PAOK defeated struggling Asteras Tripolis 2-0 on Monday, thanks to a Mauricio brace, to bounce back to the second spot of the Super League table.
VOLLEYBALL
Media in Croatia reported on Thursday there will be no away fans in the Croatia vs Greece play-offs for a spot in the World Cup finals, for fear of trouble.
Greece earned the silver medal at the World Junior Women’s Championship it organized at Volos, losing 17-16 in the final’s penalty shootout to Russia on Saturday.
The Hellenic Basketball Federation confirmed on Tuesday the hiring of experienced coach Costas Missas to guide the national team starting with the 2017 Eurobasket this fall.
Teenager Miltos Tentoglou produced a new national Under-20 record in the men’s long jump and the fourth best jump in the world this year measuring 8.29 meters at the National Championship that took place over the weekend in Patra.
Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi cleared a world-leading 4.85 meters at the women’s pole vault event of the Rome Diamond League meeting on Thursday.
The women’s national team has advanced to the play-offs for qualification to the World Cup as it finished second in its pool in Croatia thanks to its 3-1 victory over Austria on Sunday.
Greece was eliminated from the World Championship as it suffered its second consecutive loss at its qualifying group in The Netherlands.
Eighteen-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas has successfully negotiated three rounds of qualifying at the French Open and will be at the main draw of the tournament in Paris, for his first ever presence in a Grand Slam tournament.
Iraklis had three points deducted off its tally for the 2016-17 season on Wednesday for the delayed payment of dues to a former player, and is getting relegated to the second division.
A few days after winning bronze in the 25-meter pistol, Olympic champion Anna Korakaki won gold at the 10-m air pistol at the World Cup in Munich on Tuesday.
PAOK upset the odds and won the Greek volleyball league for the third year in a row as it triumphed 3-1 on Sunday at Olympiakos to win the final series by 3-2 wins.
The men’s national volleyball team came close to reaching the Eurovolley 2017 finals, but eventually succumbed to Spain and missed out on next year’s tournament.
The men’s national volleyball team scored three wins in three games in Belgium this weekend to make it five wins in a total of six games and advance to the play-offs for a spot in the finals of next year’s European Championship.
Olympiakos landed its record 15th Greek Cup on Sunday to add it to the League Cup “Nikos Samaras” it won earlier this season, as it seeks to recover the reins of Greek volleyball from PAOK.
PAOK may have scored remarkable wins on the road in Europe in both soccer (at Borussia Dortmund) and basketball (at Besiktas) this month, but domestically it often struggles to translate its good form into the points it needs to move up the table in both professional sports.
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