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FIBA Eurobasket 2015: Greece Recovers to Win Croatia 72-70

The Greek Men's National Basketball Team achieved a resilient comeback in the final minutes of the game against Croatia, to overcome their rivals with a 72-70 victory in their second FIBA Eurobasket 2015 game. The Greeks had been behind in...

Eurobasket 2015: Greece Wins First Game Against FYROM

The Greek Men's Basketball Team got their 2015 FIBA Eurobasket bid off to a perfect start on Saturday evening with a 85-65 victory over Group C rivals FYROM in Zagreb. The game was close by the end of the third quarter with the...

Greek Basketball Star Diamantidis to Retire at the End of the Season

One of Greece's most prolific basketball players revealed on Wednesday that he will be retiring at the end of the season. Dimitris Diamantidis, who plays for Panathinaikos, told Greek newspaper Prasini that he intends to leave the basketball court behind after 17 years. "After I created my...

Greek Under-18 Basketball Team Wins European Championship

The Greek Under-18 basketball team beat Turkey after lagging 14 points behind and won the European Championship on Sunday evening in Volos. Greece's national team used the home advantage and came from behind to finally win the game and become the new...

Real Madrid Wins Euroleague Title After Beating Olympiakos 78-59

Olympiacos lost its chance to win a 4th European Basketball Championship, as Real Madrid​ beat the Greek team 78-59 and became the 2015 Euroleague Champion. With more than 2,000 Greeks on their side, the Piraeus team was able to sporadically stun the Spanish defense...

EuroLeague:Giorgos Printezis Tops the Playoffs Highlights (Video)

The three-pointer buzzer-beater that sent Olympiakos to the 2015 Final Four and Barcelona back home was voted the top play of the Euroleague playoffs. The Turkish Airlines Euroleague's official site put together the top 5 plays of the 14 games...

Olympiakos Qualifies to the 2015 Euroleague Final Four! (Videos)

Olympiakos beat Barcelona 71-68 with a buzzer-beater three-pointer from Giorgios Printezis and qualified to the 2015 Euroleague Final Four in Madrid. Giorgos Printezis has stunned the basketball world again! Three years since his famous shot that stung CSKA Moscow and...

Euroleague Olympiakos: Sold-Out Crowd Against Barcelona

  All tickets are sold-out for the upcoming Olympiakos home game against Barcelona for the Euroleague playoffs. Leading the series 2-1, the Pireaus club needs one more win to make it to the 2015 Final-4. Panathinaikos is out of the tournament after its third...

Euroleague Playoffs: Panathinaikos Gets His first Win over CSKA

Panathinaikos played with the fire in the last seconds of the match but was able to hold the +1 margin and pick up its first victory of the series at the OAKA Sports Center in Athens against CSKA for the Euroleague...

Euroleague Basketball: Olympiakos Takes Down Barcelona!

An incredible Olympiakos bombarded Barcelona in a packed "Palau Blaugrana" grabbing the 63-76 victory and breaking the series.  Olympiakos bounced back from their first game loss with the help of Giorgos Printezis who had the game of his life, tallying 34...