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Serbia prevailed over Greece 80-85 (OT) in a sold-out FIBA World Cup preparation tournament held in Acropolis, Greece last weekend. The Serbian National Team looked sharp in this series of tuneup games, going 3-0 in this mini-tournament. Bogdan Bogdanovic dropped a game-high…

World number seven Stefanos Tsitsipas is set to make his debut at the Laver Cup in Geneva in September for Team Europe while Australia’s Nick Kyrgios was also named in Team World, the organizers said. The Laver Cup, a three-day team event…

Extremadura UD has reached an agreement with the player Charalambos Stamboulidis (Australia, 1996), better known as HARIS STAMBOULIDIS, for the signing of the Oceania player for a season. Haris, who has Greek ancestry and has dual nationality (Greek and Australian), plays in…

Nathan Lyon has bowled Australia to a rollicking victory in the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston, taking six wickets on day five to secure a 251-run win. It marked the first time Australia has won the opening game of an away Ashes…

Manchester City have struck an early blow for the forthcoming English Premier League campaign as they beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties to win the FA Community Shield after an absorbing contest had finished 1-1 at Wembley. Former Liverpool player Raheem Sterling gave…

Kyrgios backed up his semi-final victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas with his second career win over Medvedev. A focused Nick Kyrgios has won his second ATP Tour title. Despite a troublesome back, Kyrgios fired 18 aces on his way to a 7-6 (8-6),…

Over the next two weeks, five Greek clubs will complete in a total of ten European matches while all five teams will also enter UEFA Champions and Europa League playoff draws. The qualifying rounds of both the UEFA Champions and Europa League…

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kostas Sloukas, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Giorgos Printezis and Kostas Antetokounmpo started practicing with the Greek National Team ahead of the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Nick Calathes is expected to join as well upon returning from USA. The training camp was launched…

Shayna Jack has revealed the banned substance found in her system, and has vowed to clear her name and find out how she came into contact with the drug. Jack, 20, shocked the Australian swimming fraternity with the news she had tested…

Australia added two medals to its tally on the final night of the 2019 FINA world championships in Gwangju, finishing the meet ranked second in the swimming pool behind the United States, and fourth overall. A silver in the women’s 4×100-metre medley…

City may have won the match but Yokohama, who are currently second in the J-League, put up an impressive fight which saw them have 58% possession against Guardiola’s side. Postecoglou’s men created a number of chances, and the style in which they…

UEFA Champions League finalists Spurs started in confident fashion against Juve, with Son Heung-min striking the outside of the post from an acute angle inside the opening four minutes. Ronaldo fizzed a half-volley wide from the edge of the penalty area in…