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Iconic Christmas Truce Football Photo Shot in Thessaloniki, Greece
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This iconic Christmas truce photograph of British soldiers playing football has become famous. However, as Professor Peter Doyle says, the photo was not shot along the front lines of WWI in France and Flanders, but thousands of miles away...
Europe
UEFA Scraps Away Goal Rule to Encourage “Attacking Football”
UEFA announced that the away goal rule, a historic feature of European football, is to be abolished from the from 2021-22 season.
Europe
Greek PM Joins Football Federation in Condemning European Super League
Mitsotakis joined the Hellenic Football Federation in condemning the decision of 12 rich clubs to establish the European Super League.
Europe
Greek Footballer Celebrates Winning Turkish League With Greek Flag
Kostas Mitroglou, a striker for Turkish football club Galatasaray, celebrated winning the Turkish League championship by unfolding a Greek flag on Sunday at Istanbul's Türk Telekom Stadium.
Galatasaray clinched their 22nd title with one game to spare after their victory...
Europe
Turkish Footballer Calls Istanbul Constantinople
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...
Europe
Football Season in Turkey to be Named after Legendary Greek Player
The new football season in Turkey will be named after Greek player Lefteris Antoniadis (Lefter Kucukandonyadis), who is considered to be one of the top footballers ever to play in Greece's neighbor.
The Turkish Football Federation has decided to name...
Europe
German Footballers Face Backlash Over Erdogan Photos
On Tuesday, as Germany unveiled its football squad for June's 2018 World Cup in Russia, two of best-known players are facing a storm of criticism for meeting Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish-origin footballers Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan, joined by Turkish...
Europe
‘Akropolis’ Football Team in Sweden Shoots for the Stars
Akropolis Idrottsförening, is Sweden's football team that was founded by Greek expatriates and is currently amazing everyone with its fast progress. Featuring blue and white colors on its uniform and bearing a badge with the Parthenon, the team is...
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UK Football Player to Face Attackers in Greece
Rob Hughes, 31, a British soccer player who was nearly killed in an attack by six fellow Britons in Greece four years ago is to return to Greece to testify in the case against the men he said assaulted...
Europe
Greek-German Woman Beaten Harshly During Greece-Germany Football Match
A young mother, aged 19, along with some friends went last week to a Berlin-based open area, where several events take place each year, to watch the football match between Greece and Germany.
As she is both half Greek and...
Europe
Ivan Savvidis to Give 1M Euros to Russian and Greek Football Teams
Greek Russians decided to provide the national football teams of Greece or Russia with one million euros in case they manage to reach the final rounds of the Euro Football Championship 2012.
That is what the President of the Federation...
Europe
Pub Landlady Wins High Court Appeal Over Use of Greek Decoder to Screen Football Matches
A pub landlady has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to show games.
Karen Murphy has paid nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using the cheaper decoder in her Portsmouth...
Europe
Fanis Gekas Officially Part of Turkish Samsunspor Football Squad
Greek football striker Fanis Gekas has officially become a player for the Turkish football club Samsunspor. After passing all medical exams and appearing before the Turkish team’s management, Gekas signed his new contract transferring him from the squad of...
Europe
22-year-old Extradited To Greece For Attacking Croydon Footballer in Crete
22-year-old Joseph Bruckland, of Hookwood, Surrey, has been extradited to Greece on charges of having brutally attacked former Sutton United and Croydon Athletic footballer Robbie Hughes in Malia, Crete, in June 2008.
In addition to Bruckland, Curtis Taylor, Daniel Bell,...
Europe
UK: Pub Landlady Wins Right To Use Greek TV Decoder To Screen Premier League Football
The European Union has ruled that a pub landlady can use a foreign TV decoder to show Premier League football.
The European Court of Justice said an exclusive system of licences for the broadcasting of football matches in different EU...