South Melbourne FC was awarded the highly prestigious award of Club of the Century for the Oceania Confederation.

Greece will have plenty of work to do defensively after Otto Rehhagel’s side squandered two leads against North Korea in a friendly match in Austria.

Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has taken the axe to his 31-man squad, cutting it back to 28 ahead of the squad’s departure on Wednesday.

Construction began last week to transform Albert Park’s historic Lakeside Oval into the state’s premier sports centre for elite athletes as part of a major $50 million redevelop

With all to play for AEK condemned Olympiakos to bottom place on the playoff table. PAOK, meanwhile, learned of its potential opponents in the qualifying stage of the Champions

Greek giants Olympiakos came up well short in the Final of the 2010 Euroleague Final Four, against Regal Barcelona

South Melbourne FC has drawn leading Singapore football club Gombak United in the first round of the 2010 RHB Singapore Cup.

The Macedonian side defeated Olympiakos 2-0 to get off to the ideal start in the play-offs, while PAOK moved to equal top spot after its 0-0 draw with AEK.

PAOK have joined Olympiakos at the top of the play-off mini-table as they shared a goalless draw with AEK in Athens while Olympiakos lost 2-0 at Aris on Wednesday.

The 1994 World Cup saw the best and the worst for Greece as it qualified, only to fall apart.