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Player accused of rape released

Volos FC goalkeeper Boris Klaiman, accused of raping a minor, has been released on €20,000 bail. The soccer player was arrested at dawn on Tuesday in Kolonaki after he was accused of raping a teenager from Belgium who was in Greece on a school trip. 

Player charged with sex abuse

A well-known foreign soccer player on a Greek Super League team has been indicted by an Athens prosecutor on felony charges over his alleged sexual molestation of an 18-year-old woman from Belgium.

Greek Super League player facing rape charges

A football player contracted to a Greek Super League side is facing charges of rape, sexually assaulting a minor and possession of illegal narcotics after his arrest in the early hours of Tuesday morning in a central Athens bar.

Hooligans involved in attack against soccer fans to face prosecutor

The four men who were arrested in Ioannina in northwestern Greece last Friday, after security camera footage showed them beating four fans of a local soccer team will appear before a prosecutor on Tuesday on charges of attempted manslaughter.

Soccer fans vandalize buses in Thessaloniki

Suspected supporters of PAOK soccer club vandalized four public buses on Sunday evening in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

The incident occurred on Line 14, which was transporting fans to the Toumba Stadium for the match against AEK Athens.

Police are currently investigating to identify the perpetrators responsible for the damage.

‘I had to find the strength to carry on’

The world of sports has often provided us with beautiful fairytale-like biographical accounts. And some of these incredible journeys started in Greece, as though following in the footsteps of Hans Christian Andersen, who traveled to the country in 1841 and wrote about the impressions its colors and landscapes had made on him.

Vesic: Serbia, Hungary to propose high-speed rail line extension

BUDAPEST - Serbian Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Goran Vesic said on Tuesday in Budapest Serbia and Hungary would invite Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Greece and Turkey to join the construction of a regional high-speed rail line that would first connect Budapest and Belgrade and then also Nis and Presevo, in the south of central Serbia.

Brnabic welcomes Sakellaropoulou in Belgrade

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic welcomed Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport on Monday.

Sakellaropoulou will be on an official visit to Serbia until March 29.

She will meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday.

The meeting will be followed by a plenary meeting of Serbian and Greek delegations.

Positive start for Greece against Gibraltar

Greece started off in the Euro 2024 qualifiers with victory in its easiest road game on Friday, beating Gibraltar 3-0 in Portugal.

AEK soccer legend Mimis Papaioannou dead at 81

Mimis Papaioannou, a legendary soccer star for AEK Athens and the club's top scorer, died on Wednesday morning after struggling with health issues for years. He was 81. 

OPAP profits jump 128.3% in 2022

OPAP, the leading gaming operator in Greece, said net profits jumped 128.3% to 592.3 million euros in 2022 from €259.4 million in 2021, with fourth-quarter net profit at €306.5 million (boosted by a €181.3 million profit from the sale of Betano), an increase of 277.6% from the same period in 2021.

Olympiakos defeats Barcelona to lead Euroleague table

Greece's two representatives in the Euroleague continued their separate ways in midweek, with Olympiakos remaining at the top of the table with a home win over Barcelona, and Panathinaikos suffering another defeat, this time away at Monaco.

Tentoglou reaches Istanbul final

Miltiadis (Miltos) Tentoglou, of Greece, makes an attempt in the men's long jump qualification at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Atakoy Arena in Istanbul, Friday. The reigning champion breezed into Sunday's final via his second-round effort of 8.03m in qualification, one of four athletes to go beyond the 7.95m automatic mark. [AP]

Serbia beat Great Britain to qualify for basketball world cup

BELGRADE - The Serbia men's national basketball team has qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating Great Britain 101-83 (28-20, 18-21, 28-19, 27-23) in a decisive qualifying game in Belgrade on Monday evening.

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