[WORLD CUP QUALIFYING: Europe] It was a night of heroics across Europe as the four remaining berths in the World Cup went to Portugal, France, Croatia and Greece.Portugal owed its qualification to one of the great performances of Cristiano Ronaldo‘s career, a hat trick in the 3-2 win to best Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who scored both […]
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Portugal to Face Sweden, France to Meet Ukraine in World Cup Playoffs
Portugal on Monday was paired with Sweden in FIFA’s draw for the UEFA 2014 World Cup playoffs, while France will meet Ukraine, Greece faces Romania, and Iceland will have to get past Croatiaif it is to appear in its first World Cup finals. Following the draw, Portugal coach Paulo Bento told Eurosport: “It’s going to […]
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Greece Bans Player for Life for Nazi Salute
The Greek soccer federation (EPO) on Sunday handed AEK Athens midfielder Giorgios Katidis a life ban from the national team after he gave what appeared to be a Nazi salute to AEKsupporters in celebrating his winning goal in a 2-1 win over Veria in the Greek Super League on Saturday. “The player’s action to salute […]
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Wales Coach Coleman Witnessed Game-Fixing in Spain, Greece
In response to the Europol investigation of nearly 700 games worldwide on suspicion of match-fixing, Wales coach Chris Coleman says that in his time spent abroad, he felt that“something was going on” while he was a coach in Spain with Real Sociedad and Greece with Larissa. “I’ve managed in Spain, I’ve managed in Greece. Some […]
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Fan collective can't stop Panathinaikos' spiral
If fans hoped their beloved Panathinaikos would see better days when they took control of the famous Greek club, they were mistaken as a 1-0 loss at Panthrakikos left it with only two points inthree games, seven behind behind archrival Olympiakos in first place. “Through tears but also joy, we will continue to build a […]
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Loew: 'Time was ripe to do something different'
[GERMANY-GREECE] The fabulous depth in Germany’s national team was on display for the world to see Friday as Coach JoachimLoew dropped the attacking trio of Mario Gomez, Lukas Podolski and ThomasMueller and the Germans did not miss a beat in a 4-2 win over Greece in the Euro 2012 quarterfinals. Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus, […]
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What They're Saying
“We have a close relationship [with Chancellor Angela Merkel], but she has no say in picking the lineup and we don’t want to mix in politics.” — Germany coach Joachim Loew, who is glad to stay out of the politics of Friday’s Euro 2012 quarterfinal match between Germany and Greece. The Greekpublic has been angered […]
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OBITUARY: Alkis Panagoulias (1934-2012)
Greek-American Alkis Panagoulias, only the second full-time U.S. national team coach in history, died on Monday at his home in Vienna, Va., at the age of78. Panagoulias had first made a name for himself as the coach of the Greek-Americans, the New York club that he coached to three straight U.S. Open Cup titles in […]
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Greece is victim of Swedish ref's badly bungled diving call
By Paul Gardner At the very point of this Euro 2012 tournament when I was reminding myself how good the refereeing had been — not a single really contentious decision– up steps Sweden’s Jonas Eriksson to make a mockery of that thought. Eriksson’s decision, at the 61st minute of the Greece vs. Russia game, to […]
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Czech Republic, Greece in; Russia, Poland out
[EURO 2012 WRAP] Russia’s European Championship, which began so brightly when it crushed the Czech Republic, 4-1, ended abruptly when it fell to Greece, 1-0.The loss, combined with the Czechs’ 1-0 win over co-host Poland, meant that the Czech Republic and Greece were through to the final eight from Group A. Giorgos Karagounis scored the […]