An American referee has been designated for the Greek national team's kickoff World Cup game against Colombia on Saturday. He is the 39 year old Mark Geiger from New Jersey.

EU economists may be saying that the recession is slowly subsiding, but the rate of unemployment remains stubbornly high at 27.8% during the first quarter of 2014.

With a huge experience as head coach of European clubs, Fotis Katsikaris is the new national team coach, who will lead it to the basketball World Cup in Spain this September.