A consortium of local Cypriot developers is expecting to receive the green light from the government to push ahead with the construction of a 300 million euro golf resort project.
According to the company, named Med Group, the new development will be built in Tersefanou, on the outskirts of Larnaca. Former Liverpool politician Derek Hatton, who is [...]
The Greek Men’s National Table Tennis Team has risen by one place to the highest ever ranking it has had in the world.
It stands at position No 8 for the month of October, one spot higher than the previous month. It is also ranked third in Europe.
The Greek Women’s Team rose from 27th to [...]
October 27, 2008 | Posted in
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Kalinikos Kreanga scored four wins in as many games on Friday and Saturday, but his two losses on Sunday forced him to settle for the fourth spot in the World Cup.
Kalinikos Kreanga came very close to winning a medal at the Table Tennis World Cup in Liege, Belgium, but was eventually forced to settle [...]
October 1, 2008 | Posted in
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Lourdes Dominguez-Lino from Spain was the winner of the first Vogue Athens Open in tennis.
The world’s No 114 upset favorite Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea from Romania in Sunday’s final and won in straight sets (6-4, 6-4) to clinch her first title after two years. The Spanish player won $15,000 as well 75 points in the WTA [...]
September 16, 2008 | Posted in
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Cyprus Olympic medal hope Marcos Baghdatis has pulled out of this month’s Olympic Games in Beijing because of a wrist injury, the Cyprus Tennis Federation said on Thursday.
“Unfortunately the news about Marcos is not good. He won’t just miss the Olympic Games but also the US Open,” federation coach Yiannos Hadjigeorgiou said in a statement. [...]
Young Greek tennis player Anna Gerasimou won a tournament that concluded last weekend in Spain as she prepares to take part in the Beijing Olympics.
The 20-year-old, who has a world ranking of 251, defeated Portugal’s Neuza Silva (the world’s No 192) 2-1 sets in the final of the tournament in La Coruna, northwestern Spain, after [...]
July 30, 2008 | Posted in
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Skeet shooting world champion Georgios Achilleos will lead the Cyprus team at the Beijing Olympics and is the country’s best hope of winning its first ever medal at the games.
Marcos Baghdatis, the 2006 Australian Open finalist, is also on the 18-member team for the August 8-24 Olympics.
“This is the first time we are so optimistic” Cyprus [...]
