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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-05-14Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Athens municipality honours Mother's DayHundreds of children and their mothers gathered at the National Garden in downtown Athens on Sunday morning, where the daycare centers run by the Athens municipality organised a celebration on the occasion of Mother's Day.Children painted cards and gave flowers to their mothers, as the city's philharmonic orchestra played in the background. The event was attended by Athens Mayor Theodoros Bechrakis, deputy mayors and municipal councillors. Caption: A mother and her young daughter attend a Mother's Day event in central Athens on Sunday, May 14, 2006. ANA-MPA photo / M. Marogianni. ANA-MPA Copyright © 2004-2005 All rights reserved. [02] Olympiakos wins title, AEK secondOlympiakos Piraeus was held to a 0-0 draw on its home pitch by Ionikos Piraeus on Sunday in a more-or-less meaningless game, as the club had already won the championship for the second consecutive year, days after it also won with the Cup.Among the VIPs at Karaiskaki Stadium was Argentine football great Diego Maradona was on hand as a guest of the team. AEK Athens, meanwhile, ended the season on a positive note by edging Panathinaikos Athens for second place to guarantee a Champions League playoff qualifying match in August, days after losing to Olympiakos in the Cup final 3-0. Both rivals ended with 67 points, with AEK going ahead in the head-to-head matches. AEK earned a scoreless tie with Xanthi at home on Sunday at the same time as Panathinaikos handily beat Larissa away 3-0. All matches played over the weekend for the Greek first division soccer championship had the following results: Iraklis Thessaloniki - Kallithea Athens 3-2 OFI Crete - Levadiakos Livadia 2-0 Olympiakos Piraeus - Ionikos Piraeus 0-0 PAOK Thessaloniki - Apollon Kalamaria 1-2 Egaleo Athens - Panionios Athens 0-3 Akratitos Athens - Atromitos Athens 0-2 Larissa - Panathinaikos Athens 0-3 AEK Athens - Xanthi 0-0 Final standings after 30 weeks of play: Olympiakos 70 (Champions League) AEK 67 (Champions League - 3rd qualifying round) Panathinaikos 67 (UEFA Cup) Iraklis 51 (UEFA Cup) Xanthi 47 (UEFA Cup) PAOK 46 (UEFA Cup) Atromitos 42 (Intertoto) Larissa 39 Apollon Kalamaria 38 Egaleo 33 Ionikos 32 Panionios 32 OFI 31 Levadiakos 31 (Relegated) Kallithea 20 (Relegated) Akratitos 18 (Relegated) Levadiakos, Kallithea and Akratitos were relegated to the second division, while Ergotelis Crete, Kerkyra (Corfu) and Aris Thessaloniki were promoted to the first division. Caption: Brazilian international and Olympiakos midfielder Rivaldo lifts the Greek first division championship trophy on Sunday during a celebration at the Piraeus club's Karaiskaki field, following the last game of the 2005-6 season. ANA-MPA/Intime Sports photo/ G. Matthaios. ANA-MPA Copyright © 2004-2005 All rights reserved. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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