Vangelis Marinakis
Referee safety in Greece ‘a problem,’ UEFA president says
In response to a request by the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) for elite referees to officiate derby matches of the Greek soccer Super League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin stressed that their safety in Greece "is a problem."
‘End this war’ the main message conveyed from charity match hosted by Olympiacos against Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk
A formidable message for an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and for peace to immediately reign was conveyed to the world on Saturday evening via a friendly in Greece, as league-leading Olympiacos Piraeus hosted Shakhtar Donetsk in a charity match before some 5,000 fans.
Marinakis’s acquittal proves that the ‘match-fixing scandal’ was a smear campaign
It was supposed to be the biggest scandal in Greek Football. Huge resources were used, including widespread wiretaps, in order to substantiate these claims. The narrative was reproduced in many forms all over the Greek and international Press.
In bid to avoid Italy's predicament, Greece takes more measures to contain Covid-19
As concerns about the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus heighten, with cases rising to 89 on Tuesday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is on Wednesday expected to herald additional measures to contain it.
Of the five new cases confirmed on Tuesday, one of the patients had recently traveled to London.
Marinakis just dealt the final blow to the so-called ‘clean-up’ of Greek Football in front of UEFA/FIFA
Everyone knew that he was going to speak about all the problems. Besides, everybody knows that it was Olympiacos that initiated this debate and brought to the fore all the forms of corruption and immorality associated with Greek Football.
Marinakis to Grammenos: «You have been doing anything that Savvidis was telling you for such a long time and now you’ve become sensitive?»
The big loser of the meeting between the Big 4, of FIFA / UEFA and Lefteris Avgenakis was none other than Vangelis Grammenos. The EPO's president was marginalized and confronted by everyone.
Grammenos was marginalized by Savvides himself, who left his «own» Federation president unveiled.
Olympiacos ready to wage tough uphill batle says Marinakis
Olympiacos FC emphatically qualified in the group stages of the Champions League and was drawn in Group B where it will play against great European teams such as Bayern Munich, Tottenham, and the dangerous Red Star.
Vangelis Marinakis: Nine years at the helm of Olympiacos
It has been nine years, and yet it seems like yesterday. It is that "huge" sound that the port makes on everything that decides the present and future of Olympiacos. The discussion is about Sokratis Kokkalis who with the passing of time wants to withdraw, but mainly about the new, Vangelis Marinakis, the son of Miltiadis, who was raised in Karaiskaki Stadium.
Marinakis stresses unity after Piraeus Victorious’ Moralis elected mayor
Olympiacos FC leader Vangelis Marinakis stressed the need for unity among the citizens of Piraeus and underlined that there are no losers in the Piraeus mayoral race in which incumbent Yannis Moralis won a second term.
Marinakis was the City Councilman who won re-election on Moralis' Piraeus Victorious ticket with most votes of any candidate.
Shipping magnate claims PM, minister asked him to support friendly businessman
Greek shipping magnate Vangelis Marinakis claimed in a radio interview on Thursday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas had asked him to pay the first instalment of a TV license fee on behalf of another businessman who was reportedly on good terms with the government.