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Greece
Greece Ups National Sports Budget
Following blistering complaints from athletes and sports federation leaders that budget cuts had decimated Greece's sports program, the government has promised to put up another 11 million euros ($14.4 million) to keep the organizations from shutting down.
Some of the...
Greece
Greece, Athletes Furious IOC Drops Wrestling
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is being besieged by athletes, critics and Greek officials for its decision to drop wrestling, one of the premier events of the ancient and modern games in favor of sports it thinks can draw...
Greece
Greek Swimmers: Dear Santa – Send Heat
Greek swimmers and members of the Olympiakos Piraeus Youth Academy, have written a letter to Santa Claus asking for coal to heat their pool due to lack of funding.
“We collected wishes from the families of the swimming division of...
Greece
Budget Cuts Killing Greek Sports
According to Greece's beleaguered Olympic Committee (HOC) statement on Nov. 8, budget cuts could lead to the disintegration of Greek sports. The HOC issued a plea to the state to reconsider drastic spending cuts for sports and warned that...
Greece
More Dopes on the Greek Olympic Team Adds Disgrace
ATHENS – Ten days before the London 2012 Olympic Games were set to begin, most of the Greek Olympic team was unveiled at a ceremony in the neo-classical Zappeion building in the heart of Athens, and the young men...
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Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony 2012 To Be Broadcast Over the Internet
For the first time in Olympic Games history, the Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony will be broadcast live via the Internet. Until now, international state broadcasting companies showed the event.
The ceremony, which defines the opening of the Olympic Games, will be...