OLYMPIC SPORTS: In an effort to promote gender equality, the IOC has given nations the option of appointing a man and a woman to be flag bearers together at the Olympic opening ceremony.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi was the winner of the Ultimate Garden Clash, clearing the bar at 4.00 metres a total of 34 times in 30 minutes.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece’s Katerina Stefanidi will be one of three competitors in the Ultimate Garden Clash on Saturday, where she will be competing remotely from Athens.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greek sailor Georgios Zaimis, who won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics, passed away at 82 years of age.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The European Athletic Association announced that the 2020 European Athletics Championships in Paris will not take place, and will not be moved to an alternative date either.
OLYMPIC GAMES: Although the Tokyo Olympics have been pushed back to 2021, AGONAsport looks at which Greek athletes have qualified so far.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: It was announced that Eleftherios Petrounias would take gold in the men’s rings at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku after the Greek had finished first in qualifying, before the rest of the competition was called off.
BLOGS (GEORGE TSITSONIS): The time will come again to be able to enjoy watching Greek athletes such as the Antetokounmpo brothers, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Maria Sakkari, Katerina Stefanidi, Eleftherios Petrounias, and Greece’s club teams and national teams from all sports.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Christina Bourmpou and Maria Kyridou could greatly benefit from the Tokyo Olympics being pushed back to 2021, as the teenage rowing duo from Thessaloniki will now have an extra year of development to boost their Olympic medal prospects.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: It has been officially announced that next year’s Olympics will take place from July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo, Japan.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The 2020 Olympic Games in Japan have been postponed until 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed.
WATER SPORTS: As in many other sports, major competitions in sports like swimming and water polo are also being postponed until later this year.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The International Olympic Committee has given itself a deadline of four weeks to make a decision on whether to postpone this year’s Summer Olympics.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: With the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan being called off after Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias finished in first place in qualifying, the reigning Olympic champion’s Tokyo 2020 qualification hopes are now out of his control.
OLYMPIC GAMES: Although other major sporting events have been cancelled or postponed, the International Olympic Committee has announced that they still intend on holding this year’s Summer Olympics on its scheduled dates.
OLYMPIC GAMES: After getting underway on Thursday, the Greek leg of the 2020 Olympic torch relay has since been suspended and will no longer take place.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The 2020 Olympic torch relay began on Thursday after the traditional ceremony was performed in Olympia, Greece, with Olympic gold medalist Anna Korakaki becoming the first woman to ever launch an Olympic torch relay.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greek shooter Anna Korakaki won a bronze medal in the women’s 10 metre air pistol at the European Championships in Wroclaw, Poland.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece’s Eleftherios Petrounias took gold at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, and has now kept his 2020 Olympic qualification hopes alive.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: “Track and Field News” has named Konstantinos Filippidis, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, and Katerina Stefanidi as some of the best pole vaulters of the 2010s decade.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: After becoming the first Greek woman to win two medals at the same Olympics back in 2016, Anna Korakaki will now become the first female to be the initial torchbearer of the Olympic flame.
WATER POLO: The draws for the 2020 Olympic water polo qualification tournaments were held, and Greece’s men’s and women’s national teams will be aiming to qualify for this summer’s Olympics in Tokyo.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece won three medals at the 2020 European Karate Junior & Cadet and U21 Championships in Hungary, including a gold from Konstantinos Mastrogiannis.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: The coronavirus outbreak has postponed the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, from March 2020 to a new date in March 2021.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: AGONAsport’s “Decade in review” series continues with Andrew Stamas looking back on Greece’s Olympic participation over the last ten years.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: As the previous decade has just concluded, AGONAsport kicks off their “Decade in Review” series with Andrew Stamas looking back on the 15 World Championship titles won by Greece in Olympic events at the senior level over the last ten years.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greek pole vaulter Katerina Stefanidi will miss the 2020 indoor season, including the World Athletics Indoor Championships, as she will instead focus on the outdoor season where she will aim to defend her titles at both the Olympics and the European Championships.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: 2019 was a fantastic year for Greek cycling, and Greece could soon win their first Olympic medal in the sport since 1896.
AGONA TRIBUTE: It was a year to remember for Greek sports, and AGONAsport counts down the top 19 Greek sporting highlights of 2019.
OLYMPIC SPORTS: Greece’s Elina Tzengko broke the U20 world record in the women’s javelin throw, as the 17-year-old from Halkidiki registered a throw of 63.96 metres in Ioannina on Saturday.