Flag bearers Eleftherios Petrounias and Anna Korakaki of Greece lead their contingent during the athletes’ parade at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, at the Olympic Stadium, on July 23, 2021.
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Greece’s Nikolaos Mavrommatis practices at the Asaka Shooting Range ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, in Tokyo.
The most popular mountain race in Greece will take place for a 10th consecutive year, from July 23 to July 25, at Tsepelovo, a small village in Epirus.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned on Tuesday Greek Ambassador Michael-Christos Diamessis to express its “strong protest” to the treatment of the Galatasaray soccer club ahead of a friendly match in Athens a day earlier, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported.
Adult spectators may soon return to stadiums to watch games as long as they are vaccinated and all wear masks without exception, the Sports Ministry revealed on Thursday.
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office has ordered a preliminary investigation into claims that Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias had granted permission to the Turkish basketball team Fenerbahce to bypass coronavirus safety protocols when entering Greece last October for a Euroleague match.
The Greek rowing team was among the first foreign teams to arrive in Tokyo ahead of the Olympic Games scheduled to start on July 23.
A total of 40 boats from 16 countries set sail on Sunday as the adrenaline-filled Aegean 600 international sailing event gets under way.
Lefteris Petrounias secured his place at the Tokyo Olympics later this year after winning gold at the rings at the Doha gymnastics World Cup on Friday.
Stephania Haralabidis was 12 when she decided she was done with competitive swimming. She hated the stress and anxiety that it brought on for her.
AEK Athens has won its first ever European trophy in handball, and Greece’s second in the men’s game, beating Swedish club Ystads in both legs of the home-and-away finals that were agreed to take place at Halkida, central Greece.
People who do aerobics can skip the face mask while they exercise in a gym but everyone else must wear them, the Development and Investments Ministry said on Saturday, clarifying a previous announcement about the health rules that will apply in gyms when they reopen on Monday.
The Greek government announced on Friday the reopening of gums and open sports facilities as of May 31, easing further social activities as the tourist season begins.
The committee of experts advising the government on the pandemic is leaning towards opening gyms with strict hygiene measures on May 31 according to information available on Friday.
When Joe West took the field for Tuesday night’s game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago White Sox, it was his 5,376th appearance.
European legislators adopted a proposal Wednesday to combat online piracy of live sporting events that includes the option to block illegal broadcasts within half an hour.
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