Euroleague Basketball

Europe's top two club basketball competitions have been terminated this season without naming any winners due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organizers EuroLeague Basketball said on Monday.

"Having explored every possible option, the Executive Board has made the decision to cancel the 2019-20 EuroLeague and EuroCup," the organizing body said on its official Twitter account.

Europe's top two club basketball competitions have been terminated this season without naming any winners due to the Covid-19 pandemic, organizers EuroLeague Basketball said on Monday.

"Having explored every possible option, the Executive Board has made the decision to cancel the 2019-20 EuroLeague and EuroCup," the organizing body said on its official Twitter account.

The Euroleague announced on Thursday the suspension of all its tournaments, i.e. its main competition, the Eurocup and the Next Generation Euroleague, with immediate effect.

The decision, that applies indefinitely, followed the diagnosis of a Real Madrid player with coronavirus, and the suspension of the NBA in the US.

Olympiakos might have lost the 2016-17 Euroleague basketball final, but they put a total of 1.73 million in their bank account. Based on announcements made by Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu on the pool sharing of teams that took part in the competition, each win during the regular season brought in 40,000 euros, which means 760,000 for the reds.

By George Georgakopoulos

Four days before facing off in the battle that will determine the top spot in the regular season, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos scored easy league wins on Tuesday in games postponed from the previous round due to their Euroleague commitments.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos are entering the Euroleague play-offs this week as outsiders, as not only do they face the mighty CSKA Moscow and Barcelona respectively but their opponents have the home advantage in the best-of-five series.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos not only lost to Fenerbahce/Ulker at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Friday but also saw its advantage from the game in Istanbul covered by the Turks, while Panathinaikos produced another erratic performance in the Euroleague, this time in Lithuania, to lose to Zalgiris Kaunas and dent its qualification chances.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos came from behind to beat Red Star Belgrade 74-69 in Athens on Friday and rise to second in its group with half of the games played in this second stage of the Euroleague.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's Kombank Arena was declared the third best sports hall in Euroleague this season according to the survey conducted among 24 coaches of basketball teams participating in the elite championship.

BELGRADE - The Euroleague has made a shameful decision to punish not only Galatasaray, but also Red Star for the clashes of fans in Istanbul when Marko Ivkovic, a 25-year-old supporter of the Serbian club, was killed before the game, Nebojsa Covic, president of the Red Star basketball club, has said.