Arsenal defender Dinos Mavropanos has joined Bundesliga side Vfb Stuttgart on a permanent deal, the clubs said on Thursday.
SOCCER
The Super League play-offs have ended, with victories for Olympiakos, PAOK and Aris who respectively took the first three spots in the final table of the Greek championship.
Panathinaikos and Aris have sealed their tickets to next season’s Europea Conference League qualifiers, but while the Greens did so easing to an emphatic home win over PAS Giannina, Thessaloniki’s Yellows did it the hard way, producing a rare comeback to beat AEK.
Panathinaikos and Aris won the local derbies in Athens and Thessaloniki on Wednesday, showing they wanted victory more than their respective opponents, Olympiakos and PAOK, as they chase European spots.
Six cars were deliberately set ablaze a short distance from the soccer stadium where league leader Apollon Limassol played second-place APOEL Nicosia, Cypriot police said Monday.
Panathinaikos edged closer to its return to Europe snatching a goalless draw from AEK on Sunday, and combined with Aris’ home loss to Olympiakos it is the favorite for the third spot.
Olympiakos has retained its Greek soccer crown winning yet another Super League title on Wednesday – and did it in style, too, with victory at archrival PAOK.
Olympiakos is now just a win away from claiming another Super League title, as it managed to beat PAS Giannina with a last-gasp effort, while PAOK dropped two points at home to AEK.
Panathinaikos and PAOK will contest the Greek Cup final this year, after winning their semifinal ties on Wednesday at the expense of Lamia and Olympiakos respectively.
Panathinaikos and Olympiakos have a slight edge in the race for a spot in the Greek Cup final after the first leg of the semis this week, increasing the chances for a classic final between Greece’s Eternal Rivals.
Aitor settled the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Sunday, gifting Panathinaikos its first win over Olympiakos this season, but the Reds are very close to clinching another league title.
PAOK’s longest ever journey in a European competition came to an end on Thursday, as it went down 1-0 to Marseille in Thessaloniki to bow out of the Europa Conference League.
Aris was the big winner of this weekend’s Super League play-offs, as it managed to beat AEK in Athens and climb to third at the mini-league table, while Panathinaikos was held at PAS Giannina.
Ukrainian soccer club Shakhtar Donetsk will play a series of charity games on a government-backed “Global Tour for Peace” that will raise money for the country’s military in the war against Russia.
Omar El Kaddouri’s goal at the Velodrome in Marseille has given PAOK some hope of turning its Conference League quarterfinal tie with Olympique Marseille around and qualify to the semifinals of the new UEFA competition.
Olympiakos needs another 11 points in the seven remaining games of the Super League play-offs to clinch the title after drawing with AEK at home as PAOK lost at Panathinaikos on Sunday.
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