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Greece beat Finland 1-0 in Athens on Thursday, but it was not enough to avert Greece’s elimination from the Nations League competition. It was the debut of coach Angelos Anastasiadis on the bench for Greece. An own-goal from Albin Granlund...

Eternal rivals Olympiacos and Panathinaikos shared a point each after the 1-1 draw at Piraeus on Sunday evening. Panathinaikos took the lead just after the hour mark with a spectacular volley by Ergys Kace, and Olympiacos found the equalizer five...

Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania are planning to propose a joint bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2030, the four state leaders decided on Friday. The four men met on the sidelines of a summit in the Bulgarian...

Kenan Özer, the 31-year-old member of the Ankaragücü football team, caused a widespread outcry in Turkey after calling Istanbul its Greek Byzantine-era name of Constantinople. Özer, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet daily, wrote on his personal Instagram account that "The conquest...

The coaching vacancy of Greece's national soccer team is set to be filled just days after the squad's previous coach was ousted. Following the decision of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) to terminate Michael Skibbe's contract, Angelos Anastasiades is...

The Hellenic Football Federation decided on Thursday to terminate the contract with the coach of the national team Michael Skibbe. Following a series of disappointing performances in the first rounds of UEFA's newly formed Nations League competition, the Federation dropped him....

PAOK fought back from a goal down to clinch a 2-1 win over Aris in a pulsating Thessaloniki derby showdown on Sunday, maintaining their 100 percent record in the SuperLeague with a seventh straight win. Serbian striker Aleksandar Prijovic was...

Devoid of passion and desire Greece slipped to a humbling 2-0 defeat against Finland on Monday night in Tampere for the UEFA Nations League Tournament. The impressive Finns, who lead Group 2 in League C with four straight wins, fully...

Tasos Bakasetas scored a thumping header late on to rescue a point for AEK as Sunday’s Athens derby showdown with Olympiacos ended in a 1-1 draw at the Olympic Stadium. AEK had fallen behind to a superb Kostas Fortounis strike...

A freak own goal by Olympiacos handed PAOK a 1-0 victory over their rivals at Giorgos Karaiskakis stadium on a wet Sunday night at Piraeus. Four minutes into the second half PAOK's Vierinha was left with time and space to...