Soccer

The biggest football scandal in Greece, dubbed "Koriopolis", is finally reaching the courts following 6 years of police investigations, leaked wiretapping and endless judicial maneuvering. Twenty-eight officials of Greek football, including Olympiakos club president Vangelis Marinakis, are being ordered to...

Greece national football coach Michael Skibbe blasted FIFA's decision to ban Roma defender Kostas Manolas from Thursday's World Cup playoff first leg away to Croatia for "intentionally seeking a yellow card". "What FIFA did was not right. FIFA sometimes takes...

Three players were sent off and one coach dismissed as AEK beat PAOK 1-0 (video) Sunday to share first place in the Greek league with Atromitos. In other action: Panaitolikos - Xanthi  1 - 3  (video) Atromitos - Panionios  0 - 0 ...

AEK took another step towards claiming the second place in its Europa League group after the clash against Italian giants AC Milan ended in a goalless draw in Athens. It was a repeat of the game in San Siro a...

A few hours before the Europa Cup match between AEK Athens and AC Milan, fans of the two clubs fought each other and rioted in an Athens railway train station. Although buses were hired to take them straight from their...

A Greek football fan could not resist the opportunity to be photographed with Lionel Messi, one of the best footballers of all time. The man evaded security and invaded the pitch of Georgios Karaiskakis stadium to get a selfie with...

Playing an aggressive defence with no deviation for over 90 minutes, Olympiakos Piraeus secured a goalless draw from Barcelona in Day 4 of Champions League, leading the Catalan powerhouse to drop its first points in Group D. On his return...

A fairy-tale season for Atromitos; as the team maintains its place at the top of the Greek SuperLeague, with a 2-0 win at Xanthi and with 19 points from nine games. In what is the unbeaten Peristeri club’s best top...

They may be in deep financial trouble, all but abandoned by the club owner and struggling with as many fast transfers as possible to secure financing, but Panathinaikos pulled a gutsy win against arch-rivals Olympiakos Piraeus in the Greek...

No away fans will be allowed to attend either leg of Croatia's World Cup playoff games against Greece due to concerns over crowd violence, the Croatian Football Association (HNS) announced on Thursday. "The leaderships of the HNS and the Greek...

A late goal by Guillermo Molins helped Panathinaikos avoid an upset defeat at newcomer Lamia 1-1 (video) in the Greek league on Saturday. Panathinaikos, in seventh place, is still without an away win. Lamia is 12th. In other action: Levadiakos - PAS...

AEK’s goalkeeper Giannis Anestis produced a memorable performance to help the Greek side secure a well-earned draw against Italian giants AC Milan at San Siro for the Europa League. The Rossoneri failed to create many clear-cut opportunities and, in the...

Lionel Messi scored his 100th European goal as 10-man Barcelona maintained their 100 per cent record in Champions League Group D with a 3-1 home victory over Olympiacos. Olympiacos never raised to the occassion as they hardly put two passes...

It was neither the best, nor the worst scenario for Greece in the FIFA 2018 World Cup playoffs draw in Zurich. The Greek national team avoided football powerhouse Italy, but were drawn to play against their favourites, Croatia. The first...

A yellow card was given to a player for wiping his shoes on the referee’s socks. The hilarious incident happened during the Greek Super league game between Xanthi and AEK (1-1), on Sunday night. While the referee was drawing a line with white...