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Newberry: Reinstating wrestling into Olympics is right thing to do

...no sense. There's history: Wrestling is one of the few sports that can say it's been part of the Olympics since ancient Greece. There's universality: While Russia and the United States are two of the biggest powerhouses, the competition in London...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2013-05-17/newberry-reinstating-wre
David Beckham will retire at the end of the month after stellar career

...to England fans, but was lauded by the same supporters little more than a year later when hislast-minute free kick against Greece secured a place in the 2002 World Cup.England dropped Beckham in 2006 for younger players after a quarterfinal exit at that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-16/david-beckham-will-r
Solid job gains in April ease fears about economy

...a collective 0.4 percent this year. And unemployment in the eurozone is expected to hit an average of 12.2 percent. In Greece and Spain, it is forecast to reach 27 percent.Both Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-03/solid-job-gains-april-ease
Greece, Poland play to draw in Euro opener

...though Poland was the better team, it was Greece that had the better chance to win.The...had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Greece in the opening match of the European Championship...Both teams finished with 10 men, but Greece missed its chance for victory in Group...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-06-09/greece-poland-play-d
Shared language of sports allows everyone to feel Boston's pain

...much part of us, since long before the legend developed of a messenger who ran from the plain of Marathon to Athens in ancient Greece?The attackers, perhaps as children, must have run at some time in their lives, put one foot in front of another quickly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-04-16/shared-language-sports-allows-eve
Banking sector cuts tens of thousands of jobs

...2005 and 2006, banks added more than 50,000 jobs per year.Now Citigroup is cutting back in lower-growth countries, like Greece and Spain. Germany's Commerzbank and others are laying off branch workers as customers gravitate toward online banking...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-25/banking-sector-cuts-tens-t
Wine Time: Kourtaki Samos Muscat NV, Greece

...wine made from the Muscat grape. With Greece being the featured country at the Arts...even though wine has been important in Greece since the 7th Century BC, a long Turkish...cellar it for long.Muscat from Samos is Greece's most famous wine after Retsina, and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2011-09-13/wine-time-kourtaki-sa
Q&A: Investors fear crisis in Greece

...men wore togas.Yet everyone is worried about Greece. The fear is that if Greece defaults, it could plunge Europe into recession...in 2008.How likely is that? No one is sure. Greece says it won't default, and Germany and France...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-09-15/qa-investors-fear-crisis-g
Greece suspends track and field operations over spending cuts

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's track and field authority suspended all athletic operations Wednesday...Summer Olympics only eight years ago.The move ? the latest twist in Greece's nearly three-year financial freefall ? is the first such action...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-04-04/greece-suspends-trac
Eurozone finance ministers try to beef up rescue fund, give Greece $10.7 billion cash lifeline

BRUSSELS - Eurozone ministers sent Greece an 8 billion euro ($10.7 billion...Carrying five times as much debt as Greece, it was battered for a third day in the...an even more radical solution: having Greece and Portugal leave the eurozone. BGA...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2011-11-29/eurozone-finance-ministers