The success of Greek athletes in winning medals at European Championships “fills us with pride and moves us emotionally,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said on Monday.
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Lightning struck Sunday during a nighttime trail race up a mountain, killing one runner and seriously injuring another, police and the fire service reported.
Greece’s Antigoni Drisbioti celebrates as she crosses the line to win the Women’s 20km Race Walk at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Germany on Saturday.
Miltos Tentoglou is known to most most people in Greece. After all, he is an Olympic gold medalist while he was also the favorite to win in the men’s long jump event at the European Championships in Munich on Tuesday.
The quickest way to the quarterback for a defensive end is usually the most direct route, and that may be why Chiefs rookie George Karlaftis is so adept at bulldozing his way through an unsuspecting offensive tackle and into the backfield.
Antigoni Ntrismpioti of Greece celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the Women’s 35km Race Walk during the athletics events at the European Championships Munich 2022 in Germany on Tuesday.
Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou achieved a Championship Record of 8.52m to win the men’s Long Jump at the European Championships in Munich on Tuesday.
Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti reached fourth place in the women’s solo technical final of artistic swimming at the European swimming championships, in Rome, on Friday.
Police said the fans, between the ages of 16 and 35, were detained ahead of Thursday’s match during a security check. The arrests were announced Friday morning.
The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), which houses Greece’s largest soccer pitch and other sports venues, has been placed under the microscope of graduate students from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in the United States.
A previously unknown shipwreck was discovered last month by a professional diver off the western coast of the island of Kythnos, near Attica.
A prosecutor recommended on Monday that a group 12 defendants must stand trial before a mixed jury court on charges of premeditated murder over the death of 19-year-old Alkis Kampanos, who was fatally stabbed and violently beaten by a gang of youths in Thessaloniki on February 1 in an attack that has been connected to soccer fan rivalries. Two of his friends were also injured in the attack.
A scoring exhibition by Lucian Bura and a powerhouse Croatia team sealed the fate of a talented team Denmark to win the 2022 IHF Men’s Beach Handball Championships held in Crete all of last week, while in the women’s side, synchronized team play by Germany spoiled Spain’s hopes of victory. Greece made the semis, but ended up fourth in both men and women.
Giannis Antetokounmpo didn’t watch this year’s NBA Finals. The series he dominated last year like few players have was too stressful to view as a fan.
Greece’s Evangelia Platanioti performs during the women’s solo free preliminary at the FINA World Championships, in Budapest, Hungary on Monday.
Hundreds of people gathered outside the new Antetokounbros store at Athens International Airport on Friday to see NBA stars Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks and get an autograph.
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