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Giannis Antetokounmpo confirmed on Friday his participation at the World Cup during the presentation of his first signature shoe design, Zoom Freak 1 in Athens. “I haven’t talked with the coach yet, I don’t know which position I will play...

The American athletic wear company Nike placed a basketball hoop on the top of Mt. Olympus, the highest point in Greece, to honor Giannis Antetokounmpo, who earlier in the week was named MVP of the 2018-19 NBA season. Nike also...

Greek Olympic medal winner Babis Holidis has died at the relatively young age of 62, it was announced on Wednesday. Holidis, who specialized in Olympic-style Greco-Roman wrestling, was born in Kazakhstan in 1956. He began wrestling in 1968, and ended...

After four years of absence, Greece regained its representation on the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which appointed ten new members on Wednesday. Among them is the head of Greece's Olympic body, Spyros Capralos, who was elected by 60 votes out...

Greek Olympic champion, gold medalist and world champion shooter Anna Korakaki added a second title by winning a gold medal during this year's European Games competition in Minsk, Belarus. The Olympic gold medalist from Drama, Greece won first place in the...

Greek Olympic gold medalist and world champion shooter Anna Korakaki added yet another title to her career by winning the silver medal in the European Games in Minsk, Belarus. The Greek Olympic gold medalist from northern Greece won second place...

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stefanos Tsitsipas, two of the most prominent athletes ever to come out of Greece, are among the numerous well-known sports stars who have been nominated for this year's ESPY awards in the United States. The ''Excellence in Sports...

Fifteen years ago they were opponents during Greece's triumph in lifting the Euro 2004. The young Christiano Ronaldo at that time faced Traianos Dellas, dubbed "The Colossus of Rhodes," twice -- and both times he failed to emerge on...

Greek tennis sensation Stefanos Tsitsipas, currently ranked the sixth-best tennis player in the world, posted a touching tribute on social media to his dad on Father's Day as he prepares for Wimbledon. "A man who raises children with care, love and patience....

Panathinaikos eased past Promitheas at the OAKA Indoor Hall on Friday, thrashing their visitors 111-77 to win the Basket League title with a 3-0 score in the best-of-five finals. For the Athens giants this was the 38th time in history...

Greece slipped to a new low on Tuesday, conceding a shock 2-3 loss to Armenia in Group J of the European Championship qualification process. It was a humiliating defeat as Armenia ranks 106th in the world according to FIFA. As a...

Greece's national soccer team had a bad night on Saturday in Athens, giving Italy an easy win 0-3 in the fourth game of the Euro 2020 qualifiers. The Italians scored all three goals within 10 minutes in the first half,...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras on Thursday saved the blushes of the country's athletics federation (SEGAS) by offering the official government jet to fly its athletes to Belarus for the European Games. Tsipras' intervention followed SEGAS' announcement earlier that Greek participation...

The Hellenic Jet Sports Boating Association, in cooperation with the global association called ''Jet Raid,'' kicked off a completely new type of sporting competition last Sunday, June 2, in Greece. The competition, which will last until June 8, is dubbed...

Football transfer procedures always involve a great deal of money by anyone's measure, and Greek football players and clubs know that very well. These amounts of money seem to increase every single year, with Greek and foreign football clubs spending more...