Horse racing

Victoria’s Secret beauty Alessandra Ambrosio has been visiting her country of Brazil recently, and has been partaking in the local soap opera “Verdades Secretas”, as ‘Samia’.

Bold Pilot, arguably the most successful thoroughbred racehorse born and raised in Turkey, died April 29 at the age of 22.

Arkansas Derby winner American Pharoah was installed as the early favorite for May 2 141st Kentucky Derby after drawing the 18th post position for the first leg of the Triple Crown. 

American Pharoah was listed at 5-2 in the morning odds, with stablemate Dortmund rated the 3-1 second pick for his trip from the eighth position in the 20-horse field. 

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Wednesday decided to put former UDMR (Hungarian Democrat Union of Romania) deputy Marko Attila under 30-day preventive custody in absence, as he is being accused in the ANRP (National Authority for Property Restitution) criminal file, a ICCJ minute reads.The Supreme Court admitted the DNA anti-corruption prosecutor's proposal for preventive arre

By Vangelis Mandravelis

One word was enough to again change the purpose of the planned State Property Fund, which the government sees replacing TAIPED. A change in the draft law provides for only part of the fund?s revenues heading toward the support of social security in Greece.

Relatives of Adamantia Karkali thought that the cold-blooded murder of the young teacher by her husband Athanasios Arvanitis was the worst that could have happened to them on August 4,2008.

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The OPAP gaming company is the strong favorite to win the license for horse racing betting in Greece following Tuesday’s opening of the financial bids by the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED).

By Vangelis Mandravelis

The new tender for the concession of the right to organize and operate wagering on horse races in Greece for the next 20 years will include a number of changes in its terms, despite assurances to the contrary by state sell-off fund TAIPED. It follows a failed tender that drew only one bid, from Intralot, which did not meet TAIPED’s pecuniary requirements.

Greece's OPAP, one of Europe's biggest betting firms, has teamed up with a British fund manager to bid for the country's horse race betting licence, days after the privatisation agency scrapped a previous tender.

Half-naked revellers pelted each other with tomatoes and bathed in red goo on Wednesday in Spain's Tomatina, a fiesta that draws thousands each year for "the world's biggest food fight".