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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...

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...

Six police officers and a passer-by have been wounded in a gun attack on a police station in Athens...Police say two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire as they rode past the station in the north of the Greek capital...The...

A convicted murderer in Greece who made a dramatic prison escape by helicopter earlier this year was arrested near Athens on Monday, police said. Alket Rizaj, of Albania, was arrested with a female companion at an isolated house near the...

The Greek government will no longer place guards outside police stations following an attack this week on a station in suburban Athens, an official says. Michalis Chrysochoidis, Citizens' Protection minister, says he has ordered an end to a policy of...

More than 100 youth were detained after clashes with riot police and five Italians and four Greeks were arrested, reports said Saturday. The clashes come a day before the first anniversary of a police shooting of a teenager, which sparked...

Actress Maria Nafpliotou, who is playing the role of an ancient Greek priestess, holds a pot with the Olympic Flame (AFP Photo / Aris Messinis) Olympic flame lit for Vancouver Games Published 22 October, 2009, 19:07 The Olympic flame for...

Panathinaikos�s Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva (l) and French Striker Djibril Cisse celebrate after the latter scored the Greens� third goal in their 3-1 win over fellow Athenian side Atromitos at the Olympic Stadium in the city�s northern suburbs. Olympiakos remains...

Ga. — Wednesday was difficult, Georgia head coach Mark Richt said. But the long days leading up to his final decision were really tough. After months of criticism and rumors, Richt finally made his decision official, announcing the firings of...