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Bulgaria's Rising Basketball Star Vezenkov Reportedly Joins Barcelona

Published by Novinite on Fri, 07/03/2015 - 13:40

Bulgaria's rising basketball star Aleksandar Vezenkov reportedly signed a four-year contract with Barcelona.

The 19-year-old power forward joins the Spanish club after spending four years at the Greek team Aris Thessaloniki, daily Dnevnik reports.

According to media reports, among the other clubs expressing interest towards Vezenkov were Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Valencia.

Olympiakos wins first finals game with Panathinaikos

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 06/07/2015 - 20:54

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos had a harder time than expected in beating depleted Panathinaikos in Game 1 of the final series of the Basket League on Sunday, but will still be happy with the 76-70 result at the Peace and Friendship Stadium that maintains it as the clear favorite to win back the league title from its eternal rival.

Home wins see PAO, PAOK and Aris through

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 05/19/2015 - 23:54

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos, PAOK and Aris have advanced to the semifinals of the Greek league after their home wins on Tuesday that saw them all win their series with a 2-1 score.

Panathinaikos strolled to a 100-70 home win over Kolossos Rhodes behind closed doors, with young Giorgos Papayiannis getting the opportunity to shine, scoring 14 points.

Rethymno defeats in-form AEK on Crete

Published by Kathimerini on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 22:05

By George Georgakopoulos

AGO Rethymnou put an end to a positive string of results for in-form AEK, while PAOK survived a strong challenge by Kolossos Rhodes in Thessaloniki in yet another exciting weekend of basketball action in the A1 league, even without the two giants, Panathinaikos and Olympiakos playing.

AEK shows signs of past grandeur in basketball

Published by Kathimerini on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 14:06

By George Georgakopoulos

AEK appears to have returned for good among the elite of Greek basketball, as after a few years of languishing in the lower divisions it is once again showing signs of grandeur that bode very well for its future, if its 89-48 Basket League triumph at Cup finalist Apollon Patras on Saturday is anything to go by.

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