All things Greek. A blog by Thanasi Papoulias & friends.
Greece drew an interesting group for the UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifiers. And I say interesting because rankings-wise, it couldn’t get any better. BUT, you can never count on Italy or Bosnia-Herzegovina playing at the level of their rankings. In most…
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Thanasis Antetokounmpo, brother of NBA star Giannis, was called a monkey by TV announcer Takis Tsoukalas. The comment came after Thanasis helped his club, Panathinaikos, beat arch-rivals Olympiacos. The Antetokounmpo brothers are of Nigerian decent, but we’re born and raised…
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Congratulations to Elena Chatziliadou, the 2018 Karate World Champion! She won the gold at the Karate World Championship in Madrid, Spain. Another one for Team Hellas in 2018! ๐๐ฌ๐ท
Giorgos Samaras, famed Greek striker, calls it a career at 33. He spent the majority of his club career in Scotland playing for Celtic, and played 482 matched with Greece, including Euro Cup 2008, 2012 and World Cup 2010, 2014….
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The Greek National Soccer team is getting ready for their first Nation’s League match versus Estonia this Saturday, September 9. They’ll be playing in Talinn, Estonia. Nation’s League is UEFA attempt at eliminating friendlies so national teams can play meaningful…
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Meet Katerina Karali, Greece’s best female football freestyler! โฝ Seriously, how amazing is she!? And she’s competing in the World Championships of Freestyle this weekend in the Czech Republic. ฮฮฑฮปฮฎ ฯฯฯฮท!! ๐๐ฌ๐ท ๐ S/O to Greek Freak Nation for making…
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