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Greece
Greek Club Signs South Korean Volleyball Players Accused of Bullying
The Greek club PAOK Salonika signed twin South Korean volleyball players Lee Jae-yeong and Lee Da-yeong, earlier this week. The twins have been banned by their former club and the Korean national team after accusations of bullying.
The twins enjoyed...
Greek News
Greek Goalkeeper Secures Monumental Champions League Upset
In just his second appearance in the Champions League, European football's top competition, Greek goalkeeper Giorgos Athanasiadis secured his Moldovan club, Sheriff Tiraspolis, a win in Madrid on Tuesday.
That was the biggest upset in the history of the competition. It...
Basketball
Antetokounmpo: I Got Vaccinated to Protect my Family
Greek NBA champion and MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed that he is now fully vaccinated during the Milwaukee Bucks Media day on Monday. The basketball superstar said that he received the vaccine in order to protect his family.
The Milwaukee Bucks...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo Honors Greek Basketball Legend Vassilis Spanoulis
NBA champion and current MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo paid tribute to Greek legend Vasilis Spanoulis on Monday after he was honored after his retirement from professional basketball.
The Greek NBA player appeared on the video wall during a press conference at...
Europe
Tennis Team Europe Wins Fourth Straight Laver Cup
Team Europe capped a dominant campaign in Boston with a doubles victory first up on Sunday to win its fourth straight Laver Cup.
Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev beat Team World’s Reilly Opelka and Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-7(4) –...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo: I Would Go Back Selling CD’s Just to Be With My Dad
Giannis Antetokounmpo said on Friday that he would do everything to have his father back! Even going back in time to sell CD's in the Athens' suburb of Sepolia where he grew up.
“I would give it all up, without a...
tennis
Maria Sakkari Books Place in First WTA Singles Final in Over Two Years
Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari secured a place in her first WTA singles final since 2019 knocking out No.1 seed Iga Swiatek in the J&T Banka Ostrava Open semifinals on Saturday.
Sakkari beat the Polish champion 6-4, 7-5, after one...
Greek News
Greek Runner Wins Spartathlon, the Historic Race from Athens to Sparta
Greek runner Fotis Zisimopoulos won the 39th Spartathlon, the ultra-marathon race from Athens to Sparta in southern Greece, on Saturday, by an impressive margin of one hour and 20 minutes.
Zisimopoulos, 38, covered the 246 kilometers in 21 hours, 57...
Culture
21-Year-Old Greek Man Becomes Chess Grand Master
Chess is probably the last sport one might associate with Greece; nonetheless the nation can now boast another young Greek Chess Grandmaster as of early September.Nikolas Theodorou, a 21-year-old from Crete, is one of only 11 Greeks to hold...
Greece
Giannis Antetokounmpo: “We Always Felt Like, and Were, Greeks”
Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo visited the Greek President's mansion on Friday, along with his mother Veronica and brother Alex, who just received Greek citizenship yesterday.
Although Giannis and his brothers Thanasis, Kostas, who also play for the NBA, and...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Mother, Brother Become Greek Citizens
"Greek Freak" Giannis Antetokounmpo attended a ceremony at the Greek Prime Minister's mansion in Athens on Thursday in which his mother Veronika and his brother Alexandros officially became Greek citizens.
Like his brother Giannis Antetokounmpo, who plays in the NBA...
Basketball
World of Basketball Mourns Death of Legendary Coach Dusan Ivkovic
Legendary basketball coach Dusan Ivkovic passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning in a Belgrade, Serbia hospital after a brief illness. He was 78.
Ivkovic, who coached several Greek basketball clubs, was known as one of the most...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo Becomes a Proud Dad to Second Baby Boy
NBA MVP Milwaukee Buck Giannis Antetokounmpo became a proud dad for a second time to a baby boy, a little more than a month before the NBA season kicks off.
The "Greek Freak" shared a photo on social media on...
Greek News
Athens Half Marathon Returns; Dedicated to Mikis Theodorakis
The Athens Half Marathon returned to the city on Sunday after a two-year pause because of the pandemic, dedicated to the memory of Mikis Theodorakis
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo Meets Greek Basketball Legend Nick Galis
Giannis Antetokounbo met Nick Galis in Athens and their picture together can be characterized as the history of Greek basketball