Greek football

A Greek sports prosecutor has brought disciplinary action against PAOK and its chairman Ivan Savvidis for storming onto a pitch on Sunday carrying a gun in a holster. The Georgia-born businessman faces a fine and a ban from soccer for...

Greece's top-flight football league has been suspended, a government minister announced on Monday. Deputy Minister Giorgos Vassiliadis, speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, said Greece's Super League would be halted indefinitely after a tense match between PAOK...

Trouble has broken out in Thessaloniki just hours before a crunch game between PAOK and AEK. Footage from the northern city shows Greek riot police firing tear gas and charging as missiles and flares are thrown by fans. Feelings have been...

Greek football has been thrown into more disarray after its governing body cancelled a recent 3-point deduction from title hopefuls PAOK, throwing open the league just hours ahead of a crucial match between the Thessaloniki club and Athenian rivals...

The draw for the quarter finals of the Greek Cup has produced a clash of the titans as Olympiakos and AEK will battle it out for a place in the last four. Champions Olympiakos will host AEK on Jan. 24...

Premier League club Arsenal are closing in on the signing of young Greek centre-back Konstas Mavropanos, from PAS Giannina. Mavropanos has represented Greece at under-21 level and is highly thought of as one of Greece’s best prospects. The 20-year-old broke into...

He was one of the most accomplished, beloved and respected foreign coaches ever to grace Greek football. Dutchman Eugene Gerards, who coached OFI Crete from 1985 to 2000 has passed away at the age of 77. The longest serving foreign...

Their humiliating 4-1 defeat from Lamia for the Greek Cup knockout stage in their last game of 2017, was a fitting tribute to the once mighty, but now weakling, Panathinaikos. The club which used to embody the "Samson v. Goliath"...

Since the Mandra hailstorm tragedy last week, many organisations, businessmen and individuals have offered support to those devastated by nature's wrath; and sports clubs have been on the charity front line, as well. AEK Athens; a club created by Greek...

After a whole year of tough matches in a European football World Cup qualifying group, Greece made it to the playoff stage, where they were eliminated by Croatia. Normally, that would be the end of the road. Now however; a...