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Olympiacos booked their place in the UEFA Champions League playoffs on Tuesday after a 2-0 win over Istanbul Basaksehir, while PAOK fell heroically to Ajax, last year's semi-finalist, losing 3-2 at Amsterdam. Olympiacos, who won 1-0 in the first leg...

Geoffrey Pyatt, the American Ambassador to Greece, met with NBA basketball superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on Monday morning in Athens. Pyatt officially received Antetokounmpo and other members of his family, including his mother, at the offices of the American Embassy in central Athens. https://twitter.com/USAmbPyatt/status/1160886356513570816 In...

Katerina Stefanidi, Miltos Tentoglou and Voula Papachristou on Saturday finished first in their respective sports giving Greece three 12-pointers on the second day of the European Team Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland. In chronological order, Tentoglou jumped 8.30 in the long...

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to Greece's national basketball team after two years, helping the blue-and-white beat Hungary 83-59 in Heraklion, Crete on Friday. The game was a friendly, as Greece prepares for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held...

The AEK football club beat CS Universitatea Craiova by 2-0 in Romania on Thursday in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2019-20, which practically secured them a spot in the playoffs for...

The Greek street artist who calls himself "SAME84" has created an impressive piece of graffiti art dedicated to Giannis Antetokounmpo and his brothers on the wall of an apartment block in the Sepolia neighborhood, the place where the basketball stars...

Olympiacos made a crucial step toward advancing to the playoff round of the UEFA Champions League, after beating Istanbul Basaksehir 0-1 on their home turf on Wednesday. Although the Reds were admittedly not at their best in offense in the...

From award-winning Greek Director Tassos Boulmetis, the heart-warming docudrama "1968," chronicling the epic basketball game between A.E.K. Athens and the Chechoslovakian team Slavia, will open the 26th Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival on October 9 in Melbourne, Australia. Two special screenings will...

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...

Greek-Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios won it all at the Washington Open, sponsored by Citibank, on Sunday. Kyrgios, playing in the final against Russia's Daniil Medvedev, won with a score of 2-0, going 8-6 and 7-4, earning a second title for...

Stefanos Tsitsipas rolled into the world’s top five Friday at the ATP Washington Open after winning against No. 10 seed Benoit Paire of France 7-5, 6-0. The Greek champion put in a performance worthy of his top seed status on...

Maria Sakkari, the Greek tennis champion, pulled off an incredible comeback against top seed Elina Svitolina to become the second semifinalist at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Trailing 6-1, 5-2, Sakkari saved four match points to force a decider, and...

The Greek national basketball team which will soon travel to China to compete in this year's World Cup was presented to the public in Athens on Thursday. The entire team was there, including this year's MVP of the NBA, Giannis Antetokounmpo,...

The Greek Football Federation (EPO) announced on Wednesday that former Dutch international winger John Van't Schip will take over as the new coach of the national team. Canadian-born Van't Schip signed a two-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee, EPO...

An impressive second half performance by Olympiacos on Tuesday evening against Viktoria Plzen secured for the Greek side a place in the third round qualifying round of the Champions League. The Piraeus club won 4-0, after the goalless draw away...