Tag: Greece
France, Portugal qualify for Brazil World Cup
. Croatia and Greece also made Brazil line up France put up a superb performance to bounce back from a…
Europe still in quagmire of recession
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Recession in the crisis-hit eurozone will continue unabated for the rest of the year with unemployment remaining…
Hostages: 3 EU nations blast Ansaru for barbaric killings
Three European nations, Britain, Greece and Italy, whose citizens were among the seven hostages murdered by Ansaru, Nigeria’s terror group…
Can it happen in Nigeria as Greece sends ex-mayor to life jail
A court in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday handed life sentences to the city’s ex-mayor and two other municipal officials…
Africans face hell in Greece
ATHENS (AFP) – Stuck in a small Athens flat all day to avoid being caught by police, earning another stint…
Arsenal beaten in Greece
Arsenal’s dispiriting season took a turn for the worse on Tuesday as the Gunners crashed to a 2-1 defeat at…
Nigeria ahead of Greece in credit ratings
Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia, three of Africa’s most dynamic economies, received their first sovereign ratings from the Moody’s agency on…
Greece drops triple jumper for racist tweets
Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou was kicked out of the Olympics on Wednesday for a racist tweet which poked fun…
Dagunduro qualifies Nigeria for Basketball
Nigeria has stunned Greece 80-79 to qualify for the semi-finals of the London Olympics – FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament…
German machine retires 2 Greek footballers
Greece’s 4-2 defeat by Germany in Friday’s Euro 2012 quarter-final prompted veteran duo Kostas Chalkias and Nikos Liberopoulos to announce…
Germany beat Greece for Euro 2012 semi
Football: Germany outclass Greece to make Euro 2012 semis – Wrap Germany showed their class in Gdansk, Poland on Friday…
Press mixes sports, politics as Greece, Germany clash
German newspapers Friday light-heartedly mixed politics and football with an eye on Germany’s Euro 2012 encounter with Greece, suggesting the…
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Poland, Russia exit, Greece, Czech into Q-Finals
Co-hosts Poland and Russia have crashed out of the European Championship in the matches concluded tonight. Poland lost 1-0 to…
Euro 2012: Czechs clinch vital three points
The Czech Republic kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as they beat Greece 2-1 in their…
Russia win, Poland draw
Russia thrashed the Czech Republic 4-1 while co-hosts Poland drew 1-1 with Greece, as the first European championship in eastern…