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Maria Sakkari, the Greek tennis virtuoso, who is currently the seventh best player in the world, will debut at the season-ending championships, WTA finals. The 26-year-old qualified for the finals, after reaching the quarter-finals at the Kremlin Cup in...

The NBA is currently in talks with FIBA and the EuroLeague to become a part of European Basketball, according to a statement the American Association made on Thursday. The NBA has been brought into the relationship between EuroLeague and FIBA...

Her name is Veatriki Sarri and she is the first and only Greek player in the Barclays FA Women's Super League. Playing football for Birmingham City, she hopes to be the catalyst for others to make the big move. Sarri...

Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brother Thanasis received the championship rings commemorating the Milwaukee Bucks' first NBA championship in 50 years on Tuesday night, ahead of their season opener against the Brooklyn Nets. The Bucks organization selected championship jeweler Jason of...

Greece handed over the Olympic flame for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to its organizers during a ceremony in the historic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens on Tuesday. The ceremony, which took place 24 hours after the lighting of the...

The Olympic flame lighting ceremony took place in ancient Olympia on Monday ahead of the Beijing Winter Games, which will run from Feb. 4-20. At the ancient Temple of Hera, up to 30 priestesses or ‘Caryatids Kores’ performed a series...

Greek police detained on Sunday two activists who attempted to hang a banner against Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics from the scaffolding on the Acropolis. The women, 18-year-old Tibetan student Tsela Zoksang and 22-year-old exiled Hong Kong activist Joey Siu, both...

Four-time Grand Slams singles champion Naomi Osaka has been traveling around the island of Mykonos in Greece to celebrate her 24 birthday, which was on Saturday. Osaka's much-needed trip to Greece comes after the tennis star announced that she would...

Tennis superstar Stefanos Tsitsipas revealed his new shoe collaboration with sportswear giant Adidas on Tuesday. Tsitsipas is currently at the Indian Wells tournament in California, but took time out of his schedule to promote his new tennis shoe created with...

The Consul General of Greece, Stratos Efthymiou, presented four golden olive branch wreaths for the Boston Marathon winners to the Boston Athletic Association. The wreaths were presented during the Boston Marathon Opening Ceremony and they will crown the winners of Monday's...

The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) acquired the Premier League's Newcastle United football club on Thursday. The sale has ushered in an unprecedented new era for one of England's foremost football clubs. While the sale marks the end of...

The Thing About Greece (TTAG), an organization dedicated to supporting sustainable outdoor adventures in Greece, organized a youth trip to the breathtaking heights of the Greek mountain Smolikas. The stunningly beautiful mountain, situated amongst the rugged natural beauty of Epirus...

A Greek Paralympics athlete who came in sixth at the 2021 Tokyo Games, and who had a leg amputated years ago, became the first disabled person to successfully climb Mount Olympus last week. Nikos Papangelis, 23, had to have his leg amputated...

Having conquered Mount Olympus, a young disabled Greek woman made her dream of an assisted airplane skydive come true on Saturday. With the assistance of a skydive trainer, Eleftheria Tosiou finally conquered the sky. Along with her mother, aunt, some...

During his summer vacation with his brothers, NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo made his first large investment in his native Greece. According to the Proto Thema newsweekly, Giannis bought two villas in the new Rolling Greens neighborhood of Costa Navarino, in...