All things Greek. A blog by Thanasi Papoulias & friends.
The story of Greece and Euro Cup 2004 is beyond epic! Every single Greek across the globe will remember where they were and what they were doing on July 4, 2004, and more importantly, how they were celebrating afterwards. Greece’s…
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has earned the coveted cover for the most popular basketball vidmeo game, NBA 2K. The Greek Freak continues to make us Greeks proud with Greek references in the cover: there are Greek words, the Greek key and even…
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The world class center back, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, is on his way to England! He’s leaving the German club Borussia Dortmund and signing with Arsenal of the English Premiere League. Congrats megale! 🔴 HERE HE IS! #SOKRATIS! A post shared by…
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It’s upsetting that Greece is not in the World Cup this year; heart-breaking actually. And the two runner-up teams I root for, USA and Italy, aren’t in the cup either! So this made me dig for some Greek connections that…
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On Saturday, June 9, the legendary members of the 2004 Greek national soccer team set up a rematch with the members of the 2004 Spain national team in Patra, for charity. Back in 2004, the two teams met in the…
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1936, the year of the first Olympic Torch Relay. Here in Olympia, eleven women, representing the Vestal Virgins, perform a ceremony at the Temple of Hera in which the first torch of the first relay, ever, was ignited by using…
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