The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) announced on Μοnday it was suspending its funding to the Greek sailing federation noting its “shock and dissatisfaction” over the body’s handling of the rape allegations raised by former Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou.
The government is considering allowing people to travel between regional units so they can visit ski resorts, Development Minister Adonis Georgiadis said on Monday.
Olympic Gold medalist Sofia Bekatorou was invited by a prosecutor in Athens to give her deposition on Wednesday morning after she revealed that she had been raped by a senior member of Greece’s sailing federation when she was preparing for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Greek President of Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou has invited retired Olympic sailing star Sofia Bekatorou at the Presidential Mansion on Monday, the Presidency announced on Sunday.
Two members of the board of Greece's sailing federation have resigned since athlete Sofia Bekatorou, an Olympic Gold medalist, revealed she had been sexually assaulted by a board member in 1998.
Greece's sports ministry urged judicial and sports authorities on Saturday to look into Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou's statements that she had been sexually assaulted by a sports official in 1998.
Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou of Greece has accused an unnamed sporting official of sexually assaulting her in 1998 during preparations for the Sydney Games.
Greek Olympian and a former world sailing champion Leonidas Pelekanakis passed away on Thursday at the age of 58, after a two-month battle with Covid-19.
Cosmote TV announced on Wednesday that it had secured the television broadcasting rights for all UEFA European club soccer tournaments – i.e. the Champions League, the Europa League, the new club competition Europa Conference League and the Super Cup – until 2024.
Anxiety in Milwaukee over Giannis Antetokounmpo staying with the Bucks beyond this season continues to rise. The NBA MVP said Wednesday he has locked in on the 2020 season, not his much-discussed future.
The completion of the new 40-000 seat Panathinaikos soccer stadium in the downtown district of Votanikos in three years is foreseen by an agreement signed on Friday. Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis described the project that Athenians have been waiting for for years as it will radically overhaul Votanikos, which will be also be graced with the addition of a large park. The 72-million-euro stadium project will be bankrolled by the ministries of Finance and Development & Investments – efforts will also be made to induct it into the EU Recovery Fund – while proceeds from its operation will be distributed between the Greek state and the City of Athens. The stadium will be leased to the capital’s Panathinaikos soccer club for 99 years.
The four cases of coronavirus that have recently struck the Olympiakos basketball team have led to the postponement of both of its Euroleague games this week against Barcelona and Villeurbanne.
NetTV Plus (nettvplus.gr), a leading TV platform for viewers from Greece and Cyprus living abroad, is bringing sports fans around the globe all the excitement of Greek Super League soccer with a brand-new streaming service, in cooperation with Novasports World, the rightsholder of the top division of Greek soccer for the rest of the world.
Manthos Valsamidis, a member of the National Climbing Team and a medical student at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, trains on a makeshift climbing wall inside his living room in the northern port city, Tuesday. An emergency plan for northern Greece is being implemented by the Health Ministry to help hospitals cope with the mounting pressure from the coronavirus pandemic. [EPA]
Participating at the Olympic Games is an incredible experience for every athlete. But it is also humbling when you realize that you are part of something bigger. You are part of an event that unites the world. In the Olympic Games, we are all equal.
Three top-flight Greek athletes met for a night out in Athens, basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo revealed in a post on social media on Thursday.
