Kostas Katsouranis

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.

By George Georgakopoulos

The national soccer team should be rather happy for avoiding defeat in Tuesday?s friendly against host Poland, just three days after its disgraceful 2-1 loss at the Faroe Islands.

By George Georgakopoulos

A Matias Iglesias long-distance shot on the 77th minute gave Asteras Tripolis a ticket straight for the Europa League group stage next season as it sealed the Peloponnesians? 1-0 win over PAOK on Sunday at the end of the Super League play-offs.

Atromitos announced on Friday the most impressive transfer of this winter’s window, the signing of former Greece skipper Costas Katsouranis.

The defensive midfielder has signed a six-month contract with an option for Atromitos to extend it by another 12 months.

Greece's World Cup squad received a heroes' welcome home on their return to Athens on Tuesday after reaching the World Cup last 16 for the first time in their history.

Over 200 supporters greeted the players at Eleftherios Venizelos airport in an impromptu gathering, chanting loudly and embracing them as they made their way through the arrivals hall.

By Derek Gatopoulos

After a troubled start, the smiles are returning to West Africa at the World Cup.

Nigeria has earned its first victory after a stalemate with Iran, and Ghana held Germany to a 2-2 draw after losing to the United States. Now Ivory Coast is looking for a place in the last 16 by beating Greece after its earlier loss to Colombia.

Greece could have emerged victorious from its 0-0 World Cup Group C draw with Japan on Thursday were it not for Costas Katsouranis's first-half red card, coach Fernando Santos said.

The Greek skipper was dismissed for a second yellow in the 38th minute, leaving his side to frantically defend for the remainder of the game with Japan having close to 70 percent possession.

By George Georgakopoulos

Greece’s first ever clean sheet in its World Cup history has kept it in the running for the second round, as the 0-0 draw with Japan on Thursday, with a man down for most of the game in the rainy and windy conditions at Natal, has given it its first point in the tournament.

By George Georgakopoulos

The reported bust-up in the Greece camp between PAOK’s Giorgos Tzavellas and Olympiakos’s Yiannis Maniatis marks the end of an era in the national team, that started in 2001 with the arrival of German manager Otto Rehhagel. It appears that the domestic problems of Greek soccer have once again destroyed the health of the national team.

 Two headers gave Greece its only victory in four friendlies in 2014

Panayiotis Kone ended Greece's nearly four-game goalless streak in the first half and the Europeans beat Bolivia 2-1 on Friday night at New Jersey, in its last friendly before heading to Brazil for the World Cup.