Dimitris Papadopoulos

PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the 2004 European Champions to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their historic victory against Portugal

The players presented the Prime Minister with a commemorative shirt bearing their signatures and invited him to a friendly match against the UEFA All-Stars in Essen, Germany, Rehhagel’s birthplace, on July 11, marking the 20th anniversary of Greece’s triumph.

Dimitris Kalantzis Quintet | Athens | January 15

The Half Note in downtown Athens presents the Dimitris Kalantzis Quintet in a jazz tribute to Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The quintet is made up of Dimitris Kalantzis on the piano, Takis Paterelis on saxophone, Dimitris Papadopoulos on trumpet, Alex-Drakos Ktistakis on drums and Giorgos Georgiadis on bass. Doors open at 8.30 p.m. and the concert starts an hour later.

Jazz band to entertain travelers to Athens’ International Airport on Friday

Hot grooves and burning jazz solos by Dimitri Vassilakis quartet are setting up the rhythm at the Athens International Airport.

Travellers and visitors to the airport on Friday will have the chance to enjoy saxophonist and jazz composer Dimitris Vasilakis, Dimitris Papadopoulos (trumpet), Yiannis Papadopoulos (keyboard) and Giorgos Kosteletos (drums)

Triumph for PAOK, historic result for Asteras in Europa League

 Panathinaikos loses at home to Dinamo Moscow

By George Georgakopoulos

Greek teams produced a patchy record on the opening night of the Europa League group stage on Thursday, as PAOK thrashed Dynamo Minsk, Asteras Tripolis snatched a draw at Besiktas and Panathinaikos lost at home to Dynamo Moscow.

PAOK beats Atromitos to stay close to Panathinaikos


By George Georgakopoulos

Two deadly crosses by Lino and a penalty save in injury time by Panayiotis Glykos kept PAOK in the running for a spot in next season’s Champions League qualifiers with its 2-1 win at Atromitos, although the Thessaloniki club remained three points behind Panathinaikos that saw off Asteras Tripolis 1-0 at home.