Athens Marathon

Australian athlete Humerloc Douglas won the Crete Half Marathon on Sunday breaking the record of the course with a time of 1 h, 11', 48". The first woman was Greek athlete Eleftheria Petroulaki. The Half Marathon, including 10km, 5km and 1km...

Police arrested on Wednesday a 35 year-old man suspected of arson in the municipality of Marathon. The man has been accused of setting five fires in land plots in the area of Rizari between July 26 and 31, and for...

Two Marathon deputy mayors resigned on Saturday as a matter of conscience after the deadly wildfires that left 88 people dead, hundreds injured and thousands of homes destroyed. Dimitra Lambarou, a deputy mayor for education and culture at Marathon Municipality,...

Anguish, sadness and anger are the feelings of the relatives of the hundreds of missing persons after the devastating fires in East Attica. Residents and holidaymakers who were in Mati and Rafina to enjoy the sea and the sun can...

Although most people would find the idea of running a 21-kilometer (13 mile) half-marathon a challenge, for 20 would-be athletes in Ioannina the obstacles are higher than most. They are residents of a recently re-opened refugee camp in Katsikas, north-west...

Stelios Prassas, an 87-year-old marathon runner of the Telmissos, Nea Makri athletics team did it again on Sunday, finishing the 21.1 kilometers (13 miles) of the Athens Half Marathon in 2.54.34. Prassas, holder of eight Panhellenic records in his career,...

Thousands of professional and amateur runners participated in the Athens Half Marathon, on Sunday. Organized by the Hellenic Athletics Federation (SEGAS) and the City of Athens, the event which started in 2012, has been over the last years one of...

Athens main international airport together with the Marathon Run Museum are presenting a contemporary-art exhibition -- "Marathon Universe". The exhibition will be on display for passengers until the end of May 2018. Marathon Universe presents different works by Greek sculptor Nikos Yorgos...

Any runner with a desire to run a long distance race in Greece has a range of choices (Athens Marathon, Spartathlon), all with historic roots, and 2018 will see the inauguration of another majestic race covering the holy Greek...

Kenyan runners dominated the authentic Marathon race in Athens on Sunday. Samuel Kalalei won the Gold medal with a time of 02:12:17. In second place was his compatriot Lucas Rotich and third was Marc Kiptoi, also from Kenya. Watch video as...