GROUP A PREDICTION. 1. Russia, 2. Poland, 3. Greece, 4 Czech Republic. NAME YOU KNOW. Fans worried about thefate of England without Wayne Rooney, suspended for the first two games, can take heart from the experience of AndreiArshavin. Suspended for the first two games of Euro 2008, Shava came back to lead Russia to the […]
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Greek old-timers make first cut
[EURO 2012 COUNTDOWN] Greece will take one of the oldest teams to Euro 2012 with Panathinaikos midfielder GiorgosKaragounis, AEK Athens forward Nikos Liberopoulos and PAOK goalkeeper Costas Chalkias, all 35 years old or older,in Coach Fernando Santos‘ preliminary squad of 25 players. Two players will be cut following a training camp in Austria before the […]
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Greek club seeks compensation for Coleman
Not so fast, there, Chris Coleman. Greek club Larissa claims Coleman, who resigned from Larissa earlier in January and on Thursday was named ascoach of the Wales national team, is still under contract. He took over at second division Larissa in May 2011 on a one-year deal but left Jan. 8, citing personal reasons and […]
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Good news and bad news for Olympiakos Volos
There was good news and bad news for Greek club Olympiakos Volos. It was allowed back in Greece’s top-flight Super League but expelled from the Europa League (after winning two preliminary rounds)for its role in a match-fixing scandal. Kavala was also allowed to stay up, as the Greek federation’s appeals committee decided to punish the […]
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OBITUARY: Olubayo Adefemi
Nigerian international defender Olubayo Adefemi was killed in a car accident Monday when he skidded off the wet road while driving from the northern Greektown of Kavala to an airport in Thessaloniki, where he was scheduled to fly home to make preparations for his wedding. Adefemi, 25, played for Nigeria in the 2005 Under-20 World […]
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A goal from 80 yards out
[VIDEO PICK] Eintracht Frankfurt’s Greek midfielder Georgios Tzavellas scored his first goal of the season — from 80 yards out againstGermany’s 2010 World Cup keeper. Frankfurt eventually fell to Schalke 04, but Tzavellas equalized the game temporarily in the 70th minute when Schalke keeper Manuel Neuermis-judged what looked like a long pass to Theofanis Gekas. […]
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Bradley and Adu about to move
[TRANSFER WATCH] As the January transfer deadline was set to come to a close on Monday in Europe, two prominent Americans were about to move on loan. Afterweeks of talk of a permanent move from German club Borussia Moenchengladbach, Michael Bradley was about to wrap up a loan move to England’s Aston Villa. Freddy Adu‘s […]
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Barcelona avoids repeat of Saturday's nightmare
[UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] For a few minutes, it looked like it would be Saturday night all over again at the Camp Nou as Barcelona, loser to promoted Hercules athome, fell behind Greek club Panathinaikos in the 20th minute of their UEFA Champions League opener on Tuesday. After a series of misses, Barca finally broke through […]
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Adu on the move again
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Freddy Adu is in Switzerland for a tryout with Swiss club FC Sion following the latest setback in hisEuropean career. The 21-year-old American no longer fits in the plans of Argentine coach Hector Cuper at Greek club Aris, his fourth club since moving to Europethree years ago. FC Sion Sportchef Fredy Chassot confirmed […]
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Captain Messi leads perfect Argentina
[GROUP B] Argentina completed a sweep of its Group B games — only its third ever three-game sweep in group play — with a 2-0 win over Greece, while SouthKorea joined Argentina in the round of 16 with a 2-2 tie against Nigeria in a nail-biter. Here’s what we liked and didn’t like from Tuesday’s Group […]