Sports

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Leonidas Vandoros — a sporting phenomenon from beautiful Kefalonia. For forty years, he has been playing soccer at a highly competitive level. He first registered as a player four decades ago and hasn’t stopped since. A record holder in Greek soccer and surely one of very few...

He is a European champion—not once, but three times! Fotis Baxevanakis has won six medals in individual and team events at the European Shooting Championships: three gold, one silver, and two bronze. He shared his achievements and his journey in the sport with Grigoris Nanis on “Athletic Voice,” joini...

Her participation in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and appearances at World and European Championships are a testament to her hard work and dedication. Ariadni Adamopoulou has also competed in the pole vault final at the U.S. collegiate championships, balancing athletics with her studies. The five-time...

Back in the day,” the popular Friday segment on “Time in Greece,” returns with a look through the sports pages of the past. Here’s what made the headlines in the Friday, 30 October 1987 edition of Filathlos: International soccer in uproar over the serious incidents at the Netherlands–Cyprus match, wh...

A story of courage and resistance at Leoforos Alexandras Stadium: how the swastika was taken down and the Greek flag raised before the Nazis withdrew. The stadium had been requisitioned by the occupying forces. Its courageous manager made history by removing the occupiers’ flag and replacing it w...

They are the Greek rowing crew at the top of the world and Europe. With gold medals at both the World and European Under-23 Rowing Championships, they also have a World Championship bronze from Lithuania to their names. Andreas Bourkas and Alexandros Chatziavgoustidis shared their journey with...

Author, director, screenwriter and painter Thanasis Skroubelos joins “Time in Greece” and Nikolas Angelidis, bringing the stories in his books to life. The conversation takes as its starting point a little-known episode in football during Greece’s military dictatorship, centered on the Kallithea team....

Her leading international achievements include a silver medal at the European U23 Athletics Championships and a gold medal in the high jump at the World Gymnasiade. Panagiota Dosi competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and has also represented Greece at European and World Championships. The...

He won a bronze medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the European Under-18 Athletics Championships. He has also been part of the Greek sporting diaspora in the United States, winning five medals at collegiate track and field championships. Dimitris Levantinos shared his journey with Grigoris Nanis...

We leaf through the sports newspaper OMADA, dated Tuesday, 16 October 1962—64 years ago—and discover that… Panathinaikos steamrolled Apollon Kalamarias with an emphatic 6–1 victory. Giorgos Sideris and Thanasis Bembis are no longer welcome at Olympiacos! T saknanti, Petridis, and Skevofylax shoulde...

We explore the biggest wins in Greek Cup history, uncovering a match that ended 23–0 (!) and plenty of other victories with double-digit goal tallies. Join us as we turn back the clock and revisit some of the most astonishing moments in the competition’s history. Produced and presented by Nikolas Ang...

His triumph at the European Under-23 Shooting Championships in Poland brought him not one, not two, but three gold medals! Panagiotis Gerochristos has won a total of ten medals at European and World Championships. The European and world champion joined Grigoris Nanis on “Athletic Voice” to ref...

His greatest sporting achievement to date is a bronze medal at the European U20 Athletics Championships. Four-time Greek javelin champion Dimitris Tsitsos shared his sporting journey with Grigoris Nanis on “Athletic Voice,” joining his voice with those of Greeks around the world through ERT’s inter...

“Time in Greece” has researched and compiled the biggest wins in the history of the Greek football championship. From Olympiacos’s 11–0 victory over Fostiras in 1974 to Ethnikos’s ten goals against Atromitos in 1981. From Proodeftiki’s nine goals against Olympiacos Nicosia in 1970 to Panathinaikos’s 9–1 win over ...

Evangelos Kyriazakos has won two gold medals and one silver at the European Windsurfing Championships, along with one gold and one bronze at the World Championships. The most recent of his five medals is the gold he won in Poland. The European champion shared the story of his major achievements with...

Maria Prevolaraki won the silver medal in the women’s 53 kg freestyle event at the European Wrestling Championships. The highly decorated wrestler has won a total of ten medals at the championships: one gold, five silver, and four bronze. She shared the story of her journey to the second step o...

Michalis Papazoglou left his mark on both Panathinaikos and the Greek Resistance. He is credited with bringing the clover, a symbol familiar to Greeks from Asia Minor, to the club. Born in Chalcedon, Constantinople, Papazoglou joined Panathinaikos in 1912. He spent seven years competing in the javelin...

Sokratis Chamarias and Iasonas Xypas are world and European champions in sailing. Together, they have won five medals: a gold and a silver at the World Championships, and two golds and a silver at the European Championships. The pair spoke with Grigoris Nanis on “Athletic Voice” about how they ach...