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PM Tsipras Meets with Rio’s Greek Olympic Team

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed on Tuesday the Greek team of athletes that represented the country at the recently completed 2016 Olympic Games. The athletes were accompanied by the head of the Greek delegation, Isidoros Kouvelos, the president of the...

Greek Team Schedule in 2016 Rio Olympics

Greece will lead the Parade of Nations in the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece will enter...

Olympics 2016: Sofia Bekatorou First Woman Selected as Standard-Bearer

The Greek Olympic Team has made history by unanimously selecting athlete Sofia Bekatorou as the first-ever female Standard-Bearer to represent Greece in opening ceremonies at Rio 2016. The 39-year-old Greek sailing champion has taken part in three previous Olympics starting...

Fundraising Campaign For Greek Olympic Team

"An Olympic Games without founders Greece has never, ever happened – and we want to keep it that way," award-winning sports crowdfunding platform www.pledgesports.org said, urging all fans and believers of the Olympic Games movement to financially support Greece in order to be...

ΒΒC Reports on Greek Olympic Legacy Fading Away Amidst the Debt Crisis

The Greek Olympic team to compete at the upcoming London Olympics 2012 is going through all the harsh consequences brought on by the debt crisis that is plaguing the country for the fifth year in a row. The BBC...

Olympic Flames Burn Out For Greek Athletes

The Olympic torch will be lit in Greece later in a spectacular ceremony, but the country's economic troubles have led to a chronic funding crisis for its athletes. Greece is expected to field just 75 athletes at this summer's Games,...

Greece Goes to London Olympics 2012 With Only Half a Team

It was a great global sporting event with an atmosphere of joy and aspiring hopes: the Athens Olympics of 2004 took Greece to the forefront of the world stage and its success beckoned a future of development for the...