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Greece has risen to prominence in a number of sporting areas in recent decades. Football in particular has seen a rapid transformation, with the Greece national football team winning the UEFA Euro 2004. Many Greek athletes have also achieved significant success and have won world and olympic titles in numerous sports during the years, such as basketball, wrestling, water polo, athletics, weightlifting, with many of them becoming international stars inside their sports. The successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic and Paralympic Games led also to the further development of many sports and has led to the creation of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 169 medals for Greece in 17 different Olympic sports at the Summer Olympic Games, including the Intercalated Games, an achievement which makes Greece one of the top nations globally, in the world's rankings of medals per capital
of many world class sport venues all over Greece and especially in Athens. Greek athletes have won a total 169 medals for Greecein 17 different Olympic...
the time of Ancient Greece and the military culture and the development of sportinGreece influenced one another considerably. Sport became such a prominent...
Football is the most popular sportinGreece, followed by basketball. The Ancient Greeks are known to have played many ball games, some of which involved...
of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play).[citation needed] As one delves further back in history...
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
won by Greek men's clubs to 21. At the women's professional club level, Athinaikos won the title of the 2nd-tier EuroCup, in 2010. The sport of basketball...
Betty (1984). "A Perspective of the History of Women's Sportin Ancient Greece". Journal of Sport History. 11 (2). Media related to Heraean Games at Wikimedia...
association football league inGreece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The...
correct as of 22 April 2024[update]. Tennis portal Sport portal Greece Davis Cup team SportinGreece ATP Finals appearances Fastest recorded tennis serves...
A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport necessitates the participation of multiple individuals working together...
A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat. In many combat sports, a contestant wins by scoring more...
The Greece national football team (Greek: Εθνική Ελλάδας, Ethniki Elladas) represents Greecein men's international football matches, and is controlled...
Trigon Volata H. Harris, "SportinGreece and Rome" (Thames & Hudson, 1972), pp. 86–99. William Smith (ed.), "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities"...
this sport was practised in Cambodia, ancient Egypt, Greece, India and China. Archeological evidence shows that tug of war was also popular in India in the...
Cricket is a sport relatively unknown to most Greeks. However, it is believed that this sport or one similar was played in ancient Greece. This conclusion...
the 20th century, inGreece itself the sport started in the 1980s with players from abroad. Since 1999 there is no more any rink in olympic size due to...
The economy of Greece is the 54th largest in the world, with a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $250.276 billion per annum. In terms of purchasing...
The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas...
finalists were drawn in Group A of the tournament, and they played each other in the opening game, Greece winning 2–1 in what BBC Sport labelled a "shock...
in sports go back to the very creation of sport itself. From ancient usage of substances in chariot racing to more recent controversies in doping in baseball...
0–1 Greece (0–1 Agg)". RTÉ Sport. 18 November 2009. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012. "World Cup 2010: Greece boss...
Religion inGreece is dominated by Christianity, in particular the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox...
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