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Ronaldo in Mykonos

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo chose Greece's most cosmopolitan island, Mykonos, for his summer holidays. The world-famous football player has visited Mykonos to relax and to comfort himself after the failure of Portugal in the World Cup in Brazil. Cristiano Ronaldo arrived in...

Greece Giving up World Cup Bonus

(AP) — Greece's World Cup players want their bonus money to be used to build a new training site for the national team in the cash-strapped country. Yiannis Andrianos, the government's general secretary for sports, said Monday that players had...

Greek Politicians Praise National Team After World Cup Exit

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has congratulated Greece’s national soccer team after its second round exit at the World Cup in Brazil and his government has pledged to build a new training center for the team. “All Greeks are proud of...

Melbourne’s Greek Community Grieves World Cup Loss to Costa Rica

Greece's loss to Costa Rica ahead of the World Cup quarter-finals caused sorrow to all members of Melbourne's Greek community who had gathered in cafes to watch the game on big screens. Melbourne has the third-largest Greek-speaking population in the world, after...

World Cup: Greece loses to Costa Rica on Penalty Kicks in the Final 16

Costa Rica has advanced to the quarter finals of the FIFA World Cup after a dramatic ending resulting to a 5-3 win over Greece on penalties. In the 92nd minute Socratis Papastathopoulos equalized a Bryan Ruiz opener 40 minutes earlier. A...

World Cup: Watch Greece vs Costa Rica LIVE; Liveblog; Fan Chat

Watch the Greece vs Costa Rica World Cup match LIVE and join our World Cup interactive company with liveblog, chat room and live comments. The stakes are very hight today in Recife, Brazil, as Greece meets Costa Rica at...

Greece Word Cup Players Turn Down Bonus; Ask for Their Money to Be Spent on a New Training Center

Real heroes seem to never be moved by money, or material goods. Crisis-hit Greece World Cup Players that qualified for the second stage of the World Cup just said they do not want their hard-earned bonuses and instead asked...

Santos: Why don't Brazilians Like us?

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — The Greece squad surprised its critics to make the second round of the World Cup and has delighted its people back home left downcast by the financial crisis. It's not winning many fans in Brazil, though. Greece...

World Cup: Greece’s lineup against Costa Rica (video)

Greece's National Team trained for the last time in Aracaju, Brazil on Friday, ahead of its next challenge tomorrow night.  Coach Fernando Santos revealed the lineup of the Greek team ahead of the game against Costa Rica. Orestis Karnezis, Greece’s goalkeeper, seems to have...

World Cup Quarters for Costa Rica or Greece

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - This World Cup just got a whole lot easier for Costa Rica. According to the rankings, anyway. Having left former champions Uruguay, Italy and England behind to sensationally win their group — one of the...