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Coronavirus: UEFA Postpones Euro 2020 Championship for One Year

The latest ''victim'' of the global Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday was the Euro, Europe's most well-known and beloved football championship for its national teams. The UEFA European Football Championship, as it is officially known, was scheduled to begin on June...

Greece, UEFA Sign Agreement to Clean Up Football

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Aleksander Ceferin, the President of UEFA,  signed an accord on Tuesday offering assistance in reforming Greek football, which has been plagued by crowd control and funding problems in recent years. The accord establishes a roadmap...

Italy Asks UEFA to Move Champions League Final From Istanbul Over Syrian War

Vincenzo Spadafora, the Italian Minister for Sports, sent a letter to UEFA President Alexander Ceferin on Monday, asking whether or not the finals of football's Champions League for 2020 should be held in Istanbul as scheduled. Spadafora wondered in his...

Champions League Play-Off Draw Reveals Rivals for PAOK and Olympiacos

The draw for the UEFA Champions League play-offs was held on Monday, revealing the potential rivals for PAOK and Olympiacos on their way to securing a position in this year's top European football championship. Greece's champion team PAOK, from Thessaloniki, will have...

Greece Beaten by Relegated Estonia in UEFA Nations League (video)

An own-goal by Vasilis Lampropoulos condemned Greece to its third loss in six Nations League games, with Estonia winning 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens on Sunday. The Greeks struggled to create chances against some staunch defending by the...

UEFA Bans Panathinaikos from European Football for 3 Years for Unpaid Debts

Panathinaikos football club have been banned from European competitions for three years for failing to pay their debts to former players, UEFA announced on Tuesday. The Athens club were given a suspended sentence by UEFA's Club Financial Control Body (CFCB)...

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...

AEK Athens to Face Dynamo Kiev in Europa League Round of 32

After Olympiakos Piraeus' elimination in the Champions League group stage, AEK Athens are the only Greek club to play on in Europe's top football competitions. The Greek "yellows" have been drawn to play against Dynamo Kiev in the top-32...

Greece's ex-Football Chief Charged with Misuse of UEFA Donation

A prosecutor has charged a former head of Greece's football federation (EPO), with breach of duty over the misuse of a large donation by UEFA that was intended to support fire-stricken areas in the region of Ilia, Peloponnese, after...