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Spanish Coach Oscar Garcia Quits Olympiacos

After only three months at the helm of Greek champions Olympiacos, Spanish coach Oscar Garcia announced he is leaving the Piraeus club. “I decided, with the agreement of the club, to finish our cooperation today to give the team more...

Football Fans Fight in Downtown Athens

Police have made arrests after clashes broke out in central Athens on Thursday ahead of a UEFA Europa League match between Dynamo Kiev and AEK Athens. The Ukrainian fans are being blamed for broken windows and other damage caused to...

Greek Footballers Win Hearts of Turkish Neighbors

A Greek football side from the island of Lesvos were winners both on and off the pitch in a recent game against a neighboring Turkish squad. Pallesviakos football club's veteran team travelled to Ayvalik on Sunday for a friendly game ...

Greece Gets Ready for New UEFA Nations League

Greece's national football team will face Hungary, Finland and Estonia in a new UEFA Nations League tournament which could end in Euro 2020 qualification. In another group of the same division, Cyprus was drawn to face Slovenia, Norway and Bulgaria. This...

Greek International Defender Kostas Stafylidis to Play in Premier League

Premier League club Stoke City, have completed the transfer of German club Augsburg Greek defender Kostas Stafylidis, on a six-month loan deal. The Greek international defender had been a key player at Augsburg last season, and had already been linked...

Elounda Hotels to Host Valencia FC Football School Camp in Crete

Elounda SA Hotels & Resorts, in Elounda, Northern Crete, has announced its brand new Valencia Soccer School Camp for the 2018 season, the very first hotel in the world to offer this. The camp, which will operate at Elounda Peninsula and...

Greek Football Legend Takis Loukanidis Dies at 81

Takis Loukanidis one of the best Greek football players in the late 50s and 60s died on Thursday at the age of 81. Loukanidis made 23 appearances for the Greek national team and scored three goals from 1958 to 1967. Born...

Football Hooligans Riot at Cyprus Derby (video)

A football game in Limassol was interrupted for close to two hours on Monday evening after clashes between rival fans, which broke out after the injury of a ball boy by a firecracker. The game between Limassol’s AEL and Nicosia...

AEK Advances to Last 32 of Europa League (video)

AEK comfortably held Austria to a 0-0 draw in Vienna to qualify to the knock-out stage of the Europa Cup. AEK clinched the second place in its group behind AC Milan with five draws and one win. It will be the...

Weak Olympiakos bid Champions League Adieu After Lisbon Defeat

Whatever slim chances Olympiakos Piraeus had at staying on in UEFA competitions this season were eliminated after an uncontested 3-1 defeat in Lisbon against Sporting. The Greek champions needed an away win to keep up their hopes of carrying on...