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Top Greek basketball coach Ioannidis dies: officials
Greece’s most successful basketball coach Yiannis Ioannidis died Wednesday aged 78, officials said. Nicknamed “the blonde”, the famously superstitious, chain-smoking and short-tempered Ioannidis tallied 418 victories in under 500 games …
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Giannis wants to ‘expedite’ Lillard chemistry with Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to focus on film study with new superstar teammate Damian Lillard so they will have chemistry before ever taking the court together for the Milwaukee Bucks. Even …
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Officials shut down Athens Olympic stadium over roof concerns
Greece’s top sports facility, the Olympic Stadium in Athens, will be shut down with immediate effect after a study raised concerns over its huge glass-and-metal roof, stadium officials said Friday. …
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Greek cities flood again, weeks after deluge disaster
Flooding on Wednesday struck central Greece for the second time this month, with the city of Volos especially hard-hit after a prior storm front left 17 dead and caused massive …
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Tsimikas signs new Liverpool contract
Liverpool defender Kostas Tsimikas signed a new long-term contract with the Premier League club on Monday. Tsimikas agreed a five-year deal when he joined the Reds from Olympiakos in 2020, …
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Greece seeks EU-Turkey migration deal expansion: minister
Greece in December will seek the renewal of a 2016 migration deal between the EU and Turkey, the Greek migration minister said Saturday. “We want an agreement. The climate is …
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Croatia arrests nine football fans sought by Greece
Croatian police have arrested nine suspected hardcore football fans sought by Greece over deadly violence in Athens ahead a Champions League match last month, the justice ministry said on Saturday. …
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Cyprus urges UN to resurrect negotiations on divided island
Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday (local time) urged the United Nations to appoint a special envoy with the aim of restarting negotiations on the long-divided island. “It is high …
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Greek PM announces fresh funding to face climate ‘war’
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday announced a further 300 million euros to fight the effects of climate change, acknowledging the scale of the crisis facing the country. He …
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Qualifier Navarro stuns Sakkari to reach San Diego semi-finals
Qualifier Emma Navarro of the United States upset world number nine Maria Sakkari of Greece, winning in a third-set tie-break, to reach the semi-finals of the WTA’s San Diego Open …