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Greece in the U18 European Championship Semifinals

The U18 National Greek basketball team crushed Italy 85-68 in the European Championship in Konya, Turkey and advanced in the semifinals to meet Serbia. Vasilis Charalambopoulos was the main voice of the Greek team (who carried 5 players with double figures) scoring...

Greek Basketball Giants Fight Back for Euroleague Survival

Both Greek teams in the last eight of basketball's Euroleague managed to edge do-or-die victories in closely contested play-offs Monday night, kindling fading dreams of keeping the trophy in Greece for a fourth consecutive year by pulling their respective series back to 2-1 down with...

Greek Basketball Legend Yiorgos Americanos Dies

One of the last legends of Greek basketball, Yiorgos Americanos, passed away this morning at the age of 71, after three years of serious health problems. He was the first Greek basketball player to participate in the international team of...

Greece Beats Turkey 84-61 in EuroBasket

Despite that the Greek team was deprived from its virtuoso playmaker, Vassilis Spanoulis, Greece hammered Turkey 84-61 in Slovenia and qualified to the next round of Eurobasket 2013. Greece was superior from the beginning in all aspects of the game, dominating until...

Game 3 Suspended, Panathinaikos Sweep Olympiacos and Win Greek Title

Panathinaikos won the Greek title sweeping Olympiacos 3-0 in the Greek final. But the end of Game 3 is, again, a shame for Greek basketball. With less than two minutes left and with the Greens leading the score 72-76, the game...

Basketball is Mourning the Death of Legend Kolokithas‏

Greek basketball's family is grieving the loss of Giorgos Kolokithas, legendary former player of Panathinaikos, who was serving until yesterday as the vice president of the Hellenic Basketball Federation and the head of the national teams. Kolokithas passed away of...