Articles tagged with "greece"
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 30th, 2008
In our poll last week, the vote wasn't even close. The winner was...
CROATIA! With 44%(!!!) of the total votes. Poland was second ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Ian Rose | May 24th, 2008
Today, four of the sixteen teams going for Euro glory had warmup friendlies against sides that didn't manage to qualify for the big show in ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 20th, 2008
The final whistle has blown, and Greece has come out 2-0 winners over Cyprus. It's the Greeks 7th consecutive victory in all competitions, while their ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 20th, 2008
This is Sotiris Ninis, the 18 year old Panathinaikos midfielder.
Greece coach Otto Rehhagel gave Ninis his international debut in yesterday's friendly against Cyprus, and within ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 19th, 2008
It's halftime here in Patras; where the European Champions, Greece, are proving to be too much for the team from Cyprus. The game has provided ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 19th, 2008
The FIFA World Rankings for May were released recently, the final world rankings before Euro 2008 begins. So here's how FIFA ranks the Euro 2008 ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | May 16th, 2008
Panathinaikos youngster has finally got the call from Greece Coach National Team coach, Otto Rehagel. The Greek coach announced today which players were included in ...
Posted on: Portugal Euro 2008 Blog by Greg | May 16th, 2008
Photo: Getty Images If we ignore history, we shall be doomed to repeat it. If seeing this doesn't get you fired up, you don't ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 14th, 2008
This is part of ESPN's newest ad campaign, aimed at American audiences. There are five spots at present: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, and ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Apr 22nd, 2008
Out of all the positions on Greece's National Team, the most secured falls in Greece's last line of defence: goaltending. The defending champions will have ...
Posted on: Greece Euro 2008 Blog by Takis | Apr 11th, 2008
Greece made history once again, when FIFA published its latest edition of the World Rankings this past Wednesday. Previously Greece's highest ranking was 10th, a ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | Apr 9th, 2008
No big surprises in the FIFA World Rankings announced today. Our draw with Croatia wasn't enough to keep up the good points average of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 31st, 2008
You've probably seen Cristiano Ronaldo's ridiculously good goal for Man Utd against Aston Villa by now. A flick with his back leg, through Martin Laursen's ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 21st, 2008
With all the Euro 2008 teams in friendly action next Wednesday, here's a quick rundown of all the squad news from the teams involved:
Austria v ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 14th, 2008
Like it says above, welcome to Euro 2008 on World Cup Blog. This is where we'll be covering the big show in Austria and Switzerland ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 5th, 2008
Euro 2008 is getting closer and World Cup Blog is going to cover everything that happens this summer in a big big way. And there's ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2008
Here's an interesting concept, what if a best eleven wasn't picked on reputation but entirely on statistics? That's the the idea behind the Castrol Performance ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jul 2nd, 2007
...as someone was in the comments to a post below, on Saturday I went to a party wearing my Felix Borja Olympiakos tribute jersey, shown ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 30th, 2007
Let us give a hearty congrats to two Ecuador internationals who, in their first seasons in Europe, have already become league champions.
First was El Kangaroo, ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 13th, 2007
It's a little old, but I love this picture of El Kangaroo getting down for Olympiakos.
UPDATE: Wait--how did this guy get in with Felix? ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Dec 20th, 2006
Ecuador striker Felix Borja continues his run of good play as he powered Olympiakos to the quarterfinals of the Greek Cup.
Go you little ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Dec 11th, 2006
Ecuador striker Felix Borja helps Olympiakos past Egaleo with an 87th-minute winner this past weekend. The Red-Whites now lead the Geek top flight by ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Dec 3rd, 2006
Last week, Greek champs Olympiakos retained its lead in the first division by besting Larissa 4-0. Ecuador striker Felix Borja joined in the rout, ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 28th, 2006
Yes, this is close to two weeks late. I kept intending to post it, but then I would get distracted by unsubstantiated transfer ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 16th, 2006
Great clips from the France-Greece game, including the Henry goal and some shots of the tribute to the 1998 and 2000 teams. All in ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 15th, 2006
Well, that was a fun way to spend an afternoon. Henry put it away with a gorgeous diving header in the 26th, and after ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Nov 13th, 2006
Okay, so here's the post where I'm supposed to introduce all the Greek players, and, like, analyze them vs. our guys and stuff.
Except ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Aug 29th, 2006
Thanks to reader Robbie, here is an update on Ecuador striker and Olympiakos newby Felix Borja. The Kangaroo scored twice (two headers!) in his ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jul 14th, 2006
Ecuador striker Felix Borja and his new club Greek champions Olympiakos, will take part in the 2006-07 Champions League. As expected, the Greek FA ...
