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Greece has earned its second and final medal at the 2016 European Championships. On Sunday, triple-jumper Voula Papachristou took bronze in her event, as Portugal’s Patricia Mamona scored a 14.58 meter jump and Israel’s Hanna Minenko a 14.51 meter jump. Papachristou completed...

Greek athlete Katerina Stefanidi jumped her way to gold on Saturday in the pole vault event at the European Track and Field Championship in Amsterdam by successfully completing a 4.81 meter jump. Teammate Nicole Kyriakopoulou finished strong in fourth place...

Greece is out of the Olympic Qualification tournament after Croatia beat them in Italy on Friday. The national Greek team disqualified for Rio 2016 in a disappointing game with a final score of 66-61. The game started out with Greece trailing...

The results are in and so far Greece has pushed forward in the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for men's basketball. The team, along with Canada and Serbia clinched semifinal berths on Wednesday. In the tournament in Turnin, Italy, Greece beat Mexico 86-70...

The Greek Olympic Team has made history by unanimously selecting athlete Sofia Bekatorou as the first-ever female Standard-Bearer to represent Greece in opening ceremonies at Rio 2016. The 39-year-old Greek sailing champion has taken part in three previous Olympics starting...

The first friendly game of Greece had the taste of NBA as Giannis Antetokounmpo assumed a leadership role in the Olympic Qualifying tournament against Turkey. The score was 78-52 in Greece's favor with Kostas Koufos finishing the game with...

Greece's football fans love setting off their flares at games all over the world. During the international friendly between Australia and Greece at Eithad Stadium flares were set off in spite of warnings from the Football Federation Australia (FFA) preceding...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was a top-rate volleyball player before he started showing an interest in student politics. A leg injury, however, caused him to nip his budding career in the bud. Nonetheless, he can still use a...

After an amazing run, Olympiakos suffered its only defeat of the season during the final of the LEN Champions League on Saturday night in Budapest. The season concluded with Olympiakos closing an impressive record having finished with 37 wins, three draws...

A mutual exchange of gratitude and admiration took place between footballer Andreas Samaris and Socceroos boss, Ange Postecoglou. Postecoglou, who initially took over as coach for the third division team Panachaiki in 2008 in his home country, Greece, remembers...