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In front of a sell-out crowd of more than 10,000 fans at Ankara Arena Team Europe defeated Team Asia 138-130 in the Turkish Basketball League All-Star Jan. 18.

The game featured 24 players from eight different countries, with teams comprised of the stars of Turkish Basketball League's (TBL) Europe- and Asia-based clubs.

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos extended its perfect record in the second round of the Euroleague with a 74-68 triumph at Fenerbahce in Turkey on Friday, while Panathinaikos produced one more emphatic home win, this time over Zalgiris Kaunas with a 77-58 score.

SREMSKA MITROVICA - The Crvena Zvezda basketball team defeated the home team of Mega Leks in Sremska Mitrovica on Sunday evening, completing the match with the result 77-75 (14-19, 27-14, 19-19, 17-23) in 18th round of the League of the Adriatic Basketball Association (ABA).

The Los Angeles Clippers have traded guard Jared Cunningham along with the draft rights to Turkish guard Cenk Akyol and cash to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for the draft rights to Serhiy Lishchuk.

A court invader at a Eurocup basketball game got more than he bargained for when he shoved a visiting Turkish side Banvit Band?rma player, but was then sent sprawling to the deck by a full-blown punch from his teammate.

Video footage from the match in Montenegro between hosts Buducnost Podgorica and Banvit showed a fan dashing onto the court and pushing Sammy Mejia in the back.

By George Georgakopoulos

Othello Hunter led Olympiakos to a precious 69-61 away win over Unicaja Malaga in Spain on Friday in its opening game for the top-16 of the Euroleague.

Hunter scored 18 points and collected seven rebounds against an error-prone Unicaja that was a shadow of the team that a few days earlier had defeated Real Madrid for the Spanish league.

BELGRADE - Serbian basketball legend Dejan Bodiroga, Vice President of the Basketball Federation of Serbia, is convinced that the national team has the strength to fight for the gold medal in this year's FIBA European basketball championship and book a spot in the 2016 Olympic Games.

BELGRADE - Serbian basketball player Milos Teodosic, who is a member of the national team and CSKA from Moscow, has been named one of the top five players in Europe in 2014 by Eurohoops.

This portal says Teodosic led Serbia to an unexpected final of the world championship in Spain, where he played extremely well.

LOS ANGELES - Famous Serbian basketball player Vlade Divac showed at a recent game between his former team the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors that he still has great skill, despite retiring 9 years ago.

SYRIZA’s headquarters in central Athens have been evacuated after someone called to warn that a bomb had been planted there.

Police are searching the building on Koumoundourou Square.

On Friday, the Euroleague basketball game between Panathinaikos and Barcelona was interrupted due to a bomb threat. But a search of the stadium proved it was a hoax.