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Katerina Stefanidi earned Greece’s first – and probably sole – medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, finishing third at the women’s pole vault final. The former world champion and Olympic gold medallist could do no better than landing a…

AFL grand final party fills Richmond’s Swan Street as Tigers fans celebrate win over GWS The 89-point win at the MCG played out in front of a sea of yellow and black, and thousands of the team’s supporters spilled out from the…

The Australian Hellenic Golf Federation (AHGF) is proud to present the sixteenth annual Australian Hellenic Golf Open (AHGO) to be held at the prestigious Metropolitan Golf Club on Monday 14th October 2019. The Golf day will be an Individual Stableford format over…

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk missed out on the top prize. It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the world’s…

PAOK and Olympiakos dropped their first points this season, in their local derbies, with PAOK leaving it very late to avoid a home loss to Aris and Olympiakos conceding a late equalizer at the Derby of Eternal Rivals to draw with host…

Substitutes Aleks Jovic and Michael Domfeh struck in extra time as Perth Soccer Club defeated Heidelberg United 3-2 in a pulsating NPL Finals Series clash in Port Melbourne. Heidelberg’s Andrew Cartanos cancelled out Paul Zimarino’s early goal to take the match into…

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe has won the 2019 Brownlow Medal, claiming the AFL’s greatest individual honour for a second time. Fyfe polled 33 votes, prevailing over Geelong’s Patrick Dangerfield (27), Brisbane’s Lachie Neale and Carlton’s Patrick Cripps (26 each) in a dramatic…

Bentleigh  Greens have  become one of the powerhouses of Victorian football: a rise which was capped off with their third NPL Victoria Championship in five years. The Championships earned in 2015, 2017 and 2019 join the 2016 Premiership, 2016 and 2018 Dockerty…

The “inaugural” participation by Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras at a Eurogroup session came on Friday in Helsinki, as the new Mitsotakis government continues to “test the waters” over European creditors’ potential acquiescence for reduced annual fiscal targets. The December Eurogroup meeting…

Australia has coughed up another big lead to finish fourth at the basketball World Cup, losing to France 67-59 in the bronze-medal game. The Boomers led by 15 points in the third quarter but, just as they did against Spain in last Friday’s…

Champion PAOK extended its perfect start in the Super League beating Atromitos in a thrilling game at Peristeri, but so did challenger Olympiakos and surprise package Xanthi, all making it three out of three. Atromitos came back from 2-0 down, after goals…

After 26 weeks of the regular season and two weeks of finals football, just two sides remain standing. After a season of twists and turns it will be the two upstart sides of the 2010s that are set to do battle on…