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Greek News
Olympiacos Wins Youth League Final Against Milan
Olympiacos have bested Milan 3-0 in the Youth League final with the "red and white" U19s winning the first European title in its history.
The Greek team stormed to victory in the Youth League final, with Sotiris Sylaidopoulos's team putting...
Greek News
Greece Misses Euro Football Championship Qualification
Greece lost to Georgia 4-2 on penalties in the final of the Euro 2024 play-off today, meaning the team will not progress to the competition despite a strong performance in the semi-finals against Kazakhstan.
In a fairly even match, Greece...
Culture
The Greek Rivals Who United and Brought Souvlaki to Colombia
The story of two Greek immigrants in Colombia serves as a lesson of what the nation can achieve when united.
Petros Gkrilis and George Sitaras come from Thessaloniki. They are fanatic supporters of the city's eternal rivals PAOK and Aris...
Celebrities
German Football Legend Franz Beckenbauer Dies Aged 78
Franz Beckenbauer, the German football icon who won the World Cup as both a player and a manager, has died at age 78.
The World Cup winner died on Sunday, January 7th, his family confirmed, as tributes flooded in from...
Greek News
Greece Shuts Sports Venues for Spectators After Hooligan Violence
Greece announced on Monday it asked the Super League to hold soccer matches without spectators for two months after incidents of hooligan violence.
This measure, announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis after a meeting at Maximos Mansion on Sunday, follows...
Greece
Olympic Stadium of Athens Shuts Down for Safety Reasons
The management of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA) announced on Friday that all activities at the Olympic Stadium and the Velodrome will be suspended for safety reasons.
All activities at the central circulation spine for the complex that connects...
Ancient Greece
Football Started in Greece, Ancient Artifact Reveals
A relief exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece shows an ancient Greek youth practicing by balancing a football on his thigh in front of a small boy. This means that football, albeit in a primitive form,...
Greek news
July 4, 2004: When Greece’s Football Win Stunned the World
On July 4, 2004 Greece won Euro 2004, the primary European football competition, in one of the greatest shocks in the history of football.
Europe
Greek Woman Takes Charge of Italian Soccer Giants Roma
Lina Souloukou, a Greek sports executive, has been appointed by the historic Italian club A.S. Roma as the new Managing Director and General Manager.
The Italian club announced on Tuesday the start of its collaboration with the Greek woman who...
Greek News
Footballers in Turkey Send Solidarity Message to Greece for Train Disaster
Players of the football club Trabzonspor in Turkey wore shirts bearing a message of solidarity with Greece after the train disaster that claimed the lives of at least 57 people.
A message displayed by the Turkish and Greek flags said...