Basketball

Turkey's Fenerbahçe will visit Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, a Basque side that wants to turn its most recent victory into a streak, on Nov. 11 in Round 6 of the Euroleague at the Fernando Buesa Arena as Galatasaray Odeabank takes on Olympiacos.

Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) have won the first Eternal Belgrade Derby of the basketball season by beating Partizan 83-72 (20-23, 28-16, 22-14, 13-19).

The ABA League Round 8 game was played late on Monday.

Olympiakos emerged victorious from its challenge at Aris in Thessaloniki on Monday and remained tied at the top of the Basket League table with AEK, victor of Rethymo at home on Saturday.

Captain Vassilis Spanoulis distributed 11 assists and Olympiakos returned with a 70-63 triumph from one of its most difficult games on the road this season in the league.

MIES - Serbia is one of 11 candidates to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, the FIBA website said.

Apart from Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Russia and Turkey also made their bids.

After a week of four Greek triumphs in the Euroleague, this week both Olympiakos and Panathinaikos suffered their second loss in five games, although both could have escaped this fate.

Olympiakos lost 81-75 to CSKA Moscow in Piraeus on Thursday, but felt that its second-half comeback could have turned things around altogether against the competition's unbeaten team.

Basketball team of SerbiaPhoto: FIBA

MIES - Serbia is one of 11 candidates to host the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, the FIBA website said.

Apart from Serbia, Argentina, Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Philippines, Poland, Russia and Turkey also made their bids.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have caused a major upset in the basketball Euroleague by defeating Barcelona 76-65 (9-16, 31-15, 20-17, 16-17) at a sold-out Kombank Arena in the third round of European basketball's top-tier competition late Wednesday.

ISTANBUL - Partizan Belgrade have suffered their first defeat of the season after losing to Besiktas Istanbul 77-62 (21-16, 14-15, 25-14, 17-17) on the road in a Group E, Round 2 game of the FIBA Basketball Champions League late Wednesday.

Michael Roll led the scoring for the Turkish team with 16 points and Serbia national team member Vladimir Stimac added 12 points and 9 rebounds.

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos improved their Euroleague record to 3-1 after the Reds triumphed at Baskonia in Spain and the Greens saw off visiting Red Star Belgrade in Athens.

Olympiakos defeated Baskonia 95-90 on Thursday for its first away win in the new Euroleague after a tight as well a spectacular game.

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe remained undefeated in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague and joined CSKA Moscow atop the standings by downing Zalgiris Kaunas 82-68 at home on Oct. 26. 

Ekpe Udoh and Jan Vesely led the winning side with 14 points apiece. Udoh added eight rebounds while Vesely made eight of eight free throws.