George Georgakopoulos

By George Georgakopoulos

Nelson Valdez scored a hat trick in the first 14 minutes as Olympiakos recovered from its elimination to Manchester United with a 4-1 thumping of Ergotelis on Crete on Sunday, in a weekend when all top five teams ended victorious.

By George Georgakopoulos

The return of captain Vassilis Spanoulis to the Olympiakos team after his injury coincided with an emphatic victory over Laboral Kutxa with a 89-59 score in Piraeus on Friday, to keep the club’s chances for a quarterfinal berth alive.

 Obradovic returned to Athens with Fenerbahce, but Panathinaikos triumphed buy nine

By George Georgakopoulos

By George Georgakopoulos

Euroleague hopefuls Panathinaikos and Olympiakos had a hard time being their local league opponents on Monday in games that highlighted the improvement of the Greek game.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos has mathematically clinched its 41st Greek league title, and the 16th in the last 18 years, after beating Panthrakikos at home on Saturday, while Aris looks all but relegated after drawing with PAOK in a tense Thessaloniki derby on Sunday.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos revived its hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals of the Euroleague with a victory at Anadolu Efes in overtime on Friday, while depleted Olympiakos succumbed to unbeaten group leader Barcelona in Spain.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos produced a stunning display to beat Manchester United 2-0 on Tuesday for the first-leg game of the Round of 16 of the Champions League and get the upper hand in the tie that has a ticket to the quarterfinals as its prize.

Zack Wright scored nine points on his debut with Panathinaikos.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos defeated Panionios at Nea Smyrni to extend its record this season to 18-1 in the league, but the Greens’ win was overshadowed by the host’s reaction to a key referee decision.