Greece

According to the United Nations’ World Happiness Report for 2013, Greece is one of the least happy places in Europe. The UN report shows that Greece ranked 70th out of 156 countries, with a happiness index of 5.4, compared to Denmark’s 7.6, which according to the report, is the happiest country in the world. Of […]

The Greek basketball team managed to emphatically overcome the loss of Vasilis Spanoulis to a sprained ankle for the group stage game against the Turkish national team (84-61), but fell short against the enthusiastic Italian team (72-81). On Saturday Greek center Yannis Bourousis celebrated 100 caps with the national team against Turkey with an impressive […]

The Greek national basketball team followed up its victory against Sweden by defeating Russia (80-71), for the group stage of the 2013 EuroBasket competition taking place in Slovenia. Once again coach Andrea Trinchieri’s side had a shaky start, allowing the Russian team to take the lead in the first quarter (16-21). In the second and […]

The Greek national started off with a bang at the EuroBasket in Slovenia, beating Sweden 79-51 in the first game of the competition. Despite a woozy start, the Greeks stars focused their efforts in the second quarter onwards and dominated the game, building a 30-point lead. All 12 players on the roster got the opportunity […]

Mali and Greece played out a 0-0 draw at yesterday’s second day march for the FIFA Under 20s World Cup that is taking place in Turkey. The game at the Kamil Ocak Stadium in Gaziantep was rather balanced, with Greece wasting the game’s finest goal opportunity in the 58th minute of the game. Diamantakos made […]