Basketball
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Antetokounmpo and other big name NBA stars set to miss out on Paris Olympics
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dallas’ Luka Doncic and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns all still have a chance to play in next summer’s Paris Olympics. But at least two of those stars won’t …
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Greece to host one of the Pre-Olympic Games basketball tournaments
Greece is one of the top contenders to organise one of the pre-Olympic tournaments in July – shortly before the 2024 Olympic Games. Together with Latvia and Spain – are …
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Giannis on fire as Bucks down Wizards in NBA
Giannis Antetokounmpo has turned on a scoring display as his Milwaukee Bucks won a fifth consecutive NBA game, 142-129, over the Washington Wizards. The Greek superstar bagged 42 points on …
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Antetokounmpo shines as Bucks bounce back in NBA
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 35 points and Bobby Portis added 19 off the bench to help the Milwaukee Bucks snap their two-game NBA losing streak with a 118-109 win against the …
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Panathinaikos downs Olympiacos to go outright first in the Greek Basket League
A dominant final quarter and performance from Dinos Mitoglou powered Panathinaikos to a major away victory over their bitter rivals, Olympiacos. The “Trifylli” defeated the Piraeus side 54-66 at the …
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Player, referee and coach, what can’t this 16-year-old Greek Australian do?
It’s not every day you see a 16-year-old girl win a referee award a year on from winning a coaching award for a gig she started at the age of …
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Top Greek basketball coach Ioannidis dies: officials
Greece’s most successful basketball coach Yiannis Ioannidis died Wednesday aged 78, officials said. Nicknamed “the blonde”, the famously superstitious, chain-smoking and short-tempered Ioannidis tallied 418 victories in under 500 games …
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Giannis wants to ‘expedite’ Lillard chemistry with Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo wants to focus on film study with new superstar teammate Damian Lillard so they will have chemistry before ever taking the court together for the Milwaukee Bucks. Even …
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Greece announced as co-host of 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket
As the FIBA Basketball World Cup approaches its end, Europe begins to prepare for their respective national basketball competitions in three years’ time, with the announcement of who will host …
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Greece’s FIBA Final dreams end with 73-69 loss to Montenegro
Greece’s journey in the FIBA World Cup came to a close on Sunday (local time) as they faced Montenegro in their final Group J encounter. Already eliminated from the quarterfinals …