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American power forward Chris Singleton will remain with the Greek basketball champions Panathinaikos for one more season, after he failed to secure a 2-year closed contract with an NBA team. Singleton was a key player in the greens’ line up, helping the team reach the double in Greece. PAO have rejected pressure by Russian team Kimki to let Singleton go.

Thanasis Antekounmpo might be wearing the green jersey of Greek basketball champions Panathinaikos in the new season. According to a tweet posted by Israeli journalist David Pick, the brother of the “Greek freak” is reportedly ready to sign a 2-year contract worth $700,000.

BASKETBALL: The Hellenic Basketball Federation confirmed on Tuesday the hiring of experienced coach Costas Missas to guide the national team starting with the 2017 Eurobasket this fall. On July 25 he will issue his first call-up of players.

A group of Panathinaikos fans have stormed the club’s headquarters protesting against what they consider to be a complete lack of interest by the owner Giannis Alafouzos in the team’s affairs. According to initial reports they assaulted Mr. Alafouzos’s close aide Christos Panagopoulos.

BASKETBALL: Greece triumphed over favorite Russia 62-58 in the women's Eurobasket on Tuesday and has qualified to the quarterfinals, where it will face Turkey on Thursday. This was the first time ever Greece has beaten Russia in a competitive encounter.

According to recent reports, Panathinaikos star Marcus Berg is close to a move to Al Ain from the United Arab Emirates.

Panathinaikos wrested the Basket League title back from Olympiakos with an imposing display at the Peace and Friendship Stadium on Sunday that won it the best-of-five final series 3-2. Its deserved 66-51 victory in Piraeus completed the league-and-cup double for the team coached by Xavi Pascual.

The Greek basketball league title will be decided in a a fifth and final game, after Panathinaikos defeated their arch-rivals Olymiakos at OAKA stadium (71-58) tying the finals series (2-2). The greens dominated the match throughout with playmaker Nikos Calathes leading his team with 14 points to its second victory in the best of five series.

Olympiakos shook off a 10-point deficit five minutes from the end to win Game 3 of the Basket League final series with Panathinaikos 64-62 on Sunday in Piraeus in what was the closest of the finals so far.

The Piraeus giant made the most of the nervous Panathinaikos attacks in the end to come from behind and take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.

In a closely fought match, Panathinaikos have tied the Greek basketball league finals (1-1) after defeating defending champions Olympiakos 84-78 on their home court. The next match will be played on June 4 at Piraeus, where the reds hope to regain the advantage in the best of 5 finals series.