ATHENS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Controversial Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou will not attend an International Olympic Committee (IOC) disciplinary hearing in Beijing on Thursday which will rule on whether she can compete in the upcoming Olympic Games.

ATHENS, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Controversial Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou will not attend an IOC disciplinary hearing in Beijing on Thursday which will rule whether she can compete in the upcoming Games, her lawyer said Wednesday.

'Thanou will not attend the committee hearing and neither will her legal team. We will send a memo instead,' her lawyer Nikos Kollias told AFP.

ATHENS, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Liverpool midfielder Sebastian Leto on Tuesday completed a two-year loan deal with Greek champions Olympiakos after being denied a work permit to play in England next season.

ATHENS, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - CSKA Moscow's Brazilian midfielder Dudu Cearense is on his way to Greece after agreeing a deal with Olympiakos, the Greek champions confirmed.

Olympiakos said that the 25-year-old will arrive in Greece on Tuesday to sign a three-year contract.

ATHENS, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou on Friday said she faced 'intense pressure' to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics, four years after starring in a major doping controversy at the Athens Games.

'I am experiencing a situation of war,' Thanou told a news conference.

ATHENS, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - The lawyer of controversial Greek sprinter Ekaterina Thanou on Friday accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of discriminating against her by delaying a decision on her participation in the Beijing Olympics.

ATHENS, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - A world of fans and an army of critics are counting the days before China's long-awaited launch of the Beijing Olympics on August 8 but in previous hosts Athens, Games' indifference is the rule.

ATHENS, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Greece are to send 156 athletes to the Beijing Olympics, their largest delegation after the Athens Games, including controversial sprinter Ekaterina Thanou, the Hellenic Olympic Committee said on Monday.

In total, 84 men and 72 women will represent Greece in 23 disciplines, the HOC said in a statement.

NICOSIA, July 24, 2008 (AFP) - Cypriot champions Anorthosis Famagusta have secured a transfer coup signing Greek international defender Traianos Dellas on a two-year deal, club officials said Thursday.

Anorthosis described the imposing Greek defender as one of their 'biggest ever' signings.

ATLANTA, July 23, 2008 (AFP) - Josh Childress turned his back on the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks and signed a three-year deal worth 20 million dollars on Wednesday with the Greek club Olympiakos.