Two years after Greece hosted the Athens 2004 Olympics, most of the venues purpose-built for the event are still seeing only sporadic usage. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ...

said that the Olympics were “forgotten -- and so was the obligation to utilize the venues.” He says this is “a permanent problem with public infrastructure” in Greece. According to ...

The Greeks poured around €9billion (£7.13billion ... country's government were unable to invest in the upkeep of the Olympic venues. Country Gold ...

More than 800 Olympic venues have been built for the Olympic ... Notably, it saw the youngest ever Olympic winner when a Greek gymnast called Dimitrios Loundras took home a bronze medal as part ...

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IRAKLION, Greece -- The Olympic flame arrived home from an unprecedented global journey on Friday, greeted by folk dancers for the final Greek leg of the relay past the sites of ancient myths ...

The Paris Olympics flame has been formally handed to French organisers in the all-marble stadium where the first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. Greek water polo player Ioannis ...

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Not only were the physical venues ready on time ... per the International Olympic Committee, Thomadakis said. And although that work started in October, the Greek Geeks finished on time.