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A pole vault of 5.70 gave Greek champion Kostas Filippidis the qualification for the finals in the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Greek pole vault champion did not have to try for 5.75 as 5.70 was enough to land one of...

In one of the best times of her career Greek Olympian Voula Papachristou has qualified for the finals in jumping. Moving into the Rio 2016 Olympics women’s triple jump final was no small feat, Papachristou jumped 14.43m on Saturday to...

The International Judo Federation (IJF) and its president Marius Vizer thanked Greek judo legend Ilias Iliadis for his contribution to the sport, in response to his announcement that he will retire after the Rio Olympics. On the IJF Facebook account,...

As the Australian Football League (AFL) prepares to hold its inaugural gay pride game this Saturday between the Sydney Swans and St Kilda Saints, a gay footballer decided that it was time to share his story with the world. Being gay...

The Greek men water polo team won Brazil 9-4, advancing to the Rio Olympics final eight. The Olympic hosts weren't able to threaten the Greeks who are considered one of the best  teams in the 2016 Olympics. Greece will face...

Panathinaikos, AEK and PAOK decided to not participate in the Super League games unless the federation changes the list of referees it appointed arbitrarily. The three clubs accuse the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) for machinations regarding arbitration. Specifically, they claim...

Many people have raised an eyebrow over the purple colored circles dotting some of the athletes bodies at the Rio Olympics. What you are seeing is athletes using an ancient remedy referred to in the Western world as "cupping";...

Greek rowers Katerina Nikolaidou and Sofia Asoumanaki finished fourth in the double sculls final in Rio’s Olympics on Thursday with a time of 7:48.62. Poland’s Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj won the gold with 7:40:10. (Source: ANA-MPA)

On Thursday gold and bronze Olympic medalist Anna Korakaki returned to Athens. The 20-year-old received a royal welcome at the airport by the Minister of Interior Panagiotis Kouroumplis, military guards and media as she made her way off the plane...

Υ What Anna Korakaki achieved on Tuesday night in Rio, no other contemporary Greek athlete has managed before: To bring two Olympic medals to Greece in the same competition. The last time this happened was in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, when...

Greek rowing athletes Aikaterini Nikolaidou and Sofia Asoumanaki are one of the teams that is most likely to win a place in the rowing finals at the Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro. The Greek team finished first in the...

Tuesday was the fourth day of the Rio 2016 Olympic games and Greece's Anna Korakaki beat out the competition in the women's 25 meter pistol competition to become the first Greek woman to win more than one medal in...

The third day of the Greek athletes in the Rio Olympics started with a great performance of the men's water polo team that ended with a 9-9 draw against world champions Serbia. Despite a great start that found the Greeks...

The 47-year-old Portuguese Paulo Bento will be the new head coach of Olympiacos, after the two sides came to an agreement late on Monday. Bento will take the helm of Greece's champions after a short, unsuccessful stint of Spanish manager Victor...

Cyprus' Olympic medalist Pavlos Kontides enters the race in sailing on Monday with hopes of bringing back a gold medal for his Mediterranean island. In the RS:X class, Cypriot sailor Andreas Kariolou will also begin his effort in his fourth...