SPORTS

Mission to Mount Olympus accomplished
IMAGES

The long-distance athlete Marios Giannakou (right) climbed to the top of Mt Olympus’ highest peak, Mytikas (2,917 meters), on Monday morning with 22-year-old biology student Eleftheria Tosiou (c), who has mobility problems, on his back with the help of a specially designed backpack. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis congratulated both of them in a video call with them at a mountain refuge. They detailed the challenges they faced during their ascent and descent and cited the perfect combination of different factors that led to the successful outcome of their mission. "You give us inspiration and strength," Mitsotakis told them. [Konstantinos Sofikitis/ANA-MPA]


Soccer Bonanza | Athens | September 24-27
WHAT'S ON

It’s all about soccer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) through Sunday, with games, skill displays, lessons and film screenings dedicated to the beautiful game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo wins second straight NBA MVP award
SPORTS

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s historic year earned him a historic awards sweep. A person with knowledge of the situation says the Milwaukee forward is the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league is not announcing the award until Friday afternoon.


East Med Yacht Show postponed to May 2021
ECONOMY

This year’s East Med Yacht Show, originally scheduled to take place on the island of Poros, south of Athens, on September 18-20, has now been postponed until May 2021, according to an announcement by the Hellenic Professional Yacht Owners Association (EPEST), the Municipality of Poros and the event’s Organizing Committee. 

Man United star account ridiculed over arrest account
NEWS

A Greek prosecution lawyer has dismissed as “ridiculous” the account given by Harry Maguire, the captain of English soccer giants Manchester United about the circumstances that led to his arrest last week on the island of Mykonos.

UEFA and FIFA threaten EPO with expulsion
SPORTS

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and soccer world governing body FIFA have threatened the Hellenic Soccer Federation (EPO) with expulsion from international competitions if it does not hold elections in October while also taking aim at the government for allegedly intervening in EPO’s affairs. 


Rock climbing in Meteora: Touching the divine
CULTURE

In Meteora, there are 170 peaks and 870 routes to choose from. It’s a place where your instinct to climb really kicks in, and you don’t often find yourself in spaces like that.



Lefkada kite surfers take the skies
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People kite surf at Mylos beach, following the easing of measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease, on the island of Lefkada, Greece, Saturday. [Reuters]

From Zeus to Athens, how the modern Olympics came to be
SPORTS

Spyridon Louis, an unheralded competitor in an unknown event, ran 25 miles from Marathon to Athens, following the path not just of the ancient messenger Pheidippides but also some more contemporary couriers on horseback and bicycle who announced his arrival at the Panathenian Stadium with the cry: "A Greek! A Greek!"

Turkish NBA star Kanter says ‘Thank you Greece’
SPORTS

Four years after the failed coup against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, NBA superstar Enes Kanter speaks to Kathimerini about how he experienced that momentous night on July 15, 2016 in the United States alongside a shocked Fethullah Gulen, the exiled Turkish cleric.


Driver who killed soccer fan remanded
NEWS

A 26-year-old woman who faces murder charges after running over a 28-year-old Bulgarian soccer fan in Thessaloniki in January was on Friday remanded in custody after defending herself before an investigating magistrate in the northern port city. 

Driver faces murder charge over soccer fan death
NEWS

Police said on Wednesday that the death of a 28-year-old Bulgarian man in Thessaloniki in January who was run over by a car driven by a 26-year-old woman was not an accident as was initially thought. 

Athens joins Olympic Day celebrations
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A boy lifts a dumbbell at the Agios Kosmas sports center in southern Athens on Tuesday, on Olympic Day, an annual celebration of sports and Olympic values. The Hellenic Olympic Committee launched a social media campaign earlier this month to promote the day, drawing the support of Olympic athletes, clubs and sports fans. The campaign included two videos featuring Greek Olympic champions including gymnast Lefteris Petrounias and sailor Sofia Bekatorou. With Olympic Day occurring amid the coronavirus pandemic this year, it was marked around the world by Olympians, athletes and sports fans in a 24-hour digital workout. [InTime News]