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June 11, 2014 6:12 pm EDT by Ryan Ratty Getty Images The Greece national team couldn’t have been given a better spot in the knockout stage. Colombia are the best team in this group, but they will be without top striker Radamel Falcao. Besides Colombia ...

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Greece captain Georgios Karagounis eyes place in second round

Fifa.com Greece captain Georgios Karagounis eyes place in second roundSports MoleGreece have never reached the second round of the World Cup, but Karagounis is keen to change that this time around in Brazil. "Our main goal is to make it to the knockout rounds, which is something we have never done before," he told FIFA.com. "In ...Write us off at your peril, warns KaragounisSport LIVEall 5 news articles »

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Bislett Games Results

by Associated Press Bislett Games Results Associated Press - 11 June 2014 17:49-04:00

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Results Wednesday from the Bislett Games, the fifth Diamond League meet of the season, at Bislett Stadium:

Women

100_1, Myriam Soumare, France, 11.18. 2, Lekeisha Lawson, United States, 11.24. 3, Muna Lee, United States, 11.37. 4, Ezinne Okparaebo, Norway, 11.40. 5, Asha Philip, Britain, 11.41. 6, Jodie Williams, Britain, 11.44. 7, Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 11.44. 8, Katerina Cechova, Czech Republic, 11.66.

200_1, Allyson Felix, United States, 22.73. 2, Jodie Williams, Britain, 22.97. 3, Myriam Soumare, France, 22.98. 4, Jeneba Tarmoh, United States, 22.98. 5, Murielle Ahoure, Ivory Coast, 22.99. 6, Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 23.20. 7, Barbara Pierre, United States, 23.67. 8, Irene Ekelund, Sweden, 23.74.

400_1, Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica, 50.06. 2, Natasha Hastings, United States, 50.60. 3, Amantle Montsho, Botswana, 51.05. 4, Libania Grenot, Italy, 51.79. 5, Patricia Hall, Jamaica, 52.00. 6, Marie Gayot, France, 52.30. 7, Emily Diamond, Britain, 52.58. 8, Line Kloster, Norway, 53.62.

400 Hurdles_1, Kaliese Spencer, Jamaica, 54.94. 2, Kemi Adekoya, Bahrain, 54.96. 3, Eilidh Child, Britain, 55.33. 4, Tiffany Williams, United States, 55.61. 5, Shevon Stoddart, Jamaica, 56.71. 6, Hanna Titimets, Ukraine, 56.89. 7, Natalya Antyukh, Russia, 58.06. Kori Carter, United States, DNS.

800_1, Eunice Jepkoech Sum, Kenya, 1 minute, 59.02 seconds. 2, Ajee Wilson, United States, 1:59.68. 3, Jessica Judd, Britain, 1:59.77. 4, Janeth Jepkosgei, Kenya, 2:00.20. 5, Angelika Cichocka, Poland, 2:00.43. 6, Molly Beckwith, United States, 2:00.79. 7, Agatha Jeruto, Kenya, 2:00.95. 8, Melissa Bishop, Canada, 2:01.06.

High Jump_1, Mariya Kuchina, Russia, 1.98. 2, Blanka Vlasic, Croatia, 1.98. 3, Ana Simic, Croatia, 1.95. 4 (tie), Tonje Angelsen, Norway, Anna Chicherova, Russia, Irina Gordeyeva, Russia, 1.90. 7, Justyna Kasprzycka, Poland, 1.90. 8, Kamila Licwinko, Poland, 1.90. 9, Levern Spencer, Saint Lucia, 1.85.

Long Jump_1, Tianna Bartoletta, United States, 7.02. 2, Shara Proctor, Britain, 6.78. 3, Funmi Jimoh, United States, 6.71. 4, Darya Klishina, Russia, 6.67. 5, Ivana Spanovic, Serbia, 6.67. 6, Olga Kucherenko, Russia, 6.51. 7, Erica Jarder, Sweden, 6.44. 8, Sosthene Moguenara, Germany, 6.37. 9, Janay Deloach Soukup, United States, 6.19.

Discus_1, Sandra Perkovic, Croatia, 67.17 meters. 2, Gia Lewis-Smallwood, United States, 65.77. 3, Denia Caballero, Cuba, 64.89. 4, Yaime Perez, Cuba, 63.21. 5, Melina Robert-Michon, France, 63.08. 6, Nadine Mueller, Germany, 62.73. 7, Zinaida Sendriute, Lithuania, 61.91. 8, Zaneta Glanc, Poland, 59.31. 9, Grete Etholm, Norway, 51.71.

