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Euroleague Basketball: Great Week for Greek Clubs (VIDEOS)

Both Olympiacos (away - yesterday) and Panathinaikos (at home - today) grabbed important wins over Valencia (78-81) and Turow Zgorzelec (84-77) respectively for the first day of the Euroleague Tournament group stages. In a close match at the Pabellon Fuente De San...

Olympiacos Coach Resigns after Embarassing Defeat from Panathinaikos

After a disappointing result to their ultimate rival, Olympiacos had to take action in some shape or form to calm the spirits that were crawling around the team. So Georgios Bartzokas, the first Greek coach to ever win a Euroleague title...

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Serbia Defeats Greece 90-72

Serbia demolished Greece in the second half, knocking them out of the 2014 Mundobasket quarter finals and the chance to win a medal for the first time since 2006 and the FIBA World Cup in Japan. Greece who was undefeated...

2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball: Greece Beats Argentina; Tops Group B

A rebuilt Greek national team scored its 5th consecutive win against favored Argentina, 79-71, in the final group game at the World Basketball Championship. A couple of months after the "peiratiko" shook the country's foundations with Samaras' successfully taken penalty...

2014 FIBA World Cup Basketball: Greece Whips Croatia for its Fourth Win in a Row!

The Greek national basketball team prevailed over Croatia 76-65 for the fourth win in four games of Group B for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain. They might have been unsteady in the preseason friendlies, but Fotis Katsikaris' players have finally bonded...

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup: Greece Grabs a Second Win Against the Philippines

82-70 was the final score of today's game between Greece and the Philippines for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain. Easily, but not as easy as yesterday's game against Senegal (an 87-64 win) Fotis Katsikaris' players beat one of the...

Greece Scores 2nd Win Against Turkey in a Week

Greece defeated Turkey 76-72 for the second time in three days, this time harder than the last (70-56) in a friendly game at the Ulker Sports Arena, Istanbul on Friday. The combined talent of center Giannis Bourousis who scored 16 points and...

Greece Beats Turkey 70-56 in Athens

In the first and last friendly game in front of an Athenian crowd, Greece bashed Turkey 70-56 giving an impressive show in front of 7.000 happy fans who rushed to the Olympic Stadium to cheer for their national team before taking off...

FIBA World Cup Preseason Friendly: Greece – Lithuania 67-86

For the first game of the Kaunas basketball tournament, Greece failed to impress and lost with their hands down 67-86 against Lithuania. A number of friendlies all over Europe have been scheduled in preparation for the 2014 Mundobasket held in Spain...

Australia Gets Past Greece in U17 FIBA World Championship

Greece stumbled upon the Australian wall for the final 16, losing 84-76 and failing to reach the FIBA U17 World Championship quarter finals taking place in Dubai. The Greeks had eased through their group with two practice type wins against the Philippines...