Greece pick Poyet to coach national team
The Greek football federation said on Thursday it was in was talks with ex-Uruguay midfielder Gus Poyet about taking over as national team coach.
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Footballer dies aged 21 after cardiac arrest with no defibrillator present at stadium
A Greek footballer has died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a game where no defibrillator or ambulance were present at the stadium.
The sportswomen who inspired me by Annelise Gray, author of Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
Today, I hope I wouldn’t have such a childish reaction. But I am still hopelessly addicted to sporting drama of all forms, a passion that began in childhood when I learned that if I wanted to watch TV with my family, I was going to have to get used to a viewing diet rich in cricket, rugby, golf and American football. I’m not and never have been a great sportswoman myself. But I have always been a keen reader and for me, following a tennis match or watching the downhill skiing at the winter Olympics conjures many of the feelings you have when you’re reading a gripping book. You invest in the characters, you get caught up in their quest and you pledge to stay with them to the end of their journey, whatever the outcome may be.
In search of Tony Hibbert - the Everton enigma who wants to be left alone
The story begins at Goodison Park in the summer of 2012.
Winter Olympics 2022: Are Winter Olympic gold medals made of real gold? Why do athletes bite their medals?
When Beijing hosts the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics on 4 February, it will become the first city in the world to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Games, which this year's medals have been designed to reflect. They will feature the «jade-inlaid medals of the Summer Games in 2008» to showcase Beijing as the first «dual Olympic city,» according to the official Olympic website.
EXPLAINER: The Winter Games, a different kind of Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The first so-called modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens. But the inaugural Winter Olympics were not held until 1924 in Chamonix, France.
After turbulent 2008 relay, torch to begin modest three-day route
BEIJING : The Olympic torch begins its three-day relay on Wednesday, its path abbreviated by COVID-19 and nothing like the 130-day, 137,000 km (85,130 mile) odyssey that proved a magnet for protest ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.
Contact made: Huge update emerges on late January move, Celtic fans will be elated - opinion
Celtic goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas looks set to seal a move away from Parkhead in what remains of the January transfer window.