A Marathon Race will be taking place in Ottawa this year, as the highlight of the annual races. The marathon’s organization is under the initiative of the Greek Ambassador in Otawwa, Eleftherios Aggelopoulos. The Tamarack Ottawa Race will be held on May 25-26, with the participation of the Marathon municipality, the Hellenic Association of Amateur [...]
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Thomaidis Coach For Canada Women’s Hoops
Lisa Thomaidis has been appointed as the new head coach of the Senior Women National Team (SWNT), as announced by Canada Basketball. She is a four-time Canada West Coach of the Year and two-time Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Coach of the Year and is currently in her 14th year as head coach of the University [...]
Presenting Canada’s World Cup Goalkeeper Kenny Stamatopoulos
The FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Canada began earlier this month and the Greek-Canadian goalkeeper Kenny (Kyriakos) Stamatopoulos was called to take his place amongt the national football players in view of the friendly match between Canada and the USA on June 3rd. Stamatopoulos, who is currently playing for AIK Stockholm, is considered to be one of [...]
Greek-Canadians Anxiously Watch the National Football Team at the Beginning of the Euro Cup
The Greek community in Canada proudly watched the heroic game of the Greek national football team at the beginning of the Euro Championship. Hundreds of football fans packed bars and cafes Friday afternoon to watch the kick-off game for the 2012 Euro Cup–where Greece tied Poland 1-1. “We have three generations down here,” said a [...]
Canada to Play Greece in Friendly Football Match February 9th
Earlier this week Canada’s head coach Stephen Hart, named his 18-man squad to play Greece in an international friendly match. The game will take place in Larissa, Greece on Feb. 9th according to CanadaSoccer.com. Included are many of Canada’s best players based in Europe, such as PSV Eindhoven midfielder Atiba Hutchinson and Hertha BSC striker Rob Friend. The squad features [...]
