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Silver and bronze for Australian high jumpers
Silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers reckons the women’s high jump produced the “perfect podium” in Paris after she and Eleanor Patterson became the first two Australians to medal in the same …
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Greece set to face Germany in Tuesday’s Olympic Basketball quarterfinals
Greece’s basketball team has reached the quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, thanks to Serbia’s 96-85 victory over South Sudan on Saturday night. Greece, South Sudan, and Brazil all finished …
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Aussie swimmers put silver touches on Paris campaign
A quiet achiever and three megastars have put a finishing silver polish on Australia’s third-best campaign at an Olympic pool. Unheralded Meg Harris claimed a surprise silver in the women’s …
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Aiming for a record: Miltos Tentoglou advances to Paris Olympics final with 8.32m jump
Greek long jumper Miltos Tentoglou, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist, advanced to the final of the Paris Olympics with an 8.32-meter jump. He will compete on Tuesday. After his successful …
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Lefteris Petrounias secures bronze in men’s rings at third consecutive Olympics
Gymnast Lefteris Petrounias clinched a bronze medal for Greece in the men’s rings event at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, marking his third consecutive Olympic podium finish. Petrounias previously won …
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Man remains missing after suspected crocodile attack
A fisherman is suspected to have been taken by a crocodile in far north Queensland, with a search for the missing man continuing. Emergency services were called to Annan River …
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Global inter-parliamentary group visits Cyprus on 50th anniversary of Turkish invasion
Members of a global organisation of elected officials of Greek descent visited Cyprus this week, for a series of meetings over the illegal occupation of northern Cyprus and the need …
THI celebrates 10 years in Australia at NSW Government House
Friends and supporters of The Hellenic Initiative Australia (THI Australia) attended an intimate reception on 31 July, hosted by the Governor of New South Wales at the Government House in …
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Yerolimpos accused of “sudden and arbitrary” decision amidst Olympics 2024 gender controversy case
Imane Khelif, the Algerian boxer at the centre of the 2024 Olympics gender controversy furore, secured her ticket to the 66kg semi-finals after beating Hungary’s Anna Luca Hamori on Saturday. …
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Second Legionnaires’ patient dies, outbreak slows
A second Legionnaires’ patient has died but the disease outbreak in north and west Melbourne is “stabilising”. A man in his 60s died on August 1 after being admitted to …