Panathinaikos A.O.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos was upset at home by Alba Berlin with a 68-66 score on Thursday and will need victory at eliminated Red Star Belgrade next week to make sure it qualifies to the play-offs of the Euroleague. Otherwise it will hope that Maccabi beats Alba in Berlin.

By George Georgakopoulos

The Super League clubs agreed on Monday to a blueprint of proposals for combatting violence in soccer grounds and will present it to Deputy Minister Stavros Kontonis to ask for the top flight to return to action this weekend after a one-week suspension.

By George Georgakopoulos

The disciplinary committee of the Super League decided on Thursday to deduct three points from title challenger Panathinaikos for the action of its fans during last Sunday?s league derby with Olympiakos, practically annulling its benefit from the 2-1 result in the Greens? favor.

The government has announced the indefinite postponing of the country’s pro football championships. Undersecretary of Sports Stavros Kontonis announced the measures to representatives of football bodies, while he clarified that the leagues games will begin when various anti-hooliganism measures are applied.

Alternate Minister for Sports Stavros Kontonis is mulling the idea of suspending professional soccer as a response to the latest turmoil in the sport.

This follows a pitch invasion by Panathinaikos fans on Sunday before their team?s 2-1 win over rival Olympiakos, which was followed by complaints from the Greens that the Reds? officials angered the crowd.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos wasted a great chance to upset Barcelona in Spain, going down 80-76 on Friday for its first loss in the top 16 of the Euroleague, on the day it found out its win over Olympiakos in the Cup has been annulled.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos came from behind to defeat European champion Maccabi Tel Aviv 83-76 in Athens on Tuesday in its opening game for the top-16 of the Euroleague.

Victory was crucial for Panathinaikos as it could hardly afford to lose its opening home game in this ever-so-tight group in the second stage of the competition.

Panathinaikos and the Greek National Homeless Soccer Team met at the training center of the Greens in Koropi last weekend for an informal soccer get-together, commemorating the “Christmas Truce” at the Western Front in 1914, and following an invitation from the British Embassy in Athens to celebrate human diversity and deliver messages of peace, friendship, solidarity in difficult times and the

The threat of a bomb being planted at SYRIZA’s headquarters in central Athens proved to be a hoax.

The party’s offices on Koumoundourou Square were evacuated at lunchtime on Monday after a caller claimed a bomb had been placed there. Police searched the building but failed to find anything.

SYRIZA’s headquarters in central Athens have been evacuated after someone called to warn that a bomb had been planted there.

Police are searching the building on Koumoundourou Square.

On Friday, the Euroleague basketball game between Panathinaikos and Barcelona was interrupted due to a bomb threat. But a search of the stadium proved it was a hoax.