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Ilia II, also transcribed as Ilya or Elijah, is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as "Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II."
The Georgia national rugby union team, nicknamed The Lelos, represents Georgia in men's international rugby union. The team is administered by the Georgian Rugby Union and takes part in the annual Rugby Europe Championship and the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.
The Antim Cup is contested between the rugby union teams of Romania and Georgia. It is named after the Metropolitan of Wallachia Anthim the Iberian, who was originally a Georgian.
Rugby union in Georgia is a popular team sport. Rugby union is considered one of the most popular sports in Georgia.
Ilias Iliadis is a Georgian-Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
The Georgia men's national basketball team represents the country of Georgia in international basketball matches, and is controlled by the Georgian Basketball Federation. Georgia became a member of FIBA in 1992, after they gained independence from the Soviet Union. The national team played their first official match against Poland in 1995.
Ilia Zedginidze is a Georgian former rugby union player. He played as a lock, number 8, and flanker and was a lineout specialist. A member of their inaugural World Cup side in 2003, he captained the Georgia national rugby union team in the 2007 tournament, but was forced out of the squad because of an injury. This injury ultimately led to his announcement of his retirement from international rugby, after gaining 48 caps. He returned to the squad in late 2008, playing against Scotland A and taking part in the 2009 European Nations Cup, where he scored a game-saving try against Portugal on 14 February 2009.
George Shkinin also known as Gosha, Goga, Georgi, and Giorgi, surname alternately spelled Shkinini, is a Georgian rugby union player. He was first capped for Georgia in 2004, and has played for his country 21 times since then. Playing at wing, He started his career in Georgian club "Hooligana" from Tbilisi. Shkinin has played for the Blois club in France and returned to his old club "Hooligana" in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is player and coach of kids in "Hooligana" till now. He has scored five tries playing for Georgia. Also Shkinin is captain of national Georgian rugby sevens team.
Irakli Abuseridze is a Georgian rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half. Abuseridze is the most capped player of all time for the Georgia national rugby union team.
Mamuka Gorgodze is a Georgian former rugby union player, who played in the top French professional rugby competition, the Top 14. He played for Toulon, having signed with the club in 2014 after having played for Montpellier since 2005. His usual position is flanker or number eight, but he played his early career as a lock. Gorgodze played for the Georgia national rugby union team in 71 matches, including 13 as a captain. He appeared for the Georgia national team in three World Cups in 2007, 2011, and 2015. In May 2017, he announced his retirement from the national team. In 2019 he returned to the national team for the World Cup in Japan.
Ilias Zouros is a Greek professional basketball coach who is serving as the head coach for Sagesse Club of the Lebanese Basketball League.
Ilia londaridze, is a Georgian professional basketball player who plays for BC Kavkasia Tbilisi in Georgian Super Liga
Bessik Khamashuridze is a former Georgian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a fullback.
Irakli Machkhaneli is a retired Georgian rugby union player who played as a wing.
Zviad Maissuradze is a Georgian rugby union player. He plays as a flanker.
Milton Haig is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He was the head coach of the Georgian national team that annually competes the European Nations Cup.
Richie Dixon is a former Scotland international rugby union player, the former head coach of the Scotland national team, the Georgia national team and Glasgow Caledonians. He was head of Physical Education at Currie High School in Edinburgh from 1972 until 1980.
Ilia is a given name and variant of Ilya.
Ilia Spanderashvili is a Georgian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he currently plays for Valence Romans and the Georgia national team. He was a captain of Georgia U20 in 2017, during the famous victory (26-25) against Argentina U20, scoring a try on 12th minute.
Lachlan Ilias is a Greece international rugby league footballer who played as a halfback for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League (NRL).
