Laz Lazarou cycling for cancer hospital

Posted on August 30, 2012

 

 Greek Cypriot Laz Lazarou was born in 1952 in the small town of Kornos near Larnaca and arrived in Cardiff in 1960. Since moving to those shores, he and his siblings have worked very hard to establish a number of …

Real Madrid claimed their first Spanish Super Cup in four years and a morale-boosting success against their arch-rivals when Gonzalo Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo struck in a 2-1 win against 10-man Barcelona on Wednesday.

The victory over error-prone Barca, who …

Dembele joins Tottenham from Fulham

Posted on August 30, 2012

Tottenham have signed attacking midfielder Mousa Dembele from Fulham for an undisclosed fee.

The 25-year-old Belgium international will go into the Spurs squad for Saturday’s home game against Norwich.

“Following two full seasons at Craven Cottage, the club would like …

Nico Yennaris shines in Arsenal win

Posted on August 30, 2012

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was at Barnet’s Underhill Stadium as a young Gunners side got their NextGen Series competition off to a 3-0 victory against Marseille.

Nico Yennaris opened the scoring for Arsenal after only nine minutes and soon after …

Paralympics opening

Posted on August 30, 2012

The Queen has declared the London 2012 Paralympics officially open, during a spectacular opening ceremony watched by some 80,000 spectators.

Britain’s first Paralympic Games gold medallist, Margaret Maughan, 84, had the honour of lighting the cauldron.

Games chief Lord Coe …

UEFA Champions League Round Up

Posted on August 30, 2012

Dynamo Kiev survived a gallant fightback by Borussia Moenchengladbach to reach the Champions League group stage on Wednesday, qualifying despite a 2-1 home defeat in their playoff round second leg.

Romanian champions FC Cluj, Spartak Moscow, Lille and former European …

3.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Limassol

Posted on August 30, 2012

An earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale was recorded just before seven this morning near the Apsiou community in the Limassol district.

The geological survey office in Nicosia recorded the jolt as having a depth of 10km and was …

Overseas Cypriots continued Wednesday their deliberations, during the 24th Central Council meetings of POMAK (World Federation of Overseas Cypriots) and PSEKA (International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus) and the 6th General conference of NEPOMAK (World Organisation for Young Overseas Cypriots).…