Greece

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/ 939 days agoGreece national team TV schedule
Greece TV schedule and streaming links See every Greece national team game that airs in the USA with our Greece national football team TV Schedule. The Greeks have mostly been outsiders on the international scene for much of their history. They did not qualify for a FIFA World Cup until 1994 – and have only […]

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/ 1470 days agoScepticism in Greece after new attempt to crack down on football violence
Thessaloniki (Greece) (AFP) – The Greek government has brought in longer prison sentences and a crackdown on hardcore football supporters' groups following the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old fan — but scepticism surrounds the measures. Alkis Kampanos was killed in February in the northern city of Thessaloniki during violent clashes between supporters of the city's […]

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/ 3402 days agoGreek football club banned from refugee shirt protest
Larissa (Greece) (AFP) – Greek top flight football club Larissa said Friday that they have been banned from wearing shirts bearing a slogan highlighting Europe's refugee crisis. Players were planning to have 'The refugee children are our children’ splashed across the front of their shirts but Greek officials rejected their idea as a "highly political […]

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/ 3439 days agoGreek football matches off as referee's home burns
Athens (AFP) – Greece's football federation on Wednesday postponed all this weekend's professional matches after a fire ripped through the home of a top referee. "The federation and the Central Referee Committee denounce the destruction of the home of the committee's president Giorgos Bikas from a suspicious fire, the causes of which are being investigated […]

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/ 3444 days agoGreece selects squad for World Cup qualifier, friendly
Athens (AFP) – Greece coach Michael Skibbe on Friday announced a 22-man squad for next week’s crucial 2018 World Cup qualifier with Bosnia and Herzegovina and a friendly with Belarus. Missing from Skibbe’s previous selection are injured Roma defender Kostas Manolas and Watford defender Jose Holebas, who has retired from the national team. Rejoining the […]

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/ 3445 days agoGreek government gives green light for FIFA to run Greek federation
Athens (AFP) – The Greek government Thursday gave legal backing to world governing body FIFA to run the daily affairs of the country's crisis-hit soccer federation (EPO). Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis submitted in parliament the necessary amendment which puts an official end to months of bickering between the federation and the Greek government over […]

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/ 3663 days agoGreece teams face international ban after Greek Cup halted
Greek teams face a ban from international competition after a meeting on Wednesday between the country's government, FIFA and UEFA officials failed to provide a resolution to the cancelled Greek Cup competition. Greece's Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis refused to rescind an earlier decision to cancel remaining Greek Cup contests because of the fear of […]

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/ 3665 days agoGreek government stays with decision to cancel Greek Cup
Deputy Sports Minister Stavros Kontonis said Monday he will accept a delegation from FIFA and UEFA on Wednesday to discuss his decision to indefinitely postpone the Greek Cup competition, but insists his actions were justified. "We will battle to confirm our decision. It was founded on legal terms and is a measure which solves the […]

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/ 3723 days agoGreek footballers stage pitch sit-in over migrant deaths
Second-division football players in Greece held a sit-in protest at the start of a game over the spiralling death toll among migrants trying to reach the European country by sea. Players from rivals AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos sat on the field and observed two minutes of silence after kickoff Friday in a game in the […]

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/ 4420 days agoGreece World Cup Shirts Home And Away Unveiled For 2014: Official [PHOTOS]
Nike have unveiled the home and away kits for Greece that the team will wear at World Cup 2014. Greece's National Team will wear its white shirt with blue trim as the home kit, while the away kit will be blue with white trim. The design of the shirts is simple, clean and uses the […]