Greece failed to land a medal at the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, as its best hope, the men’s national water polo team, lost to Serbia in the bronze-medal game on Saturday.
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Greece will fight it out for the bronze medal at the World Championships on Saturday as it lost 7-5 to host Hungary in Thursday’s semifinal.
The Greek men’s national team has reached the semifinals of the World Championship that is taking place in Budapest after dismissing favorite Montenegro 12-7 on Tuesday.
Greece’s Under-20 basketball national team advanced to the semifinals of the European Championship of its category, held on Crete.
The government and Panathinaikos have signed a memorandum of cooperation toward the construction of a new sports complex at Goudi, eastern Athens, to house the soccer club as well as the amateur divisions of the Athens giant such as boxing etc.
Eighteen-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas has successfully negotiated three rounds of qualifying at the French Open and will be at the main draw of the tournament in Paris, for his first ever presence in a Grand Slam tournament.
Vouliagmeni upset favorite Olympiakos to win the men’s Greek Cup. In the final of the Final Four that took place over the weekend at Karpenissi, Vouliagmeni defeated the Reds 8-7.
AEK beat Panathinaikos 71-70 on Sunday to level their Basket League best-of-five semifinal series 1-1.
Olympiakos appears to have stopped negotiations with French manager Remi Garde and is turning to other options for its bench.
AEK appears determined to extend the contract of manager Manolo Jimenez for one more year.
SOCCER: The pair of the Cup final will meet again on Sunday as the first round of games for the Super league play-offs pits PAOK with AEK in Thessaloniki. Panionios will host Panathinaikos, according to the draw conducted on Monday.
The Greek men’s national water polo team finished third in the FINA World League on Sunday as it followed up its semifinal loss to the US in the penalties with a comeback win over Italy in the third-place playoff in China.
Olympiakos came very close to earning Europe’s crown in water polo, but suffered its only defeat this season to Jug Dubrovnik in the final of the LEN Champions League on Saturday night.
Greece’s national women’s team has missed out on a ticket to the Rio Olympics, after losing to Russia in the penalty shootout at the all-important quarterfinal of the Olympic qualifying tournament in the Netherlands on Saturday.
The men’s national water polo team achieved the best result of a generation as it finished third in the World Championship in Russia by beating Italy in the third-place playoff on Saturday and earned itself a ticket to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
The men’s national water polo team came to close to reaching the final of the World Championship taking place in Kazan, but eventually succumbed to Croatia in the penalty shootout on Thursday and will fight for the bronze medal.
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