When you hear about workout, you probably think of a gym, a group class or a stadium. Have you ever thought that you might be forgetting the simplest choice of all? OUTDOOR WORKOUT! This was the innovative idea of the MCH Training people when they started working on the ELA KI ESU (Come with us) [...]
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Kallipatira Awards Greek Olympic Champions’ Mothers
The Pan-Hellenic Association of Women Athletes Kallipatira, under the auspices of the Ministry of National Defense, awarded the mothers of the Greek Olympic Champions of Beijing and London, at the Thessaloniki War Museum, on the occasion of Mother’s Day. The Minister of National Defense, Panos Panagiotopoulos attended the event and pointed out the need to [...]
AEK, Bankrupt Falls to 3rd Division
The Greek football club AEK Athens is about to declare bankruptcy and voluntarily be delegated to the National amateur division (3rd division). AEK, which has always been Greece’s third largest club, apart from being delegated from the top league this season, also announced that it won’t be playing in the second division as the team [...]
Fans Pour Out For Olympiakos’ Hoop Champs
After beating Madrid, 100-88 in May 12 in London for its second consecutive Euroleague basketball title, the players of Olympiakos returned to a hero’s welcome at Athens International Airport, with their red-clad fans cheering. About 3,000 followers of the team set an improvised party at the airport, in which Olympiakos’ players participated as well, calling [...]
Olympiacos B.C. Wins 3rd Euroleague Championship after Beating Real Madrid
Olympiakos beat Real Madrid (100 -88) in London to win their 3rd Euroleague Championship; their second in a row. Down 27-10 after the first period to Real Madrid, defending Turkish Airlines Euroleague basketball champion Olympiakos roared back with a scintillating performance to repeat as champions with a 100-88 victory, led by all-star shooting guard Vassilis [...]
Olympiakos Beats Asteras At Greek Cup Final; Completes Double (video)
Olympiakos completed its sixth double in the last decade winning a record 26th Greek Cup when it beat Asteras Tripolis 3-1 in the final on Saturday. Watch Olympiacos’ players receiving the cup: The game was attended by almost 40.000 spectators at the Olympic Stadium of Athens. The referee came under fire for not giving a [...]
Greece Honors Basketball Player Galis
Legendary Greek basketball player Nick Galis, undoubtedly one of the best in Europe, 20 years after his retirement was honored in Thessaloniki by his former club Aris BC. Deputy Culture Minister Yiannis Ioannidis attended the great event, while he announced that the main hall of the Alexandrio Sports Palace of Thessaloniki has been named the [...]
Panathinaikos Punished With Closed-Door Games
Euroleague Basketball has sanctioned Athens Panathinaikos to play four closed-door games and imposed a fine of 100,000 euros for illegal acts which took place during the Greek team’s quarter-final series against Barcelona. Panathinaikos’ offenses are the use of illegal sirens, flares and firecrackers as well as the violation of the official capacity of the OAKA [...]
Coach Donis Dismissed from PAOK
The coach of the Greek football club PAOK, Giorgos Donis was dismissed on April 29, as PAOK announced, after the team was eliminated in the Greek Cup semi-finals by Asteras Tripolis on April 27. According to sources, Donis has sent an extrajudicial to PAOK’s president, Zisis Vryzas and to the major shareholder, Ivan Savvidis, a [...]
Relegated AEK’s Appeal Bid Fails
AEK Athens’ soccer team, relegated to the second division for the first time in 89 years after its most disastrous season ever, had its appeal against punishment measures rejected on April 25 by the Greek Football Federation (EPO) which upheld the Greek Super League sanction. AEK, which dropped from the top flight last week, was [...]
AEK Relegated for First Time
AEK Athens were relegated for the first time in the club’s 89-year history on Sunday after conceding a late goal to lose their final Greek Super League match 1-0 against Atromitos (video). Traianos Dellas’ side, who have appealed a three-point deduction for crowd violence, went into the final match hoping to get a win to [...]
The Decline And Fall Of AEK
The once-storied AEK Athens soccer franchise has hit hard times, beset with financial woes, a dwindling fan base, without a place to play, one of its young stars suspended for giving a Nazi salute, the arrest of its owner on tax charges. And now the final blow: relegation. For the first time in its 89-year [...]
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Calendar – Exhibits, Concerts, Fun
- Crete Hosts Talks On Ancient Novels May 23, 2013
- Velos Mutiny Honored in Special Ceremony May 23, 2013
- Contemporary Theatrical Adaptation of Homer’s Iliad May 22, 2013
- A Greek Portfolio at The Benaki Museum May 22, 2013
