Athens Sports News

Uga VII passed away suddenly Thursday morning at his home in Savannah. At 4 years old, he was practically a pup and had served as Georgia's mascot for not even two full football seasons when he unexpectedly succumbed to heart...

The 31-year-old Mexican international, who came to Larissa on August 27, had serious respiratory problems and passed away while being taken to hospital in the central Greek city. The first postmortem showed cardiovascular problems, but their cause will not be...

Caleb King scored two touchdowns on 66 yards on 10 carries Saturday, leading Georgia to a 31-24 win over No...He scored both touchdowns in the fourth quarter, the last with 6:52 left breaking a 24-24 tie. Washaun Ealey had 18...

France dominated for much of the match in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park and went in front 18 minutes from time when Anelka's shot took a deflection off Sean St Ledger and left goalkeeper Shay Given helpless. Striker...

is just one of four intriguing World Cup playoff matches that will take place across Europe. Want the inside scoop on the crucial World Cup qualifying playoff game between Greece and Ukraine this Saturday?...ET. Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has had...

Theofanis Gekas scored four goals to inspire Greece to a 5-2 win over Latvia on Saturday that boosted their hopes of securing a place in the World Cup playoffs. Gekas opened the scoring after four minutes but Maris Verpakovskis, who...

Caleb King had waited close to three years for his chance to be a starting tailback again. When the opportunity finally arrived, a hamstring injury set him back another six weeks. The time off was tough, but when King finally...

Speaking from the Republic’s training headquarters in Malahide, the famously cautious Trapattoni insisted there is no need to send out his side with all guns blazing. “I don’t want to concede five goals, three goals or two goals,” he said....

Luckily for Fox, as he tries to end the program’s six-year recession, he has a player to assume the spotlight, Trey Thompkins, a 6-foot-10 sophomore forward from Lithonia. Thompkins got the Fox era off to a winning start with a...