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Category Archive: Sport

Iliadis brings Georgian cheer to Greece

It wasn’t gold but it was a medal nonetheless; it didn’t have the hometown glamour of Bradley Wiggins […]

August 1, 2012 Georgia, Greece, Gymnastics, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

Truce and gore at the Ancient Games

Turn on the television news and what do you see? Death and destruction; blood and tears. The World […]

August 1, 2012 Greece, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

US gymnasts fly to new heights

I am going to be honest about this one. Although I used to enjoy watching gymnastics, I was […]

July 31, 2012 Gymnastics, London 2012, Olympics, Sport, USA

Dubious Greek melodrama over Voula Papachristou

Greece loves a drama, the more melodramatic the better. In Athens, and I am sure in all parts […]

July 25, 2012 Greece, London 2012, Olympics, Sport

The Last King of Greece

In over 20 years as a hack, I have been fortunate to have talked to and interviewed a […]

July 24, 2012 Greece, Greek sporting legends, Olympics, Sport

Island tragedy takes Ivan Kirov

Greek rugby is in mourning following the death in a motorcycle accident at the weekend of Rhodes Colossi […]

July 17, 2012 Greece, Rugby union, Sport

Hats off to Greece’s golfing legend

The world of golf lives for the most part in a parallel universe to the world of Greece. […]

July 3, 2012 Golf, Greece, Sport

A Greek spin on Test cricket

When it comes to talking about the giants of Greek sport, we inevitably look first at the worlds […]

June 27, 2012 Cricket, Greece, Greek sporting legends, Sport

Remembering the other George Best

On Monday, March 16, 2009 a memorial service took place at the Actors’ Equity Audition Center on West 46th […]

June 26, 2012 Culture, Running, Sport

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