Athens: Greece's World Cup players have turned down their World Cup bonus and called for the money to be used to build a national training centre in the cash-strapped country, reports said yesterday.
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The team wrote to Greek PM Antonis Samaras saying they did not want the promised bonus.
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&ldquo;We do not want the extra bonus. We only play for Greece and its people,&rdquo; their letter was quoted as saying. &ldquo;But we ask you to support our effort to find a land plot in order to create the training center that will house our National team.&rdquo;

Greece's World Cup players have turned down their World Cup bonus and called for the money to be used to build a national training centre in the cash-strapped country

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Greece's World Cup players have turned down their World Cup bonus and called for the money to be used to build a national training centre in the cash-strapped country

FIFA World Cup: Greece turns down bonus, uses cash for training centre

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