Men

100_1, Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago, 10.02. 2, Jimmy Vicaut, France, 10.04. 3, Adam Gemili, Britain, 10.11. 4, Kim Collins, St. Kitts and Nevis, 10.13. 5, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Norway, 10.19. 6, Simon Magakwe, South Africa, 10.28. 7, Richard Kilty, Britain, 10.29. 8, Daniel Talbot, Britain, 10.31.

110 Hurdles_1, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, France, 13.12. 2, Andrew Riley, Jamaica, 13.36. 3, Sergey Shubenkov, Russia, 13.37. 4, William Sharman, Britain, 13.38. 5, Hansle Parchment, Jamaica, 13.39. 6, Jason Richardson, United States, 13.45. 7, Ryan Wilson, United States, 13.54. 8, Vladimir Vukicevic, Norway, 13.94.

Dream Mile_1, Ayanleh Souleiman, Djibouti, 3:49.49. 2, Nick Willis, New Zealand, 3:49.83. 3, Homiyu Tesfaye, Germany, 3:49.86. 4, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 3:50.72. 5, Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad, France, 3:51.55. 6, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Ethiopia, 3:51.59. 7, Ilham Tanui Ozbilen, Turkey, 3:51.71. 8, Matthew Centrowitz, United States, 3:52.23.

3,000 Steeplechase_1, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Kenya, 8 minutes, 2.37 seconds. 2, Evan Jager, United States, 8:06.97. 3, Hillary Kipsang Yego, Kenya, 8:10.93. 4, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya, 8:14.29. 5, Gilbert Kirui, Kenya, 8:15.32. 6, Brahim Taleb, Morocco, 8:15.48. 7, Daniel Huling, United States, 8:15.87. 8, Bernard Nganga, Kenya, 8:18.22.

5,000_1, Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopia, 13 minutes, 1 minute, 57 seconds. 2, Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku, Kenya, 13:02.15. 3, Galen Rupp, United States, 13:03.35. 4, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Kenya, 13:04.68. 5, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Kenya, 13:08.36. 6, Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Kenya, 13:08.46. 7, Dejen Gebremeskel, Ethiopia, 13:09.73. 8, Cornelius Kangogo, Kenya, 13:13.03.

Pole Vault_1, Renaud Lavillenie, France, 5.77. 2, Malte Mohr, Germany, 5.70. 3, Konstantinos Filippidis, Greece, 5.60. 4, Thiago Braz, Brazil, 5.47. 5, Dmitriy Starodubtsev, Russia, 5.47. 6, Augusto Dutra, Brazil, 5.32. 6, Jan Kudlicka, Czech Republic, 5.32. 8, Lazaro Borges, Cuba, 5.32.

Triple Jump_1, Will Claye, United States, 17.41 meters. 2, Christian Taylor, United States, 17.15. 3, Ernesto Reve, Cuba, 16.96. 4, Lazaro Martinez, Cuba, 16.82. 5, Lyukman Adams, Russia, 16.73. 6, Omar Craddock, United States, 16.67. 7, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa, 16.38. 8, Phillips Idowu, Britain, 16.30.

Shot Put_1, Joe Kovacs, United States, 21.14. 2, David Storl, Germany, 21.08. 3, Reese Hoffa, United States, 21.07. 4, German Lujan Lauro, Argentina, 20.60. 5, Tomasz Majewski, Poland, 20.22. 6, Ladislav Prasil, Czech Republic, 20.14. 7, Christian Cantwell, United States, 19.47. 8, Stian Andersen, Norway, 16.87. Asmir Kolasinac, Serbia, NM.

Javelin_1, Tero Pitkamaki, Finland, 84.18. 2, Julius Yego, Kenya, 84.17. 3, Vítezslav Vesely, Czech Republic, 83.53. 4, Antti Ruuskanen, Finland, 82.56. 5, Thomas Roehler, Germany, 81.41. 6, Kim Amb, Sweden, 80.78. 7, Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, Egypt, 80.06. 8, Ari Mannio, Finland, 78.45.

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Here's The Actual Group Of Death At The World Cup

While the United States men's national team has an incredibly difficult group at the World Cup, it's not the Group of Death, at least according to the numbers.

The Group of Death is Group B, with Spain, Chile, the Netherlands, and Australia.

