Did you feel it? Lionel Messi dueling Kylian Mbappé, shot for shot, goal for goal, in the World Cup final.
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The man who lays claim to the title of the new “Greek Freak” – as Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is widely known – is not another member of the basketball star’s talented and famous family, nor is he another Greek to spring from the domestic scene of that sport, which has always produced big names.
On paper, the Ryuyukai were the most fearsome team in Japanese softball. A sort of mutual aid society for retired gangsters, the club had racked up nearly a century of hard time.
Athens will host two European football finals over the coming 16 months. They include the final of the Conference League that will be held in the OPAP Arena in May 2024, as well as the European Super Cup that will be held at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in 2023.
The general director of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), Dimitris Fragakis, traveled to Davos, Switzerland to participate the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
Have you ever dreamed of participating in the Tour de France? On April 1, 2023, amateur riders from Greece and around the globe will gather at Ancient Olympia to take part in the inaugural edition of “L’Étape Greece,” the latest in the international series of the legendary Tour de France, the world’s oldest and most prestigious bicycle race.
Supreme Court Deputy Prosecutor Virginia Sakellaropoulou has urged the sports prosecutor investigating the death of a 16-year-old boxer, Vasilis Topalos, to make it an absolute priority to leave no stone unturned.
A teenage European boxing champion, Vasilis Topalos, died on Monday after suffering a head injury on December 12 at the gym where he trained, in the Athens suburb of Tavros.
Stefanos Tsitsipas battled back after losing the opening set to outlast Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 4-6 6-2 7-6(4) and give Greece a 2-0 lead on Thursday, the first day of the inaugural United Cup mixed team tournament in Perth.
Greek basketball center Kostas Antetokounmpo, a brother of Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, has signed with Turkish club Fenerbahce a few days after parting ways with NBA giants the Chicago Bulls.
Alex Yannis, who chronicled Pelé‘s career and the rise of soccer interest in the United States during three decades with The New York Times, has died. He was 84.
Yiannis Diakoyiannis, journalist, author, radio commentator and television sports presenter, has died at the age of 91.
Brook Lopez hit a wide-open layup off an inbounds play with seven seconds to go and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-105 on Friday night.
The Council of State ruled on Tuesday that aquatic sportsmen Eurysthenis Nikolaidis, Spyros Gianniotis, Yiannis Kalaitzoglidis and Antonis Tsourounakis are not entitled to receive the financial reward for the medals they received at the recent World Championships, because their sports are not included in the official program of the Olympic Games.
Road traffic restrictions will be put into effect in central Athens on Thursday morning, to accommodate the runners participating in the 7th Authentic Phidippides Run.
Sooner or later the moment will arrive for everyone, or at least everyone who doesn’t speak Arabic but hopes to discuss this year’s World Cup without sounding like a total idiot.
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