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Athens Shuts Down for Antetokounmpo Movie Filming
The filming of a Disney+ movie about Giannis Antetokounmpo saw the closure of Monastiraki, downtown Athens on Wednesday.
Sports
Andreas Michailidis Becomes First Greek Fighter to Claim UFC Victory
Andreas Michailidis became on Saturday night the first Greek to ever win the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in mixed martial arts (MMA).
Greek News
Greek Sailing Champion Shares Story About Sexual Assault
Greek sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou recently opened up about experiencing sexual assault as a young athlete while training in the hopes of competing in the Olympic Games.
Known as an extremely skilled sailor, Bekatorou has dominated her peers in the...
Greece
Greece's Acropolis Rally Returns to the World Rally Championship
The historic ''Acropolis Rally,'' Greece's most important rally competition, will very soon return to the World Rally Championship (WRC), after years of absence.
The details of the Greek return were determined in a memorandum signed by Lefteris Avgenakis, Greece's Minister...
events
New Dates for Tokyo Olympic Games 2021 Announced
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games' Organization Committee President Yoshiro Mori announced on Monday the new dates of the Olympic Games, which are now scheduled to take place in Japan next year.
According to the new program of the games, the...
Greek news
Tsitsipas Moves Into Semifinals of Dubai Tennis Championship
Greek tennis superstar Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his successful path in this year's Dubai Tennis Championship, this time beating Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff by a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday.
The top Greek tennis player thus qualified for the semifinals...
Greek News
Tsitsipas Beats Pablo Carreño, Advances to Round of 16 in Dubai Open
Greek tennis champion Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Spain's Pablo Carreño handily, by a score of 7-6, 6-1, in Dubai on Tuesday.
The winning match for Tsitsipas capped off the round of 32, with the young Greek tennis phenom now advancing to...
Greece
Greek Champion Petrounias Ready to Fight for Tokyo Olympics Qualification
Greece's Olympic gymnastics champion in the still rings, Eleftherios Petrounias, is ready to fight the battle of his life to qualify for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan later this year.
Petrounias uploaded two photographs to his personal Facebook page...
Europe
Greece’s Sakkari Beats Bencic, Secures St. Petersburg Semifinal Spot in Tennis
Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari amazed the tennis world during her match at the Saint Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Friday in Russia.
Sakkari beat Belinda Bencic from Switzerland, by a score of 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.
https://twitter.com/WTA/status/1228334722935222272
Sakkari is ranked at 21st in...
Greece
City of Naoussa to Organize Greece's First Winter Event for Disabled People
The municipality of the city of Naoussa in Central Macedonia announced recently that it will organize the first ''Know The Snow'' event to offer a unique winter experience to one hundred disabled people.
The event will take place at the...