Panathinaikos A.O.

SOCCER: The government and Panathinaikos have signed a memorandum of cooperation toward the construction of a new sports complex at Goudi, eastern Athens, to house the soccer club as well as the amateur divisions of the Athens giant such as boxing etc.

The stage is set for a classic Greek-Turkish battle in the 2016-17 Euroleague basketball final (9pm Greek time), in Istanbul at the Sinan Erdem Dome.

The stage is set for a classic Greek-Turkish battle in the 2016-17 Euroleague basketball final, as Turkish Fenerbache, who beat Real Masdrid late Friday (84-75) will face Greek champions Olympiakos who disposed of CSKA Moscow (82-78) in another thriller.

BASKETBALL: Panathinaikos won Game 3 of the Basket League semifinal series beating AEK 81-72 at home on Thursday, despite trailing 52-44 early in the second half. Game 4 will take place with AEK as the host on Monday.

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos have taken their first step toward reaching the finals of the Basket League, beating Aris and AEK respectively at the start of the best-of-five semifinal series.

One of the legends of Greek and European basketball Dimitris Diamantidis turned 37 Saturday. Eurohoops honoured the former Panathinaikos captain and multi-Euroleague champion by posting a 53-min documentary video of career highlights and life. Respect to the great man and player.

Doctors at the Papanikolaou Hospital in Thessaloniki said on Wednesday that a 24-year-old PAOK soccer club fan who was injured during street clashes with Panathinaikos supporters last Thursday is brain dead.

Istanbul has proven a black hole for Greece's representatives in the Euroleague, with Panathinaikos eliminated from the competition on Tuesday and seeing fresh problems threatening its domestic season too, while Olympiakos suffered another loss on Wednesday and is also on the verge of elimination.

The Athenian football derby on Sunday ended with Panathinaikos clinching 3 points away from home against AEK Athens in the dying stages of the match by scoring a 3rd goal (3-2).

In one of the season's tightest games, Panathinaikos beat AEK in the second overtime on Sunday to keep up the chase on leader Olympiakos with three rounds of games left to the end of the regular season of the Basket League.