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Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation: “Poverty is No Joke”
On Tuesday, the Charles Antetokounmpo Family Foundation (CAFF) held the first "Poverty is No Joke" event to "fuel opportunities" for the disadvantaged.
The foundation is named after Charles Antetokounmpo, the father of the Antetokounmpo brothers, who have made waves in...
Greek News
Petrounias Wins Gold At Men’s Still Rings World Cup In Germany
Greek champion Lefteris Petrounias won another gold medal on Saturday at the Men's Still Rings Turnier der Meister World Cup competition.
Basketball
NBA All-Star Game: Team Giannis Triumphs Over Team LeBron
Team Giannis defeated Team LeBron 184-175 in an All-Star Game that saw Jayson Tatum collect MVP honors, scoring 55 points on 22-for-31 shooting to set the record for the most points scored in an All-Star Game.
In one of the...
Greek news
Greece Wins First Ever Medal at the World Ski Championships
On Sunday, Alexandros Ioannis "AJ" Ginnis won Greece's first ever medal at the Alpine World Championships. He came second in the skiing slalom at Courchevel in France.
Norway's Henrik Kristoffersen made a stunning comeback to secure gold at the event....
Celebrities
Premier League Footballer Christian Atsu Found Dead After Eartquake in Turkey
Christian Atsu, a Premier League footballer, was found dead in Turkey beneath a pile of rubble. He was killed by one of the two recent earthquakes that have recently devastated parts of Turkey and Syria.
Atsu's body was recovered by...
Greek News
Olympic Champion Miltos Tentoglou to Auction his Shoes for Victims in Turkey
Greek long jumper Miltiadis (Miltos) Tentoglou will auction his shoes, with the proceeds to be donated to the child victims of the earthquake that struck southern Turkey last week.
The sports shoes were worn by the Olympic gold medalist last...
Greek news
Greek Fencers Win Gold And Silver At Women’s Fencing World Cup
Greek fencers Despina Georgiadou and Theodora Gkountoura won gold and silver respectively at the Sabre World Cup in Tashkent.
Greek News
Miltos Tentoglou Achieves Year’s Best Long Jump
Miltiadis "Miltos" Tentoglou achieved the furthest long jump performed so far this year. During the Toruń meeting in Poland, he jumped 8.40 meters, securing victory and setting a new record for the event.
The record-setting jump in Poland is another...
Diaspora
Greek American George Karlaftis to Make Super Bowl Debut
On Sunday, February 12, Greek-born American football defensive end George Karlaftis will play for the first time in the NFL Super Bowl.
The match is set to take place at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, between American Football...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo NFT Sells for $187K, Breaking Sorare NBA Record
On Sunday, an NFT (non-fungible token) of Giannis Antetokounmpo sold for $187,000 worth of ETH, setting a new record on Sorare NBA, for the highest-sold NFT on the platform.
Sorare NBA is an NFT-driven fantasy basketball game, officially licensed by...
events
Greek Chess Team Ranks First in Europe and Fifth in the World
A Greek chess team has become the highest-ranked team in Europe and the fifth-highest-ranked team in the world in the university rankings.
The NTUA Le Roi Chess Team represented the National Technical University of Athens and Greece in the Kasparov...
Greek news
Saudi Arabia Made Secret Offer to Greece for Joint 2030 FIFA World Cup Bid
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud (MBS), the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, privately promised Greece that his country would pay to construct all the necessary football stadiums if Greece joined Saudi Arabia and Egypt in a...
Basketball
LeBron James Breaks NBA’s All-time Scoring Record
LeBron James became the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, surpassing the record that six-time NBA MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had held for 39 years.
Los Angeles Lakers star James, 38, hit 38 points in a 133-130 defeat by the Oklahoma...
Greek News
Greek Athlete Konstantina Chrysopoulou Wins Gold at European Karate Championship
Greek athlete Konstantina Chrysopoulou has won the European Karate Championship for the second time in a row.
Chrysopoulou claimed victory in the -61kg U21 KUMITE category, whilst her teammates were also able to pick up one silver and one bronze...
Greek News
Skier AJ Ginnis Makes History Winning Silver for Greece in World Cup Slalom
Greek skier Alexandros Ioannis Ginnis won the silver medal in the men's World Cup slalom in Chamonix, France on Saturday.
The skier made history by becoming the first Greek athlete to win a medal in the history of the popular...