PAO won with a single goaol at home while AEK lost away as the two Greek sides battle for qualification in the Europa League.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were comfortable winners while Maroussi endured a heartbreaking loss in the first round of the European basketball league.

Olympiakos left it very late to secure all three points at home to Belgian side Standard Liege while APOEL went down in Portugal to FC Porto.

The draw for Greece to qualify for the 2011 European Mens Volleyball Championshgips will see it play Finland, Latvia, Great Britain or Azerbaijan.

PAO, Olympiakos, Xanthi, Levadiakos, Atromitos, Panionios and Larissa were the winners in round eight of the Greek Super League.

Moonah Links on the Mornington Peninsula will be the course for the 2009 Australian Hellenic Golf Open which was launched recently.

Marcos Baghdatis’s two sets to one victory in Tashkent saw him win his third challenger tournament in three months.

Greek gymnast Vassilis Tsolakidis just missed out on a medal in the parallel bars at the World Gymnastics Championship in London.

Greece will play its World Cup qualifying playoff matches against Ukraine in November to determine whether it will play at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Olympiakos, AEK, Atromitos, Panionios, Larissa and PAOK were the winners in round seven of the Greek Super League.