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Paid to play, travelling internationally and enjoying celebrity status: the lifestyle of a modern elite professional sportsperson, but also that of some elite sportsmen in ancient Greece and Rome. By Wray Vamplew Ancient Greeks lived in perhaps 1,000 autonomous communities stretching,...

On June 3, 1997, Brazil's Roberto Carlos stunned the world with the greatest free-kick in soccer history in a match against France. The free-kick was taken from 35 yards out. It looked like his rasping strike, hit at 136.7 kph...

The Greek women's water polo team accomplished a remarkable feat by winning the bronze medal at the European Championship in Eindhoven. They defeated Italy, 7-6. This victory also ensured their participation in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The Journey the Greek...

Greek basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo is now on par with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for scoring 45-plus points in 18 career games for the Milwaukee Bucks. The Milwaukee Bucks 'Greek Freak' scored 48 points with 17 rebounds in the 112-108 loss against...

Franz Beckenbauer, the German football icon who won the World Cup as both a player and a manager, has died at age 78. The World Cup winner died on Sunday, January 7th, his family confirmed, as tributes flooded in from...

With her latest Instagram post, Giannis Antetokounmpo's family-oriented girlfriend, Mariah Riddlesprigger, has given air to the rumor that the couple is planning to marry. Californian Riddlesprigger, who has been romantically involved with the Greek Freak since the mid-2010s, posted a...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is mulling over a possible fragmentation of the Winter Olympics citing the climate crisis. “We need to address very quickly this dramatic impact of climate change on winter sport," IOC President Thomas Bach said at...

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo once again cemented his place as one of the greatest players of the franchise. Antetokounmpo grabbed seventeen rebounds in the game against the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. With his fourteenth board, he passed the...

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a franchise-record 64 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks outscore the Indiana Pacers 140-126 on Wednesday night. Antetokounmpo broke the team record of 57 set by Michael Redd in 2006 in a 113-111 loss to the Utah...

Greek Soccer Legend Kostas Nestoridis, one of the best strikers in the history of AEK Athens and Greek football, died in Athens on Tuesday. He was 93. Nestoridis was born on March 15, 1930 in Drama in northern Greece and...

Greece announced on Monday it asked the Super League to hold soccer matches without spectators for two months after incidents of hooligan violence. This measure, announced by government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis after a meeting at Maximos Mansion on Sunday, follows...

Greek hooligans attacked the riot police outside an Athens volleyball arena on Thursday evening causing severe injuries to an officer who is fighting for his life. State ERT television said a flare shot by a hooligan severed a thigh artery...

Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated his 29th birthday on Wednesday in Las Vegas with balloons, cake, and a serenade from his team. The entire Bucks team gathered on the T-Mobile Arena court to sing happy birthday to Antetokounmpo. https://twitter.com/eric_nehm/status/1732531275507139006 The Bucks are in Las...

Greece's Olympic Committee (HOC) announced that Stefanos Ntouskos will serve as the inaugural torchbearer for the Paris 2024 Olympics relay. Ntouskos is the Olympic gold medalist in the men's single sculls at the 2021 Tokyo Games. The lighting ceremony for...

Greece has some incredible ski resorts—some so unique that they offer you unobstructed views to the sea while speeding down the mountains. The first thoughts coming to mind when you hear the word Greece are whitewashed villages, blue skies, and...