Former Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch is once again on a shortlist for yet another coaching job. Since his sacking in February, the American interviewed for two Premier League managerial positions. However, neither the deal with Southampton nor Leicester City panned out. Now, Marsch is under consideration at Olympiacos. Sport-FM, as reported by the Yorkshire […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Portugal's Paulo Bento on Monday became the third coach to be sacked this season by Greek champions Olympiakos despite being top of the league. Coming off their third straight Super League defeat just 24 hours earlier, the club said that under-20 coach Vasilis Vouzas will take over on an interim basis. […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Greek champions Olympiakos on Thursday said that an investigation into the club by European football's governing body UEFA has found no wrongdoing. Olympiakos responded with a statement after a report by Britain's Press Association revealed that the club's owner, shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis, was being investigated in relation to match-fixing allegations. […]

Athens (AFP) – An Athens prosecutor suggested Tuesday that shipping magnate and Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis be held in custody before he stands trial for his alleged involvement in the establishment of a criminal gang which fixed football matches. Prosecutor Stamatis Daskalopoulos said that Marinakis, 49, violated an existing order that banned him from getting […]

Piraeus (Greece) (AFP) – Olympiakos have signed German midfielder Marko Marin from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee, the Greek champions announced on Tuesday. While the club did not announce the duration of the contract, Greek media reported it was a three-year deal. Marin, 27, had been with Chelsea since 2012, but only made six Premier […]

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican football star Alan Pulido emerged as a hero after beating a kidnapper and taking his phone to escape a nightmare of captivity in barely 24 hours. But in a nation where the population has grown to deeply distrust the words and actions of the authorities, many are now asking if […]

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican authorities arrested on Tuesday a man married to a cousin of football star Alan Pulido, accusing the suspect of ordering the player's high-profile kidnapping last weekend. Osvaldo Velazquez Garcia, 29, was wounded and detained in a house in the northeastern city of Ciudad Victoria after a shootout with federal police, […]

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexican football player Alan Pulido was rescued after he fought one of his kidnappers and took away his phone to call police hours after his abduction, authorities said Monday. Pulido, 25, cut his right wrist when he punched a glass pane on a door as he tried to flee before police […]

Athens (AFP) – AEK Athens surprised Olympiakos 2-1 to win the Greek Cup final on Tuesday at an empty Athens Olympic Stadium. Goals by captain Petros Mantalos in the 38th minute and by Algerian forward Rafik Djebbour in the 51st minute lifted AEK to their 15th Greek Cup. Argentine midfielder Alejandro Dominguez pulled one back […]

The father of UEFA's new interim general secretary Theodore Theodoridis, a top official at Greek champions Olympiakos, has called on media to leave his son out of match-fixing talk concerning the club. "They should leave my son out of it," Olympiakos vice-president Savvas Theodoridis told sports daily Fos on Friday. "(Theodore) is an outstanding boy, […]

Olivier Giroud netted a hat-trick to propel Arsenal to a 3-0 win at Olympiakos on Wednesday and send the Gunners through to the Champions League knockout stages at the expense of the Greeks. The France striker gave Arsenal a first-half lead at the Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus before netting twice more, the third coming from […]

Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech said Wednesday he expected a "playoff" Champions League game against Olympiacos on Dec. 9 as the two teams vie for a spot in the knockout phase. "It will be like a playoff game because the head-to-head counts and we have things to catch up with," Cech said on his website, as […]

Germany defender Holger Badstuber marked his return from injury with a red card as10-man Bayern Munich reached the Champions League's knockout stages with a 4-0 win over Olympiakos on Tuesday. Badstuber, 26, making his first start in the famous red Bayern shirt for seven months after tearing a thigh muscle, lasted just 53 minutes before […]

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola insists Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympiakos is effectively 'a final' for the Germans in the battle to finish top of the group. Both Olympiakos and Bayern have nine points in Group F, but Guardiola's Bavarians lead the table with an overwhelming goal difference and beat their Greek rivals 3-0 […]

Stand-in goalkeeper David Ospina had a night to forget as Arsenal slumped to a 3-2 home defeat against Olympiacos to leave their Champions League hopes in jeopardy. Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his side they already faced a must-win tie following their opening Group F loss at Dinamo Zagreb. The Barclays Premier League side […]