over Swiss superstar Roger Federer earlier on Friday. The game will take place at the Hisense Arena of...

Bulgarian Tennis Player Dimitrov Wins Match Against Baghdatis

Greek-Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis who plays for Australia lost to Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov after a long match in the Australian Open championship. Baghdatis has always been favored by the Greek community of Australia and his latest match was no...

Giannis Antetokounmpo to be part of the NBA All-Star Dunk Competition (videos)

Draft 2013 picks Giannis Antetokounmpo and Victor Oladipo have agreed to participate in the All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk contest according to Yahoo news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRg7dWuWuU The dunk contest is set as the final event of the All-Star Saturday night on Feb. 14 at the Barclays Center...

Giannis Antetokounmpo: Youngest Buck’s Player to Reach 1,000 points

Giannis Antetokounmpo made history in the NBA by scoring his 1,000th point and becoming the youngest Milwaukee Bucks player to reach that accomplishment. Against the Toronto Raptors and during the first period of the match, the Sophomore player scored a jumper...

Michael Olaitan Returns Ten Months after His Collapse on the Field

Nigerian striker Michael Olaitan returns on Olympiakos squad for the upcoming game against Tyrnavos for the Greek cup tomorrow. It's been over ten months since his terrifying collapse at the Karaiskakis stadium. It was March 2nd, 2014 at the 30th minute of...

Sergio Markarian: "No Offer from the Greeks yet"

Uruguayan football coach Sergio Markarian claimed that no one has officially offered him the Greek National Team's head-coach position yet but that he would gladly discuss the idea of succeeding Claudio Ranieri if an offer was raised. Sergio Markarian is one of the...

Two Greek-Australians Qualify for 2nd Round in Australian Open

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis have qualified for the second round of the Australian Open. The two Greek-Australians had to play five-set matches against their opponents in order to get a ticket to the next championship phase. Kokkinakis qualified after...

01/19/2015: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Mathieu Dossevi and Yiannis Maniatis scored in the second half to give defending champion Olympiakos a 2-0 victory win over visiting Panetolikos in the Greek league Sunday (video). Dossevi opened the scoring in the 69th with a shot from close...

Greek Kickboxer Zambidis Knocks Out Turkish Rival

In front of an enthusiastic crowd at the Faliro Olympic Indoor Hall (Tae Kwon Do), Greek kickboxer Mike Zambidis won the match against his Turkish rival Harun Kina by knockout. The Greek kickboxer started the match strogly and did not stop hitting his...

Nikos Ioannidis signs with Borussia Dortmund!

Jurgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund have decided to invest in Nikos Ioannidis talent, signing him on loan from Greek club Olympiakos. The 20-year-old striker had been participating in the Eredivisie with Dutch side PEC Zwolle since the beginning of the season,...

Cretan Soccer Team Receives Six-Point Deduction After FIFA Demand

On Friday morning, January 16, 2015, Greek football club OFI received a six-point deduction penalty by Superleague, following a request for disciplinary action by football's world governing body, FIFA. The penalty request came on Thursday and was implemented in just one...

2004 Athens Olympics Cost Greece 6.5 Billion Euros

The 2004 Athens Olympic Games cost Greece a total of 6.5 billion euros and did not affect the country's economy, a Greek economic think tank has found. The study on the economic impact of the Olympics on the Greek economy...

NBA: Antetokoumpo Wins his First Professional Match in Europe

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the New York Knicks 95-79 in London in the Greek Freak's first professional match in the European continent. The starting forward was drafted in 2013 by the Milwaukee Bucks having only participated in...

The Greek Votes of the Ballon D'or

  Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the 2014 Ballon D'or beating out Leonel Messi and Manuel Neuer thanks to the votes received from captains and coaches from all the FIFA national teams, as well as journalists from around the world. The Portuguese superstar...