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The tough week in the Euroleague has started triumphantly for the Greek teams, as Panathinaikos trounced hitherto joint leader Khimki in Athens and Olympiakos downed European champion Fenerbahce in Turkey.

On Tuesday the Greens eclipsed Khimki 93-65 at the Olympic Sports Hall with an outstanding all-around performance that gave the Russian team no chance on the night.

The Euroleague basketball organisation has put a lot of effort in the promotion of Europe’s top basketball league. The presence of the league on social media is exceptional with constant updates and creative videos. One of their latest ones posted on their Youtube channel was the 6th round mini-movie.

"Exochiko", Greek for holiday/countryside home, is the nickname Panathinaikos fans have attached to the Olympiakos home court of Peace and Friendship Stadium, due to the numerous times the Greens have scored precious victories at their biggest rivals' pad.

AEK upset Panathinaikos and will face Olympiakos in the Greek Cup final in February, after the semifinals that took place on Sunday.

AEK was the host at the knock-out semi played at the Olympic Sports Hall and won 73-69 to book its place in its first final since 2001.

Panathinaikos ground out a 1-0 win over Olympiakos in the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Saturday, but it is Atromitos that continues to lead the table after a precious 2-0 win at Xanthi.

Panathinaikos showed much more passion than the Greek champion in a rather uneventful match played in unusually peaceful circumstances at the filled-to-capacity Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Athens.

Olympiakos consolidated itself as joint leader of the Euroleague table with its win over Khimki in Piraeus on Thursday, but it was Panathinaikos's comeback triumph over European champion Fenerbahce that stole the show on Friday.

Home advantage counted for Greece's representatives in the Euroleague, with Olympiakos making it two out of two and Panathinaikos scoring its maiden win for the season in Europe.

The Greens faced Germany's Bamberg and were in the lead for virtually the entire game at the Olympic Sports Hall in Athens to win 93-83 on Thursday.

TRACK & FIELD: Pole-vault sensation Katerina Stefanidi received the award of the best female athlete in track and field in Europe for 2017, having swept its opponents in the World Championship, the European Indoor Championship and all IAAF Golden League meetings she took part in this year. She is the first Greek athlete to secure such a distinction.

Panathinaikos football club communications director Stamatis Garris denied the figures circulating in the media regarding the team’s accrued debts. Responding to an article published in sports newspaper “Prasini”, which claimed the club owed 54 million euros, Mr. Garris underlined that the true number was 34.7 million.

Deputy Minister for Sports Giorgos Vassiliadis has called on the prosecutor to launch an investigation into the crowd trouble which marred Greece's international match against Gibraltar in Athens on Tuesday.