Euro 2012
Greece
Coach Santos to Quit Greece Football Team After World Cup
Fernando Santos will not renew his contract as coach of the Greek national team after this summer's World Cup, ending a four-year tenure.
His decision was announced by Giorgos Sarris, the president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO): “I’ve just informed the members...
Greece
Greece Gives Up Euro 2012 Dreams after Losing to Germany 4-2
Greece played a heavily favored German side in order to qualify for the semi-final of the Euro 2012 Championship today in Gdansk. Greece lost to Germany 4-2. Under the circumstances Greece played well but Germany is a team of...
Greece
Bild: "Greek National Footballers Drink and Smoke a Lot!"
Bild newspaper seems to be focusing on nothing but the Greek National Team. Once again, a German journalist chose to write about Friday's Euro 2012 football match.
Acting like a more modern Big Brother, or more like James Bond (as...
Greece
German Chancellor to Attend Greek-German Match
The upcoming Euro Cup match between the national teams of Germany and Greece is taking on unprecedented dimensions, turning into more than a mere matter of sports.
As announced by the deputy spokesperson of Berlin, Georg Streiter, Angela Merkel will...
Greece
Germany vs Greece: It's More Than Just a Soccer Game
Imagine being a Palestinian playing against Israel, a Tibetan playing against China or a Kurd playing against Turkey. Now, all three peoples I mentioned are about to lose their identity since their countries are not even politically recognized, so...
Greece
Bild: Defaulted Greeks Rile Against Germany
The online edition of the German newspaper Bild commented on the defaulted-Greeks riling against Germany in view of the upcoming Euro 2012 game between the two countries next Friday.
The German report made reference to several Greek sports newspapers that...
Europe
Otto Rehhagel: Germany Shouldn’t Underestimate Greece
The German coach who led Greece to the 2004 European Championship title is warning Germany not to underestimate the current Greek team ahead of their quarterfinal clash.
Germany and Greece meet in Gdansk, Poland on Friday in what will be...
Greece
Greece Wins Russia 1-0 to Reach Euro Quarterfinals
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Greece surged into the European Championship quarterfinals, defeating Russia 1-0 Saturday on a goal by Giorgos Karagounis just before halftime.
Karagounis, making his team record-tying 120th international appearance, sent a low shot under goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev...
Canada
Greek-Canadians Take the Streets to Celebrate Greece’s Win over Russia
Greeks around the world did not have a lot of opportunities for celebrations amid the gloom of a political and economic crisis that has hit their motherland in the last four years. The victory of Greece's national soccer team...
Europe
Ivan Savvidis to Give 1M Euros to Russian and Greek Football Teams
Greek Russians decided to provide the national football teams of Greece or Russia with one million euros in case they manage to reach the final rounds of the Euro Football Championship 2012.
That is what the President of the Federation...