Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo, of the Milwaukee Bucks (center) looks to pass the ball, between Italy's Giampaolo Rice (right) and Paul Biligha, during a game at the Acropolis basketball tournament in the indoor Olympic stadium of Athens on Friday. Greece won the game 83 to 63. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP]
Unknown assailants early on Friday robbed the home of the official of northern Greek soccer club Aris entrusted with the ticket takings from Thursday’s Europa League soccer match in Thessaloniki against Norwegian club Molde.
In a barren Athens parking lot, young Pakistanis get in position for a game of cricket. On one end of the dust-covered concrete is a trash can; on the other, a pile of rocks. That is their pitch, and those are its wickets.
Greek champion PAOK has signed former Braga manager Abel Ferreira as its new coach.
Young guns Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev suffered shock first-round defeats at Wimbledon on Monday as the sixth and seventh seeds were bundled out within an hour of each other.
Greek hopes for glory at Wimbledon rest on the shoulders of Stefanos Tsitsipas, seen here arriving for a training session at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Saturday. With a career-high ranking of No 6, the 20-year-old is the most successful Greek player in the game’s history. He has so far won three ATP singles titles and reached seven finals. At the beginning of 2018 he was ranked 91 in the world. He will square off today with Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano. The tournament begins today and will run until July 14. [Peter Klaunzer/EPA]
Giannis Antetokounmpo says he will play for Greece at this year's basketball World Cup in China, adding that he can play any position.
Olympic gold medalist in shooting Anna Korakaki on Wednesday landed her first European Games gold at the 25-meter air pistol final in Minsk, Belarus, three days after collecting silver in the 10 m air pistol event. The Drama-born shooter received the congratulations of President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. [European Olympic Committees]
Greece, host of the first modern games in 1896, regained International Olympic Committee representation after four years on Wednesday when the head of its Olympic body Spyros Capralos was elected as one of 10 new members to the global organization.
Anyone aged 12 and over who can kick a ball is invited to make history (or just watch it being made) at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center's Summer Nostos Festival on Friday, June 28.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is a unique example of a great athlete, but also, more importantly, an exceptional person. He is the best response to racists and all those who cannot stomach diversity – whether in Greece, the United States or the world.
NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks reacts as he accepts the Most Valuable Player Award at the NBA Awards, June 24, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, on Monday. The 24-year-old forward teared up as he accepted the award, thanking his ‘hero’ mother and late father for supporting him on his stellar career path from modest beginnings in the hard-up downtown Athens neighborhood of Sepolia, where his parents Charles and Veronica settled after migrating from Nigeria, to the top flight of world basketball. [Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP]
Traffic will be diverted on central thoroughfares in the capital this Sunday on the occasion of the Summer Nostos Festival Run – Running for the Future, a nighttime race organized by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to mark Olympic Day Run.
Younger players must take responsibility and break the hegemony at Wimbledon to ensure there is a new champion this year, Greek world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas has said.
Hiking and nature appreciation club Rediscover Skyros and the island's municipal authority are organizing a half marathon on Saturday, June 22. The beautiful route starts from the main square of Skyros Town and participants can pick a distance that suits them – 5, 10 or 21 kilometers.
Greece’s athletics team for this month’s European Games in Belarus will fly there in the prime minister’s government jet, after sports officials couldn’t find seats on commercial flights for them.
