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Olympiakos edged even closer to a top-four finish in the regular season of the Euroleague after thrashing Baskonia at home on Friday, while Panathinaikos will likely have to settle for a spot between the fifth and the eighth after suffering a bad reverse at Fenerbahce on Thursday.

The Milwaukee Bucks posted a video on the club’s twitter feed honouring the “Greek-Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo for his selection in the NBA All-Star game in the front court.

The “Greek Freak”, Giannis Antetokounmpo is currently running second in the NBA All Star Game voting poll in the Eastern conference, after the second count of votes that concerns the fans (50% of the aggregate votes).

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have caused another sensation at home by defeating CSKA Moscow 78-67 at a packed Kombank Arena in the 15th round of the basketball Euroleague late Thursday.

In a fantastic atmosphere, Red Star outplayed the reigning Euroleague champions, just a week after also defeating Real Madrid in Belgrade.

Olympiakos is joint second at the halfway point of the regular season with 10 wins from 15 games after downing Fenerbahce at home on Thursday, while Panathinaikos gave away a game it should have won at UNICS Kazan on Friday for its sixth loss.

Red Star Belgrade have caused another sensation at home by defeating CSKA Moscow 78-67 in a packed Kombank Arena.

The game was played in the 15th round of the basketball Euroleague late on Thursday.

Greece's Euroleague representatives started another "double week" in the tournament very well, with Olympiakos beating Red Star Belgrade at home on Tuesday and Panathinaikos triumphing at Armani Milano on Wednesday.

Despite the absences of Giorgos Printezis and Daniel Hackett, Olympiakos strolled to a 73-65 home win for its ninth victory in 13 games in the regular season.

Greek teams scored five wins in five games in Europe this week, sweeping all their opponents in the Euroleague and the Champions League, as Olympiakos beat UNICS Kazan and Panathinaikos dismissed Galatasaray on Friday to improve their position on the Euroleague table.

ISTANBUL - Red Star Belgrade lost 100-79 (21-21, 26-19, 27-24, 26-15) to Efes Istanbul on the road in the Euroleague Basketball Round 9 late Thursday.

The Turkish team went on a 20-4 run in the last six minutes to win the game in a convincing fashion.

Red Star and Efes are now tied at 4-5 in the competition.

US president Barack Obama hosted the recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Nov. 22 at the White House, awarding the country’s highest civilian honour to luminaries of business, sports, entertainment, activism, and art. Recipients included Bill and Melinda Gates, Tom Hanks, Ellen Degeneres, Robert DeNiro, Frank Gehry, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, and Maya Lin.