Cyprus Sport

All 20 players that claimed silver for Canada at theCONCACAF women's Olympic qualifying tournament will be in camp for the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup. Veterans Christine Sinclair and Karina ...

When APOEL FC cross the white line against Lyon in the Champions League at Stade Gerland on Tuesday, they will be hoping their Brazilian magic can cause yet another upset.

Arguably the biggest sporting event in Cypriot history, this knockout-stage tie has been much anticipated on a football-mad island where international achievement is rare.

The minnows that have lit up Europe's richest competition finished top of their group to secure an unlikely passage to the last 16 of the Champions League -- a feat no other Cypriot team has achieved before.

Cyprus has been a little short on athletic pride for a while now. But it is all changing with the emergence of the Pirates' girls basketball ...

The club Apoel has a budget of about €10 million, yet it is moving on to the next round of the Champions League.

Soccer : Apoel Nicosia became the first Cypriot side to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League as they dug in for a goalless draw at Zenit St Petersburg.

Apoel Nicosia is unbeaten through four matches in the Champion League's group stage, and it only needs a tie in its next match to be the first Cypriot team to reach the competition's knockout round.

After Apoel Nicosia's heroics agains Porto on Tuesday, the minnows from Cyprus lead group G, and every soccer fanatic was hoping against hope for a similar game last night to light up the ...

How teams from Turkey, Switzerland and Cyprus have shockingly taken the lead in their Champions League groups.

How teams from Turkey, Switzerland and Cyprus have shockingly taken the lead in their Champions League groups.

Cypriot club Apoel Nicosia joined former winners Bayern Munich in the lucrative group phase of the Champions League yesterday after winning their return leg. At press time, Maccabi Haifa and Genk ...

The good news for Israel after losing in Cyprus for the second day in a row is that it was only an exhibition game, the third in three days, albeit less than 24 hours after a dramatic loss to ...

There was an air of euphoria at the Maltese Olympic Committee offices at Tal-Qroqq today as the local governing body of elite sport celebrated its best-ever performance in an overseas GSSE after returning home with a tally of 29 medals – eight gold, 12 silver and nine bronze. Malta’s fourth-place finish in the overall medal standings at the end of the 2011 LieGames was the country’s second best-ever performance in a GSSE and eclipsed the previous best set in Andorra 2005 when that year the team returned home with seven gold, 13 silver and eight bronze. Mark Cutajar, the MOC Director of Sport, described Team Malta’s performance in Liechtenstein as outstanding and it gave the right response to all those who doubted the skills of the Maltese athletes. “I have been waiting this press conference for two years,” Cutajar told a news conference. “After Cyprus 2009 I received a lot of criticism and I was also labelled incompetent for the job. At the time, I had two options, either to quit or remain quiet and work hard to put Maltese sport back on its feet. I chose the second option and...

Sierra Leone's Cyprus-based striker, Mustapha 'Hadji' Bangura - who the Apollo fans believe is undoubtedly the most talented player in their squad - has stated in an interview on NTV Limassol S-Sport show that it is time for him to move on to a bigger league in Europe.

Canadian defender Emily Zurrer opened and closed the Cyprus Cup with a winning goal. The 23-year-old from Crofton, B.C., scored off a goalmouth scramble following a corner in the first period of ...

New Zealand slumped to a disappointing 0-5 loss to Mexico in their final game of the women's Cyprus Cup soccer tournament in Cyprus overnight (NZT).Mexico, one of New Zealand's group mates ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Canada's national women's soccer team is headed to the final of the Cyprus Cup, thanks to a 2-0 win Monday over England on Monday.The win improved Canada's record to ...