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Greek Football Superlague Resumes on Saturday

Greece's top division football resumes on Saturday after a three-week suspension imposed by the Deputy Ministry of Sports Giorgos Vasileiadis. The 16 Superleague clubs unanimously accepted the terms of the deputy minister for harsher penalties on clubs for acts of...

Greek Superleague Suspension Likely to Continue for Another Week

The suspension of Greece's Superleague is likely to continue through next week as one of the 16 clubs did not agree with the rule changes proposed by the Greek government. Deputy Sports Minister Giorgos Vasileiadis proposed four new measures to...

Unfancied Atromitos Retains Greek League Lead

A fairy-tale season for Atromitos; as the team maintains its place at the top of the Greek SuperLeague, with a 2-0 win at Xanthi and with 19 points from nine games. In what is the unbeaten Peristeri club’s best top...

Greek Football Super League to Kick Off Again in Empty Stadiums

Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis announced earlier today that the Greek football top division (Super League) will resume, highlighting though that the league's matches will be played in empty stadiums with no fans. As he further explained, a guideline to address sports-related...

Cretan Soccer Team Receives Six-Point Deduction After FIFA Demand

On Friday morning, January 16, 2015, Greek football club OFI received a six-point deduction penalty by Superleague, following a request for disciplinary action by football's world governing body, FIFA. The penalty request came on Thursday and was implemented in just one...

Prosecutors File Charges Against 16 Greek Football Officials

Criminal charges for felony, misdemeanor and conspiracy from a criminal organization offenses against 16 Greek football officials, including referees, members of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) and one of the country's most popular football clubs' chairman, in relation to...

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...

Week-Long Postponement of Superleague Games in Protest of New Sport Law

The Greek football league, Superleague, will be suspended for one week at the end of the month in protest at a new sporting law that has also drawn criticism from FIFA. League organizers said Friday that scheduled games will not...

Nova Gets Broadcasting Rights for Superleague

The Greek broadcaster Nova, part of the Forthnet group, and Superleague signed an agreement for the audiovisual rights to the Hellenic football championship until summer 2015. The agreement covers the rights to broadcast the matches of all the football...