He died at the age of 91 Giannis Diacoyannisjournalist, writer, radio commentator and TV presenter.

He has covered many important events, including the World Cups, international matches (such as the 1971 European Cup between Ajax and Panathinaikos) and the World Championships in Athletics, European club football finals and more.

His resume

He was born in Athens on January 5, 1931. He has been involved in sports since his teenage years, with a particular weakness for athletics. He studied music in France (where his mother was from), but journalism eventually won him over.

In football, he began covering major events from the 1944 World Cup in Switzerland, and he last covered the World Cup in 1998 in France.

He was the commentator for the national football team’s matches at Euro 2004 when Greece were declared European champions.

From September 1966 to 1983 he was the main presenter of the weekly sports television program Sports Sunday (originally Sports News), and in September 1969 he represented the 9th European Athletics Championships held at the Georgios Karaiskakis stadium, and was leading. the first broadcast of an athletics competition by a Greek television team.

He also worked as a journalism teacher at a private sports reporting center. He was also a producer of music radio shows.

He has also written books, among which the four volumes 100 Years of Football (Militos, 2006), 60 Years of the World Cup (Livanis, 1990), and Great Sports (Kaktos, 1979) stand out. ) etc.

His daughter (adopted) was journalist Rika Vaiani.

In 2003, he was the first to be awarded the Elena Vlahova Prize for his contribution in general as a journalist for Neon.

He is probably the only Greek sports journalist whose last name was included in the lyrics of a song, specifically in “The Match Begins” written and performed by Loukianos Kylaidonis in 1979.

Giannis Diakoyannis was declared Panathinaikos.