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Greece has been drawn against Scotland in the Nations League play-offs as it aims to earn promotion to the tournament's top tier.

Under the management of Ivan Jovanovic, Greece finished second in Group B2, narrowly missing out on first place to England on goal difference. The team earned an impressive 15 points from six matches, including a notable 2-1 victory at Wembley.

Having missed out on a return to the second tier of the UEFA Nations League last time - losing out to Georgia - Bulgaria will be looking to do one better this edition. The Lions are currently in the third group of Nations League C with Belarus, Luxembourg, and Northern Ireland, with promotion via the automatic spot or playoff position the target.

In their letter, the athletes cite human rights violations as grounds to terminate the agreement and call on FIFA to establish a review committee for evaluating future sponsors.

In this file photo dated Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, Paris-Saint-Germain player Lassana Diarra during a French League One soccer mat

An EU court said on Friday some international football rules regulating player transfers are contrary to the bloc's laws, in a landmark decision that could shake up the system.

Georgian coach Temur Ketsbaia lost his job with the Cyprus national team, the national federation said Friday, days after a 4-0 home loss against Kosovo in the UEFA Nations League.

The former Newcastle, Wolverhampton and AEK Athens player was in his third year with the Cyprus team now ranked No. 127 by FIFA, a drop of 20 places while he was in charge.

The heavy hand of FIFA fell on the Canadian women’s team, which was at the center of an unbelievable espionage scandal just before the start of the Olympic Games.

Last Monday, the New Zealand Olympic Committee filed an official complaint with the IOC and FIFA, alleging that a drone was flying over their training center and recording their training session.

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Greece and Canada have faced each other 13 times at the men’s level, with the “official favorite” (Greece) holding 7 victories. Their most recent encounter was in Victoria on June 29, 2021, where the hosts of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament emerged victorious with a score of 97-91.

Tomorrow, Paris will host the world’s premier sporting event for the first time in a century, welcoming the planet’s most photogenic champions from 206 countries. The aim is to restore the Olympic Games to their former glory after the challenges of Rio and the empty stands of Tokyo, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Will the €7.5 billion invested be enough to achieve this

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Pixie Stojkovic will not resign despite his team's early exit from EURO 2024 and wants to remain in the post, Sportski zurnal reports.

Kazakh oligarch Daniyar Abulgazin, known as “Hurrem” by his adversaries, has earned this nickname after the Ottoman sultana who rose from being Suleiman the Magnificent’s concubine to his lawful wife and a powerful ruler of the palace. This comparison suggests that Abulgazin, like Hurrem, can manipulate any situation to achieve his goals.