Greece Beats Ivory Coast at Basketball Worlds (Video)
- Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
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- September 01, 2010
ANKARA, Turkey — Greece secured a spot in the second round of the basketball world championship and eliminated Ivory Coast with a 97-60 win on Wednesday, spurred by 15 points from Nick Calathes.
A ...
Spain Stunned Again in Loss to Lithuania
- The Associated Press
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- August 31, 2010
IZMIR, Turkey -- Following a surprise 76-73 win over defending world champions Spain on Tuesday in Izmir, Lithuania is making a strong run for first place in Group D.
Just as in their first loss of...
Greece Drops First Match in Basketball Worlds in Loss to Hosts
- Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
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- August 31, 2010
ANKARA, Turkey — Ersan Ilyasova scored 26 points to help Turkey clinch a 76-65 win over Greece on Tuesday at the basketball world championship, essentially securing to place in the second round.
Tu...
Greece Coach Kazlauskas Slams FIBA Punishment
- Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
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- August 27, 2010
ANKARA, Turkey — FIBA's decision to suspend Antonis Fotsis and Sofoklis Schortsanitis for their part in last week's brawl in an exhibition game against Serbia was "something unbelievable," Greece coac...
FIBA Hands out Greece-Serbia Brawl Suspensions
- TNH staff
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- August 26, 2010
Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic was suspended for three games in official FIBA competition, including games in the upcoming World Championship, FIBA announced on Thursday.
Krstic tossed a...
Greece Loses Magnetism for NBA Millionaires as Tax Double
- Alex Duff - Bloomberg
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- August 25, 2010
Greece’s financial crisis is bad news for National Basketball Association players seeking bigger paychecks and rent-free mansions by the Mediterranean.
The Greek basketball league has enticed more ...
Bench-clearing brawl ends Acropolis tournament (video)
- The Associated Press
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- August 19, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - The Acropolis basketball tournament finished in a brawl when the last game between Serbia and Greece was abandoned Thursday in the closing minutes after a fight broke out and the benc...
Zisis Sarikopoulos to play in Greece
- The Associated Press
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- August 18, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Junior center Zisis Sarikopoulos will not return to Ohio State, instead electing to remain in his native Greece and play professionally. The 7-foot Sarikopoulos played one season for ...
Toronto Signs Olympiacos' Kleiza to Offer Sheet
- TNH staff
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- July 08, 2010
Toronto has made a move to sign the leading scorer from Olympiacos in Greece -- former Nugget Linas Kleiza.
Toronto has signed Kleiza to a four year, $20 million offer sheet, according to Marc Spea...
Koufos to Pass on World Championships
- TNH staff
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- June 25, 2010
Utah Jazz center Kosta Koufos will not play this summer with the Greek national team in preparations and games for the FIBA world championships in Turkey, according to the Cleveland-based agency Mark ...
NBA's Denver Nuggets tender offer to Olympiacos' Kleiza
- TNH staff
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- June 22, 2010
DENVER — The Denver Nuggets have made a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Linas Kleiza, who spent the past season playing for Euroleague runner-ups Olympiacos Piraeus in Greece.
Kleiza aver...
Will the NBA finally get Big Sofo?
Sofoklis Schortsanitis is a Greek professional basketball player the Los Angeles Clippers drafted way back in 2003. The team offered him a contract in 2006, but Schortsanitis was still under contract ...
Panagiotis Giannakis out as Olympiacos coach
(Euroleague) — Olympiacos BC confirmed that Panagiotis Giannakis will not coach the team next season, despite having led the Reds to the Euroleague title game last month.
Giannakis arrived at Olymp...
Olympiakos beats Panathinaikos 79-72 in finals
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Forward Linas Kleiza scored 17 points to lead Olympiakos to a 79-72 win over defending champion Panathinaikos and even the best-of-five Greek league finals at 1-1.
Center Niko...
Barcelona bests Olympiacos for Euroleague title
- Euroleague.net
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- May 10, 2010
Regal FC Barcelona is the 2010 Euroleague champion. Barca downed Olympiacos 86-68 in the final before a packed house at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the French capital to win its second Eur...
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