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Panathinaikos Cast Ferreira Adrift

Panathinaikos have sacked Portuguese coach Jesualdo Ferreira, Greek sports websites reported on Wednesday. An official announcement of the decision to fire the former FC Porto and Malaga coach will most likely be made Thursday at a press conference called by...

3 Hurt in Athens Clashes at Europa League Match

Three people were hurt and four detained on Thursday after several hundred fans were involved in clashes at a Europa League match between Panathinaikos and Lazio. The clashes occurred outside Athens' Olympic Stadium, both before and during the match. Riot police...

Olympiakos Beats Giannena 2-1, Tops Greek League

Rafik Djebbour scored a goal and assisted in another to help defending champion Olympiakos beat Giannena 2-1 in the Greek league on Saturday. Costas Mitroglou opened the scoring off a Djebbour cross in the 60th minute and Djebbour made it...

In Crisis, Greek Football Teams Prefer Greek Players

ATHENS – The Greek economic crisis and days of austerity are making even its Super League soccer teams cutting back, preferring to sign homegrown players instead of dealing out big bucks to foreign players who have failed to help...

Exclusive: Yiannis Alafouzos Talks About Panathinaikos, SKAI TV and Greek Politics

In an exclusive interview with Greek Reporter, the Managing Director of SKAI Media Group and Panathinaikos FC fans' coalition group, President Yiannis Alafouzos, talked about the future of the Greek team, the goal of Panathinaiki Symmaxia (Panathinaikos Alliance), with the...

Panathinaikos FC Heads to Scotland for a Place in Champion’s League

"Qualifying against Madder Wool is vital for Panathinaikos' profile that will prove that the team is prepared for the upcoming season. Also, a positive result in Scotland will bring important revenues that are needed inside the team," the VP...

Basketball: Olympiakos is the New Champion of Greece

Olympiakos won the Greek basketball league for the first time in 15 years by beating defending champion Panathinaikos 82-76 in the finals decider on Saturday. Panathinaikos had dominated the league in that span, winning 13 of 14 titles to add...

Hooligans Cause Basketball Game to Be Postponed

Last Sunday, fans of Olympiakos were celebrating the team's great achievement - it was crowned European Champion! But hooligans now decided to destroy tonight's game. They threw stones against the van carrying Panathinaikos' players to the basketball court. Glasses were broken,...

Panathinaikos Given Huge Punishment

Panathinaikos has been docked five points and been told to play four games behind closed doors as punishment for crowd violence, in the stiffest penalty imposed by the Greek Super League yet. The league's disciplinary committee handed down the punishment...

Big Greek Derby Abandoned Due to Crowd Violence

The big Greek derby between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos Pireaus was abandoned after being interrupted twice by crowd violence on Sunday. Three fire trucks were called in to extinguish flames as unruly Panathinaikos fans set several sections of the stands on...