Greece national basketball team

Τhe Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on Tuesday presented legendary Greek basketball player Nikos Galis with an honorary doctorate in sports for his contributions to sports, culture, and society.

Galis is credited with raising interest in basketball among the Greek public and inspiring younger generations to take up the sport. 

Greek basketball can boast this week the top scorer in the history of the Euroleague as well as the triumph of Panathinaikos in Russia against CSKA Moscow in overtime.

Vassilis Spanoulis became on Thursday the all-time leading marksman of the Euroleague, even though his team, Olympiakos, suffered a home loss to Fenerbahce that has left it down to 13th at the table.

Greek basketball legend Panagiotis Giannakis high-fives a young fan in Thessaloniki's central Aristotelous Square ahead of the All Star Game basketball events at the city's Nick Galis Hall on the weekend. The events featured rising and former stars of the Greek Basketball League. [INTIME NEWS]

A depleted Greek national basketball team went down 84-61 in Serbia on Monday for its first loss in 10 World Cup qualification games.

The Greek women's national team stopped once again short of entering the quarterfinals of the World Championship, as on Wednesday it lost 57-56 to Nigeria to bow out of the tournament held in Spain.

Former Greek basketball star Theodoros Papaloukas jumps at a beach volleyball event in Mati, east Attica, held on Saturday and Sunday in honor of the nearly 100 victims of last month's wildfire. The event was named after Dimitris Katsoulakis, a young man who perished along with his father, mother and grandmother. [Intime News]

Costas Politis, the coach of the Greek national team that won the European Basketball Championship in 1987, died on Monday morning after suffering from deteriorating health. He was 76.

Politis became coach of the national side in 1982 and led Greece to 10th place at the World Cup in Spain in 1986. It was the best showing for the Greeks at an international level.

Greek basketball legend Nick Galis on Tuesday rebuffed speculation about him running on conservative New Democracy's ticket in the next elections.

In a post on his Facebook page that attracted thousands of "likes" in the space of a few hours, Galis said he would "not be on the ticket of any party." 

The Greek basketball star, Vasilis Spanoulis and his wife ex-model Olympia Hopsonidou became parents again.

They announced the birth of their fifth child, a baby girl.

Serbian men's national basketball team has been defeated by Slovenia in the final of the FIBA EuroBasket 2017 European championship.

Slovenia won 93-85 in the final played on Sunday evening in Istanbul, Turkey.