Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-05-20

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

CONTENTS

[01] Sports roundup

[02] Greece - US - FM visit

[01] Sports roundup

Olympiakos Piraeus fans celebrated their fifth consecutive championship on Sunday at the end of the clubs 1-0 home field victory over last-placed Athinaikos Athens, one week before the end of the 2000-01 season and a week after losing in the Greek Cup final.

The game was Olympiakos last at home Athens Olympic Stadium -- for this season, as the club travels to Thessaloniki to face Aris next week. Olympiakos leads the Greek national division standings with 77 points.

Meanwhile, Panathinaikos Athens on Sunday guaranteed its presence in the playoffs for the lucrative Champions League next season by trouncing Panahaiki Patra 4-0 at home. The win keeps the Athens club six points (64) ahead of its cross-town rival AEK Athens, with only one game remaining.

Third-place AEK edged PAOK Thessaloniki 3-2 on Saturday at home, the same pitch where PAOK just seven days earlier won its first Cup in 27 years by downing Olympiakos 4-2.

In other action:

Aris-Panionios Athens, 3-2

Ethnikos Asteras Athens-Iraklis Thessaloniki, 2-0

OFI Crete-PAS Ioannina, 1-1

Paniliakos Pyrgos-Kalamata, 3-1

Ionikos Piraeus and Skoda Xanthi face off on Monday.

[02] Greece - US - FM visit

WASHINGTON (ANA) -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell will receive Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou here on Monday at the State Department.

The two men are expected to discuss Greek-US relations, bilateral and regional matters, the promotion of American investments in Greece, political and economic cooperation and boosting cooperation between the Greek and American law enforcement agencies.

Afterwards, Papandreou will meet with US Vice-President Dick Cheney at the White House, as well as Bush administration national security advisor Condoleezza Rice

The Greek FM is also scheduled to meet with CIA chief George Tenet at the latters office.

During his five-day visit, Papandreou has scheduled several meetings with top US lawmakers as well as contacts with several top US media outlets, including a taped interview with the CBS networks ?60 Minutes? programme for a piece reportedly focusing on the issue of terrorism and the 2004 Games.

On Wednesday, Papandreou will deliver an address at the Woodrow Wilson international foundation and at the US Centre for Strategic Studies.

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