Nea Smyrni

GYMNASTICS: Olympian Lefteris Petrounias made it six out of six this year in the rings winning at the Challenge Cup in Paris with what he claimed was a performance equal to what gave him the gold medal at the  Rio de Janeiro Olympics last year. He has remained unbeaten since and is the favorite for gold in the upcoming World Championship.

A 30-year-old Iraqi national has been arrested in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni on Wednesday after he damaged two ticket machines at a local tram stop.

He faces charges of vandalizing public property and resisting arrest, police said on Thursday.

Panionios triumphed 3-2 at Gorica on Thursday to go through to the third qualifying round of the Europa League with a 5-2 aggregate score.

The Nea Smyrni team traveled to Slovenia armed with the 2-0 home win from the first leg, and scored three times in the first half from four chances it got against a wobbly defense.

Panionios returned to European action after nine years of absence with a 2-0 home win over Slovenia's Gorica on Thursday at the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

TENNIS: Maria Sakkari succumbed to Briton Johanna Konta, the number 6 seed, in the third round of Wimbledon in straight sets (6-4, 6-1) on Friday and bowed out of the tournament in London after some impressive performances that will raise the 21-year-old's ranking from its current 101st position.

SOCCER: In the second qualifying round of the Europa League Panionios will face the winner of the first-round tie between Shirak of Armenia and Gorica of Slovenia, according to the draw that took place on Monday. The Nea Smyrni team's games are scheduled on July 13 and 20, with the first leg taking place in Greece.

A man was detained Friday afternoon after repeatedly firing an air gun off his balcony in the densely populated Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni.

Neighbors alerted the police and officers subsequently entered the man's apartment and disarmed him. According to sources, the man appeared to be in a livid state though it remained unclear why. 

Jazz diva extraordinaire Dee Dee Bridgewater is coming to Athens's Diogenis Studio on Friday, May 5, for a single concert of the classic tunes that earned her an enduring international following, as well as more recent work.

A refugee child's life does not change all of a sudden when they get a brief break from the depressing reality of their existence. Neither is the world as they see it changed by fleeting displays of humanity.

Could rank outsider Panionios dispute Olympiakos's supremacy in the Super League? On Sunday it proved it can, as it defeated the champion 1-0 in Piraeus to cut the distance from the top to seven points with eight games left to play.