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UEFA Champions League: Olympiacos – Atletico Madrid 3-2

Olympiacos grabbed its first three points in the UEFA Champions league after smashing Spanish Champions Atletico Madrid 3-2 in Group A's opening fixture in the Giorgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus. In what can only be described as a majestic night for...

Court of Audit Stops Grant for Refurbishing Panathinaikos Stadium

On Monday, Greece's Court of Audit stopped a grant approved by the Attica region authority, under former regional Governor Giannis Sgouros, finding the 7-million-euro grant for refurbishing the Panathinaikos FC stadium on Alexandras Avenue in downtown Athens to be illegal. After examining the...

Greek Junior Women's Water Polo Team Wins European Championships

Greece's national junior women's water polo team won the gold medal on Sunday in the European Championships held in Ostia, Italy. The Greek team, coached by Giorgos Morfesis and Stefanos Leandros, beat Italy 7-6 in the FINA Women’s U19 European Championships...

Victim of Football Violence in Critical Condition

A 46-year-old football fan from Piraeus is hospitalized in critical condition on the island of Crete after a fight between fans of third division teams Irodotos and Ethnikos Piraeus. Konstantinos Katsoulis, supporter of Ethnikos Piraeus team, was attacked on Sunday as...

09/14/2014: Latest Greek Super League Results with Video

Defending champion Olympiakos rolled to an easy 3-0 victory over OFI (video) in the Greek league on Saturday. OFI defender Dele Adeleye conceded the match-winner with an own goal in the 22nd minute, while Jimmy Durmaz and Alejandro Dominguez put the...

NorthEast United FC's Tzorvas Lands in India

Indian Super League (ISL) franchise NorthEast United FC received one of their key international footballers, Alexandros Tzorvas, who landed there on Saturday. Tzorvas, a Greek, was the first choice goalkeeper of his country in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and...

Thessaloniki to Host World Rowing Coastal Championships

Thessaloniki, northern Greece, will be hosting one of the most important and prestigious sports events, the 2014 World Rowing Coastal Championships. The event, which has been organized by the Greek Rowing Federation and the Thessaloniki Metropolitan Development Agency, is...

Four World Cup Greeks Still in Search of a Team

  Four Greek players who have participated in World Cups (2010 or 2014) have just one day left to decide the next stop in their career. The official deadline for free agent transfers (players whose contracts have expired and don't belong to...

The "Greek" Salaries of the Italian League Campionato

The no1 selling sports newspaper in Italy "Gazzetta dello Sport" displayed the salaries of all players featured in the Italian Serie A this coming year. For the first time in history, there are nine Greek players present in Italy's first...

2016 UEFA European Cup: Romania Beats Greece 1-0 in Group F

Romania edged out Greece in their opening Group F encounter thanks to a penalty kick from captain Ciprian Marica this evening. Marica put his side ahead on ten minutes when he confidently sent Orestis Karnezis the wrong way from the...

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Serbia Defeats Greece 90-72

Serbia demolished Greece in the second half, knocking them out of the 2014 Mundobasket quarter finals and the chance to win a medal for the first time since 2006 and the FIBA World Cup in Japan. Greece who was undefeated...

Greek National Team: Claudio Ranieri Set on the Starters Vs Romania

The 2016 UEFA European Cup Group F qualifiers begin tomorrow with the game between Greece vs Romania at the Karaiskakis stadium. Finland vs Faroe Islands and Hungary vs Northern Island are the other two games of the day. This will be...

South Melbourne Hellas Crowned Victoria Champions

Historic Greek football team South Melbourne Hellas were crowned champions of the Victorian National Premier League (NPLV). The Greek-Australian team, founded in 1959, has won the Victorian championship while it has also won four national championships. South Melbourne Hellas, representing Oceania, had participated in the...

2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball: Greece Beats Argentina; Tops Group B

A rebuilt Greek national team scored its 5th consecutive win against favored Argentina, 79-71, in the final group game at the World Basketball Championship. A couple of months after the "peiratiko" shook the country's foundations with Samaras' successfully taken penalty...

2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball: Greece Whips Croatia for its Fourth Win in a Row!

The Greek national basketball team prevailed over Croatia 76-65 for the fourth win in four games of Group B for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain. They might have been unsteady in the preseason friendlies, but Fotis Katsikaris' players have finally bonded...