Here's the average team "soccer power index" ranking (an advanced stat invented by Nate Silver) for each group:

Group B, 15.0 (Spain, Chile, Netherlands, Australia) Group D, 15.25 (Uruguay, England, Italy, Costa Rica) Group G, 16.25 (Germany, Portugal, USA, Ghana) Group E, 20.0 (France, Ecuador, Switzerland, Honduras) Group F, 20.25 (Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nigeria, Iran) Group C, 20.25 (Colombia, Ivory Coast, Greece, Japan) Group A, 21.75 (Brazil, Mexico, Croatia, Cameroon) Group H, 31.0 (Belgium, Russia, South Korea, Algeria)

The groups are laughably uneven because FIFA uses its own flawed ranking system to make them. The average team in Group B is ranked 15 spots higher than the average team in Group H.

Spain is ranked 3rd, Chile 5th, and the Netherlands 10th in the world, according to SPI. If the groups were shuffled differently, it'd be plausible to see all three of them going to the semifinals. Instead, one of them is going home in the first round.

Chile is the outsider here, but a lot of people are picking them to get out of this group over Holland. Arturo Vidal is one of the best box-to-box midfielders in the world. In attack, Alexis Sanchez is coming off a fantastic year for Barcelona. Chile scored 29 goals in World Cup qualifying, second only to Argentina in South America.

Spain is one of the favorites to win the entire tournament. They've won three-straight major competitions (2008 Euros, 2010 World Cup, 2012 Euros). The injection of Diego Costa as a traditional striker should liven up a style of play that has gotten a bit stale in the last year or so.

The Netherlands made the final in 2010. The general feeling is that they've lost a step and are going to leak a ton of goals, but their attacking quality makes them dangerous in any game.

Poor Australia is going to get destroyed and go out after three games. It should give them some solace that a top-10 team will exit from the Group of Death with them.

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Why Does Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt Have Less Protein?

The Consumerist Why Does Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt Have Less Protein?The Consumeristcherry-garcia-greek-detail-1 While perusing junk food blogs, which is a requirement of this job, we came across an interesting fact in an otherwise edifying review of a new product from Ben & Jerry's, Cherry Garcia-flavored Greek frozen yogurt. This is ...

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Basketball Player and Coach Costas Mourouzis Passes Away

Costas Mourouzis, one of the greatest Greek basketball and sports personalities passed away on Wednesday, June 11, at aged 80. During the last years Mourouzis had been battling cancer and was hospitalized at “Elpis” and later on at “Nimits” hospital in a coma after suffering a stroke. Costas Mourouzis was born in Athens in 1934, making his first steps as a basketball player on the Triton team. He played there from 1948 until 1955 and competed with the National Team for the first time when he was only 17. In 1955 he was transferred to the Italian team Gira Bolognia where he played until 1959 becoming a top scorer in the Italian Championship in 1956. In 1955 he returned to Greece and played with Triton again, but only for a couple of years, since a medical issue concerning lung problems forced him to end his career. Costas Mouzouris played 24 games as member of the Greek National team (scoring 242 points), including the Mediteranean Games in 1955 and Eurobasket in 1961. Afterwards, he chose to become a coach, leading the Greek team Panathinaikos to conquer six Greek League titles (1967, 1969, 1971,1972, 1093 and 1974). He also led the team to the Euro Champions Cup semi finals in 1972 and 1973, and European Cup holders’ Cup semi finals in 1969. In 1976 he was a finalist in the Greek Cup with AEK and two years later in 1978 he celebrated the double with Olympiakos. The following year he led Olympiakos to the Cup finals. He also coached the National team, leading 40 games, 22 of which ended victoriously. Finally, he led Greece to the Euroleague in 1973.

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Nightclubs in Mykonos Shut Down Due to Curfew Laws

Several nightclubs and restaurants on the famous Greek island of Mykonos have been shut down due to recently enforced curfew laws. In order to show their support for their fellow businessmen, local nightclub and restaurant owners are going on strike, voluntarily shutting down their own shops. The club owners came to this unanimous decision after their union meeting during which they decided to stand against the implementation of the 4149/2014 law which consists of several regulations regarding the operation of such businesses. The union meeting came to the decision that the nightclubs and restaurants would remain closed for 10 days. Even though local authorities have already started shutting down, businesses all over the island of Mykonos including club owners, have decided to protest the law and demand that certain adjustment are made to it through an inter-ministerial regulation. They also argue that the law is unconstitutional and will have a great economic impact on the island. The law, which was implemented rather abruptly states that such establishments cannot stay open after 3am. Owners however, argue that this will hurt their businesses, as well as the island’s economy, especially now that the tourist season is starting. Meanwhile, the island’s newly elected mayor has expressed his wish to stand by the owners and also mentioned that he intends to send representatives to various ministries in the Greek capital so that they can talk with the people who are involved in the case and try to resolve the problem.