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World Cup: 8 Moments that Made our Hearts Jump (Video)
The 2014 World Cup knockout stage matches surprised soccer fans around the world. Here are a few moments that made us jump out of our seats.
The 2014 World Cup held in Brazil is heading in its last 10 days of football, with a...
Greece
Wimbledon Open: Nikos Kyrgios defeated in quarter-finals
Greek–Australian Nikos Kyrgios’ hopes of reaching the Wimbledon semifinals ended on Wednesday after losing 3-1 (6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6) to Canadian Milos Raonic. Kyrgios gave another fantastic exhibition, but lost due to fatigue and lack of experience. Despite his loss,...
Greece
World Cup: Did Greece Deserve to Qualify? (And the Last Lost Penalty)
Greece failed to advance to the 2014 World Cup quarter-finals due to a missed penalty
World Cup fans still talk about Greece's football journey in the 2014 FIFA World Cup that ended in the final 16 after a tough battle...
Greece
Stunning upset in Wimbleton, Nikos Kyrgios knocks out World No1, Rafael Nadal (video)
Greek – Australian Nikos Kyrgios produced an upset for the ages as he beat Rafael Nadal (6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 3-6) and qualified to the quarterfinals of Wimbleton 2014!
The 19 year-old, who was born in Canberra to a Greek father,...
Greece
Mourinho on Family Holiday in Mykonos
Maybe as Chelsea’s football manager he's tough and strict with his team, but even Jose Mourinho needs some relaxing time with his family. The Portuguese manager is in Greece and enjoys his family holiday in the island of Mykonos.
According...
Australia
Wimbledon Open: Nick Kyrgios beats Rafael Nadal! (video)
The No1 seeded player on the ATP rankings and recent winner of the Roland Garros has just lost 3-1 to Nick Kyrgios.
The Greek-Australian caused the biggest upset of the tournament so far and one of the biggest ones in tennis...
Greece
Greece Giving up World Cup Bonus
(AP) — Greece's World Cup players want their bonus money to be used to build a new training site for the national team in the cash-strapped country.
Yiannis Andrianos, the government's general secretary for sports, said Monday that players had...
Greece
Τhank you Greece, you made us proud once more ! (video)
When you lose in a World Cup it hurts, you cry, you suffer. It’s an awful feeling. Yet, you can lose and still feel proud! The Greek National Soccer Team lost in its game against Costa Rica in the...
Greece
Karagounis Bows out as Greece Heads Home
(AP) — Greece captain Giorgos Karagounis retired from international football Sunday after his country's World Cup elimination in a penalty shootout loss to Costa Rica.
Karagounis leaves as Greece's most capped player with 139 appearances over 15 years since making...
Canada
Bitter End for Greek Soccer Fans in Toronto
Soccer fans in Greektown in Toronto were sad the night of June 29, after the elimination of the Greek national team from the rest of the World Cup.
After a close game, Costa Rica beat Greece in the penalty shoot out and Greece's...
Greece
World Cup: Greece loses to Costa Rica on Penalty Kicks in the Final 16
Costa Rica has advanced to the quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup after a dramatic ending resulting to a 5-3 win over Greece on penalties. In the 92nd minute Socratis Papastathopoulos equalized a Bryan Ruiz opener 40 minutes earlier.
A...
Greece
Greece Word Cup Players Turn Down Bonus; Ask for Their Money to Be Spent on a New Training Center
Real heroes seem to never be moved by money, or material goods. Crisis-hit Greece World Cup Players that qualified for the second stage of the World Cup just said they do not want their hard-earned bonuses and instead asked...
Greece
World Cup: FIFA Announced Greece vs Costa Rica Referee
Benjamin Williams, the 37-year-old Australian referee, will take control over the match between Greece and Costa Rica today. Matthew Cream and Jan Anaz, both from Australia as well, will be assistant referees.
It will be the third World Cup match for...
Greece
Santos: Why don't Brazilians Like us?
RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — The Greece squad surprised its critics to make the second round of the World Cup and has delighted its people back home left downcast by the financial crisis.
It's not winning many fans in Brazil, though.
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Greece
World Cup: Greece’s lineup against Costa Rica (video)
Greece's National Team trained for the last time in Aracaju, Brazil on Friday, ahead of its next challenge tomorrow night. Coach Fernando Santos revealed the lineup of the Greek team ahead of the game against Costa Rica.
Orestis Karnezis, Greece’s goalkeeper, seems to have...