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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo achieved a groundbreaking milestone during Friday's 2024 Paris Olympic Games Opening Cermony as he became the first Black Olympic flag bearer for Greece. The 29-year-old, who was visibility beaming with joy, waved the Greek flag as he led the country's representatives down the River Seine in a first-of-its kind Olympics opening ceremony. Giannis Antetokounmpo makes history as the first Black flagbearer...

Paris 2024: Antetokounmpo chosen as Greece’s flag bearer for Summer Olympics

by Kunle Fayiga

10 July 2024

Giannis Antetokounmpo has been selected by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) as the flag bearer for Greece at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris alongside race walking legend Antigoni Drisbioti. The 29-year-old Milwaukee Bucks star will be making his debut at the games after guiding Greece to the the competition with an 80-69 win over Croatia in the final of the qualifiers. It will be Greece's...

Mbappe makes Ballon d’Or claim

by Kunle Fayiga

20 June 2023

Paris Saint-Germain superstar Kylian Mbappe believes he deserves to win the 2023 Ballon d'Or award. The 24-year-old Frenchman was in top form during the 2022-23 season, scoring 29 goals in 34 appearances to finish as the Ligue 1 top scorer and player of the season. He scored a total of 41 goals in 43 games in all club competitions. Mbappe also scored eight goals during the...

Ex-Portugal coach Santos gets Poland job

by Kunle Fayiga

25 January 2023

Former Portugal boss, Fernando Santos has been appointed head of the Poland national team. The 68-year-old ended his seven-year association with the Selecao after a suffering defeat to Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Santos takes over from Czesław Michniewicz who also stepped down after the World Cup where Poland reached the Round of 16 but lost 3-1 to eventual...

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