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Bentleigh Greens are delighted to announce the signing of Head Coach Nick Tolios and his long time Assistant Coach Bill Theodoropoulos. Nick and Bill will take over the head coaching reigns with immediate effect and will be in the dugouts for this…

Greece’s national basketball team began its World Cup campaign with an easy 85-60 victory over Montenegro in Nanjing, China. Greece opened a 42-16 lead at halftime and cruised from there. Veteran forward Giorgos Printezis led Greece with 16 points. Greece’s superstar, reigning…

The Oakleigh Cannons have booked their place in the NPL Victoria semi-finals after a 2-0 win at home against Hume City in their Elimination Final at Jack Edwards Reserve. A date with Avondale in the semi-final awaits the Cannons after yet another…

Reigning champions PAOK started the defense of their Super League title with a 2-1 win against Panaitolikos at the Toumba stadium last Sunday night. Goals from Karol Swiderski and Josip Misic put the Thessaloniki club in firm command. Portuguese midfielder Dálcio netted…

After a thrilling climax to the home-and-away season, Heidelberg United has created a piece of history by finishing top of the table for the third season running. Following a very late winner over Avondale last week to edge it two points clear…

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…