Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received the chairman of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Basketball Club, Shimon Mizrahi, on Friday ahead of the Israeli outfit's EuroLeague clash with Serbia's Red Star Belgrade in the evening.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar will travel to the Netherlands on Friday following yesterday’s riots, The Times of Israel news website reports, to talk to Dutch authorities about the wild riots in Amsterdam.

A possible hostage incident following last night’s events in Amsterdam and the attacks on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans is being investigated by the Amsterdam Police, according to a morning briefing and just before a scheduled press conference.

Violent incidents erupted in Amsterdam following the end of the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

According to Dutch media, groups of Arabs had set up an ambush outside the stadium targeting fans of the Israeli team, leading to intense clashes.

Panathinaikos (PAO) has officially protested after a nail-biting Game 3 of a best-of-five series with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Serbia for the Euroleague basketball playoffs, citing two errors by the refs.

Both Greek teams in the Euroleague are on the brink of crashing out from the playoffs, as on Tuesday they suffered two-point defeats that put their opponents 2-1 up in the best-of-five series that lead to the Final Four.

Maccabi Tel Aviv is now within one win from eliminating Panathinaikos, after a contentious 85-83 win in Game 3.

Olympiakos has taken the lead in its Euroleague playoff battle with Barcelona scoring a road win on Wednesday in Game 1, while Panathinaikos has conceded home advantage to Maccabi Tel Aviv losing in Athens on Tuesday.

The Reds beat Barcelona 77-75 and have taken the upper hand in the best-of-five playoffs that lead to Berlin's Final Four next month.

Tension erupted among soccer fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens with the Israeli team's fans allegedly assaulting a man of Arab descent who was exiting the metro station. 

The Israeli club's supporters had gathered at Syntagma a few hours before their match against the Greek team Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League.

Euroleague basketball clubs Olympiakos Piraeus and Maccabi Tel Aviv will play a friendly in honor of the Greek team's retired legend Giorgos Printezis, Maccabi said in a statement on Friday, following Olympiakos' announcement.

BELGRADE - Maccabi Tel Aviv will play their home games in the basketball EuroLeague in Belgrade in the coming period, the EuroLeague has announced.

Israeli clubs have been unable to host international games since the outbreak of the war in Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Maccabi will hold practice sessions at the Mega hall and play their games at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall.