Deportivo La Coruna names former player Victor Sanchez del Amo as coach

by  Associated Press Deportivo names former player Victor Sanchez del Amo coach Associated Press - 9 April 2015 12:34-04:00 A CORUNA, Spain (AP) — Struggling Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna has hired former player Victor Sanchez del Amo as its new coach. Sanchez del Amo was named manager on Thursday, a day after predecessor Victor Fernandez was fired following a 1-1 draw at home with bottom-side Cordoba. As a player, Sanchez del Amo helped the club win the Spanish league title in 2000 and the Copa del Rey in 2002. This is his first head coaching job. He served as assistant to Michel Gonzalez at Getafe, Sevilla and Greek club Olympiakos. Deportivo is winless in eight rounds and in 17th place, one spot above the relegation zone. Deportivo's next match is at Real Sociedad on Sunday. News Topics: Sports, Soccer, Men's soccer, Men's sports, Professional soccer People, Places and Companies: Spain, Cordoba, Western Europe, Europe Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Varoufakis: I’m sure we will reach an agreement by April 24

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis expressed his confidence about reaching an agreement with European partners this month. “I am very confident,” Varoufakis said in an interview with Bloomberg TV , when asked about the talks. “The negotiations are ...

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Medvedev's warm welcome to Tsipras

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has met his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday during his three - day visit in Russia.    Photos source: ANA - MPA    

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Katrougalos: Some Europeans have forgotten Greece is an independent state

"Some Europeans have forgotten Greece is an independent state, which may seek good relations with other countries", said Greece's Minister for Administrative Reforms George Katrougalos to Russian Today, commenting on criticism within the EU of PM ...

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Desperate times

IT HAS been five years since a Greek prime minister last visited Moscow in search of a handout. On that occasion, Dmitry Medvedev, then Russia’s president, bluntly told George Papandreou to go to the International Monetary Fund for help (which he did). Before setting out from Athens on April 8th, Alexis Tsipras swore that he would not be asking Vladimir Putin, the current president, for cash, even though his country’s finances are in a more parlous state now than they were in 2010. In the end, the two leaders’ meeting produced little beyond a warm atmosphere and pledges to “restart and revive” relations. Mr Tsipras welcomed a proposed Russian gas pipeline across Greece’s territory and criticised European Union sanctions, as he has before. Mr Putin pledged (not entirely credibly) to refrain from using relations with Greece to divide the EU. To observers in Athens, Mr Tsipras’s trip to Moscow was the most striking example to date of the gesture politics that the Greek government, led by the far-left Syriza party, has used to keep its approval ratings high as unemployment edges back up, banks freeze lending and Greece...

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Greece to repay IMF, European stocks at seven-year high

LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - World stocks marched higher on Thursday, lifted by Greece's confirming it will pay a 450 million-euro loan tranche to the ...

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Sirtaki a Turkish dance, top Greek expert says

Sirtaki is actually a Turkish dance, a top Greek dance expert told Anadolu Agency on April 9

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