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Basketball
Milwaukee Bucks and the Possibility of a New Championship
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks did not win a single game in the preseason, but Giannis is not worried because he believes the team needs to develop good habits for another championship. In his opinion, they just need to be...
Ancient Greece
Doping in Ancient Greece
Doping in sports goes back to the first Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Banned substances were used by athletes to boost their performance.
Basketball
First NBA Game in Greece Might Soon Be a Reality
The idea of hosting an NBA game in Greece might soon be a reality. NBA commissioner Adam Silver admitted that the idea of hosting a pre-season game of the Bucks in Greece is on the table despite logistic difficulties. Greek...
Greek News
Greece Joins Saudi Arabia, Egypt in Bid to Host the 2030 World Cup
Greece will reportedly bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup together with Saudi Arabia and Egypt, it emerged on Tuesday.
The governments of all three countries have apparently given the green light to push on with the application process...
Society
Iranian Athlete Who Competed Without a Hijab Returns Home a Heroine
Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi, who took part in an international climbing competition without wearing a hijab, returned to Tehran on Wednesday to a hero's welcome.
A large crowd at Tehran airport greeted her as she arrived from Seoul, South Korea...
Greek News
Valiant Greece Succumb to France at First Outing in Rugby World Cup
For Greece, it was a historic night as the national team played their first ever game in the Rugby World Cup on Monday.
Their mighty opponents, France, the founders of the World Cup, proved too strong for Greece winning 34-12...
Basketball
NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo Being Treated for Brain Cancer
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Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in NBA history, is being treated for brain Cancer.
The 56-year-old from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is always engaged, socially and charitably, with his war-torn country’s challenges....
Basketball
Kostas Antetokounmpo Signs with Chicago Bulls
Kostas Antetokounmpo, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s younger brother, has signed a two-way contract with Chicago Bulls on Friday.
The Chicago Bulls announced Antetokounmpo, 24, will join University of Illinois product Malcolm Hill as the second Bulls' two-way player.
As a player for the...
Greek News
Greek Olympian Alexandros Nikolaidis Dies at 42
Greek Olympian and taekwondo champion Alexandros Nikolaidis has died at 42 after fighting a rare form of cancer for more than two years.
In a moving message he wrote before he died that was released on Friday he explained how...
Australia
Greek Players to Forgo Payment at the Rugby League World Cup
Players and staff of the Greece national rugby league team have revealed that they do not intend to receive any money from their Rugby League World Cup campaign.
The Greek rugby players, who are making their first appearance at the...
Celebrities
Tennis Legend Maria Sharapova Vacations in Greece
Tennis legend Maria Sharapova has been enjoying a mid-autumn vacation on Corfu, Greece.
The Russian veteran player, who according to Forbes, has been the highest-paid female athlete in the world for eleven consecutive years and earned US$285 million, uploaded photos...
Greek News
Greek Water Polo Player Feeding Baby During Game Goes Viral
Greek water polo player of the Chania team, Markela Ploumis, was photographed feeding her baby during a match and went viral.
During the friendly water polo match between the Chania and Rethymno teams, the camera lens of Theofilos Kyriakopoulos, the...
Basketball
Giannis Antetokounmpo on Life Out of Spotlight After Retirement
Giannis Antetokounmpo is only twenty-seven years old, but he is already thinking about his future after retiring from professional basketball.
In a recent interview, he said that when he is done playing, he wants to be out of the spotlight....
Soccer
More than 120 People Killed in Football Stampede in Indonesia
At least 129 people died in a stampede at a football match in Indonesia on Saturday, after police tear-gassed rioting supporters, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.
About 180 were injured in the crash after Arema FC lost...
Culture
Memories of Pontus and Asia Minor Dominate Opening of AEK Athens Stadium
Memories of Pontus and Asia Minor dominated the spectacular opening of the new football station of Greek soccer club AEK on Friday in Athens.
More than thirty thousand fans gathered at OPAP Arena in the Athenian suburb of Nea Philadelphia...