Greece proposes amateur ban in state funding protest


ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek Olympic Committee (HOC) are proposing that their amateur sports suspend operations for two days next month in protest against severe state funding cutbacks.

The federations say they are struggling to survive following a new round of cuts in state funding for 2014.

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