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2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Greece Grabs a Second Win Against the Philippines

82-70 was the final score of today's game between Greece and the Philippines for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain. Easily, but not as easy as yesterday's game against Senegal (an 87-64 win) Fotis Katsikaris' players beat one of the...

FIBA World Cup Preseason Friendly: Greece – Lithuania 67-86

For the first game of the Kaunas basketball tournament, Greece failed to impress and lost with their hands down 67-86 against Lithuania. A number of friendlies all over Europe have been scheduled in preparation for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain...

Australia Gets Past Greece in U17 FIBA World Championship

Greece stumbled upon the Australian wall for the final 16, losing 84-76 and failing to reach the FIBA U17 World Championship quarter finals taking place in Dubai. The Greeks had eased through their group with two practice type wins against the Philippines...

Claudio Ranieri Appointed New Coach of Greece

Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has been appointed new coach of the Greek national football team after agreeing on a two-year deal. The 62-year-old Italian takes over from Fernando Santos, whose contract expired after the 2014 World Cup. The Portuguese coach...

Greek Politicians Praise National Team After World Cup Exit

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has congratulated Greece’s national soccer team after its second round exit at the World Cup in Brazil and his government has pledged to build a new training center for the team. “All Greeks are proud of...

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...

Melbourne’s Greek Community Grieves World Cup Loss to Costa Rica

Greece's loss to Costa Rica ahead of the World Cup quarter-finals caused sorrow to all members of Melbourne's Greek community who had gathered in cafes to watch the game on big screens. Melbourne has the third-largest Greek-speaking population in the world, after...

How Outsider Greece Nailed Starful Côte d’Ivoire and Advanced to World Cup's 16

An in depth analysis of the Greece vs Côte d’Ivoire World Cup game that resulted in the Greek National Team's advancement to the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time in history.

The Moment You Realize Your Tattoo Doesn’t Mean What You Thought

Tattoos -- especially those depicting Kanji characters -- have become some of the most talked about body art failures in Asia during the 2014 World Cup. It takes a global event on a World-Cup scale, to realize how foreign cultures really...

Ranieri to Become the New Coach of Greece’s National Team?

The former coach of Chelsea, Claudio Ranieri is said to be the new coach of the Greek national football team, replacing Fernando Santos. The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has been on the lookout for a new coach for the Greek...