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With a stunning performance, Hawthorn ("Hawks") beat Sydney ("Swans") by an impressive 137-74 on Saturday, snatching the twelfth title in the club's history. While the Australian Football League (AFL) is worshipped all throughout Australia, it has a particularly strong following...

Atromitos handed Olympiakos its first defeat in the Greek league  0 - 1 (video). Atromitos' victory came three days after it hired former Portuguese international Ricardo Sa Pinto as its new coach. "Coach was wise not to make too many changes,...

Greek-Australian Helen Glouftsi makes history as it is almost certain that she will become the first female referee in Australian football, a sport that is worshiped as a religion and played mainly by men. Saturday was the championship final in...

Recently retired Greece international captain Georgios Karagounis was handed a new role where he is set to work alongside coach Claudio Ranieri, the Greek football federation said. The board of directors of the federation "unanimously approved the recommendation of President...

The first transfer of a Greek-Cypriot football player to a team located in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus has Greek fans shocked. Dimitris Vasileiou, 35, has played for several Cypriot football teams, but has now signed on with Değirmenlik FC,...

The Greek Cup started yesterday with Olympiacos' controversial victory over Panachaiki in Patras (0-1) and continued today with AEK Athens grabbing a point (0-0) in Komotini against Panthrakikos while Panathinaikos beat Olympiacos Volou in the homonymous city 0-1 with a...

In a society where corruption is part of the norm, it's almost impossible to prove its non-existence. However, in today's Greek Cup match in which Olympiacos grabbed a win against lower division side Panachaiki of Patras, we witnessed a young man's performance...

Olympiakos beat Veria 3-0 and replaced the visitors on top of the Greek league on Saturday (video). Costas Mitroglou scored in the first half, and Jorge Benitez and Pajtim Kasami added in the final minutes to end Veria's perfect record...

One win, a draw and a loss is how the three Greek teams fared in Europa League's first round games. PAOK Thessaloniki snatched a 6-1 win against Dinamo Minsk at home, Asteras Tripolis grabbed a point with an 88th...

The tourism season in Greece has been extended and revenues have increased due to the organization of major sporting events in popular Greek destinations. The most important events in the coming weeks are the Navarino Challenge marathon, September 19-21, and the...

Today's match-ups included Bayern Munich, Manchester City, FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, FC Chelsea, AS Roma and FC Porto. Let's take a look at each group individually: Group E Bayern Munich - Manchester City 1-0 (J. Boateng 90') AS Roma - CSSKA Moscow...

Greek politicians are like the legendary Greek lovers of the 70s and 80s: they will promise the sun and the moon, only to satisfy their baser needs and, of course, will never keep their promises. One of the hundreds...

Olympiacos grabbed its first three points in the UEFA Champions league after smashing Spanish Champions Atletico Madrid 3-2 in Group A's opening fixture in the Giorgios Karaiskakis in Piraeus. In what can only be described as a majestic night for...

On Monday, Greece's Court of Audit stopped a grant approved by the Attica region authority, under former regional Governor Giannis Sgouros, finding the 7-million-euro grant for refurbishing the Panathinaikos FC stadium on Alexandras Avenue in downtown Athens to be illegal. After examining the...

Greece's national junior women's water polo team won the gold medal on Sunday in the European Championships held in Ostia, Italy. The Greek team, coached by Giorgos Morfesis and Stefanos Leandros, beat Italy 7-6 in the FINA Women’s U19 European Championships...