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Sofia Sakorafa Becomes First Woman to Lead Greek Athletics Federation

Former star athlete and current MP Sofia Sakorafa became the first woman to head the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS)

PM Tsipras Saves Greece's Participation in European Games After Ticket Debacle

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday saved the blushes of the country's athletics federation (SEGAS) by offering the official government jet to fly its athletes to Belarus for the European Games. Tsipras' intervention followed SEGAS' announcement earlier that Greek participation...

Retired Greek Athlete Piyi Devetzi May Lose Medals for Failed Doping Test

Retired Greek athlete Piyi Devetzi, who competed in the triple jump and long jump competition could lose her bronze and silver Olympic Games medals after failing a doping test. Segas, Greece’s track and field federation, was informed by IAAF, the...

33rd Athens Marathon Breaking New Record in Athlete Participation

Athlete participation in this year's 33rd Athens Marathon held on November 8th is expected to reach new record highs, the president of Greek athletics federation (SEGAS) Kostas Panagopoulos said at a press conference on Thursday. The Athens Marathon is...

Ottawa Marathon May 2013

A Marathon Race will be taking place in Ottawa this year, as the highlight of the annual races. The marathon’s organization is under the initiative of the Greek Ambassador in Otawwa, Eleftherios Aggelopoulos. The Tamarack Ottawa Race will be held...

Greece Ups National Sports Budget

Following blistering complaints from athletes and sports federation leaders that budget cuts had decimated Greece's sports program, the government has promised to put up another 11 million euros ($14.4 million) to keep the organizations from shutting down. Some of the...

Irini Kokkinariou Doping Ban Doubled

Greek long distance runner Irini Kokkinariou had her doping ban doubled to four years after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) appeal, the IAAF announced on Tuesday. Kokkinariou, 31, one of...

Greek Athletic Federation SEGAS Announcement on Latest Doping Cases

Greece's athletics federation, SEGAS, said the country has become a transit station for banned substances, a day after one of our top athletes withdrew from the London Olympics after having failed a dope test. The federation added drugs tests had...

Vardinoyannia Games in Crete Cancelled Due to Lack of Funds

Lack of funding puts a halter on yet again something beautiful. A sporting event long-expected in Crete will eventually not take place because crisis-hit Greece won’t and can’t afford it. The organization was suspended until further notice. The saddest...

Short on Funds, Greek Athletic Federation Suspends Operations

Blaming deep cuts in government funding, Greece’s track and field federation has voted to stop operations, although the country still plans to send a full team to the Olympics in London later this year – at least for now....