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Greece Hires German Michael Skibbe as National Soccer Team Coach

The saga of filling the coach position in Greece's national soccer team will have its final episode on Friday, when German Michael Skibbe will sign the contract. The Greek Football Association (EPO) has hired Skibbe as the new national team...

Greek Superleague Begins With Limited European Prospect and Uncertainty Off the Pitch

The Greek Superleague is upon us once again as the new season premiers on Sunday. Greek teams have made some prolific signings this summer such as Esteban Cambiasso to Olympiacos and Michael Essien to Panathinaikos F.C., while teams like PAOK F.C. are...

Greek Minister Tables Amendments to Sports Violence Bill, Including Points Debated in Committee

Greek Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis tabled in Parliament amendments to a draft bill on dealing with sports violence that were discussed with other parties on Tuesday, during the committee reading of the bill. The bill as a whole passed in...

Sergio Markarian Takes Over Greece Captaincy

Sergio Markarian has been chosen to be the Greek national team's head-coach according to an official statement by the Greek federation (EPO). Nikos Kostenglou will be his assistant. It took them three months but finally the team's technical director Giorgos Karagounis...

Head of Greek Football Federation Resigns

Greek football federation (EPO) President Giorgos Sarris resigned on Tuesday, during a meeting of the federation's board. Sarris had been under heavy criticism over his choice of Claudio Ranieri as the national team coach last summer, following Greece's most successful...

Greek Soccer League to Resume this Coming Weekend

  The Greek Football Federation (EPO) announced that all leagues will resume this weekend following an agreement between the board of referees (KED) and the Superleague. In response to the cowardly attack on referee Christoforos Zografos, EPO decided to postpone all games of...

Greek Soccer Federation: No Games this Weekend

The Hellenic Soccer Federation (EPO) convened today and decided that there won't be any professional soccer games in Greece this weekend. EPO decided not to appoint referees for the league games that start on Saturday. The decision was made in...

Investigation in Greek Soccer Fraud Cases

An Athens prosecutor investigating alleged cases of fraud in Greek soccer has been given the “green light” by the Judges' council to use as part of his investigation wire-tapped telephone conversations. It is believed that these conversations point to...

Prosecutor Says Psomiadis Should be Found Guilty

Virginia Sakellaropoulou will be the prosecutor for the trial of Makis Psomiadis, and suggests that the defendant be found guilty of attempted extortion, corruption and repeated bribery. On the other hand she stated that he should be found innocent...

Prosecutors Examine EPO's Illegal Activities

  A team of prosecutors accompanied by officers from the financial police department raided the headquarters of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO). This action was part of an investigation that is held in order to find evidence connecting Greece’s soccer...