Olympiakos has returned to the top of the Super League after it survived the PAS Giannina challenge away, while PAOK and Volos canceled each other out.
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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics organizers on Tuesday received the Olympic flame at a heavily-guarded Panathenaic stadium in central Athens as human rights activists called on a boycott of the Games over China’s human rights record.
![Executive Director at the International Tibet Network Mandie McKeown, Campaigns Director at Students for a Free Tibet Pema Doma, and Program and Advocacy Manager at the World Uyghur Congress Zumretay Arkin take part in a news conference voicing opposition to the Beijing Winter Olympics in Athens, Greece, on Tuesday. [Elias Marcou/Reuters]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/International_Tibet_Network_china_activists_olympics_reuters-320x200.jpg)
Hours before Tuesday’s handover of the Olympic flame for the 2022 Winter Olympics, human rights activists urged international governments, sponsors and athletes to boycott what they called China’s “genocide games.”
Olympiakos thrashed Promitheas Patras and is alone at the top of the Basket League, while Panathinaikos scored its first win in the championship this season.
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The Beijing 2022 Olympics flame was lit at Greece’s ancient Olympia on Monday, just over 100 days before the start of the Games in February, as a handful of Tibetan protesters attempted to protest inside the ancient site.
The Lighting of the Olympic Flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is taking place on Monday morning at Ancient Olympia and ekathimerini.com is taking you there live.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo sometimes looks like he might dunk from the foul line. Other times, the Milwaukee Bucks forward struggles just to reach the rim with a shot from it. Even with holes to fill in his game, Antetokounmpo is already among the best players in the NBA. He is a two-time MVP who could probably […]
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A sunburst at the overcast birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece was too short-lived to light the backup flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Sunday’s dress rehearsal.
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Olympiakos beat its jinx team Zalgiris Kaunas on Friday to rise in the Euroleague standings, while Panathinaikos had a second road loss in Spain this week, this time to Real Madrid.
The Olympic Flame ceremony of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games will be held at the ancient site of Olympia in Greece this Monday, October 18, and will be handed over to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics at a ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium in Greece on Tuesday, October 19.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will come into sharp focus with the ceremonial torch-lighting ceremony in Greece’s ancient Olympia on Monday but opposition to the Games continues to grow more vocal.
Panathinaikos produced its first credible performance on the road, but still went down at Vitoria to host Baskonia on Tuesday, while Olympiakos succumbed in overtime at Barcelona on Wednesday.
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World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas recovered from a shaky start to defeat Italy’s Fabio Fognini 2-6 6-3 6-4 on Tuesday and reach the last-16 at Indian Wells for the first time.
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Sweden punished Greece for its missed opportunities, winning 2-0 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, leaving the Greeks with only some mathematical chances of finishing in the top two of the group.
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A international Euro 2023 qualifier between the Greek national under-21 side and Cyprus scheduled for Tuesday was postponed on Monday, after 13 cases of Covid-19 were detected on the Greek side.
Stefanos Tsitsipas stormed into the third round at Indian Wells for the first time in his career on Sunday, as the second seed beat Spaniard Pedro Martinez 6-2 6-4 under lights to set up a clash with Fabio Fognini.
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Olympiakos crushed last season’s Basket League finalist Lavrio away on Sunday, starting the season in the most emphatic of fashions with four wins in the league and the Euroleague.
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Two late strikes by Tasos Bakasetas and Dimitris Pelkas, both of whom ply their trade in Turkey, sufficed for Greece to score its second consecutive win in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, beating host Georgia 2-0 at Batumi on Saturday.
Greens and Reds scored important home wins for the Euroleague this week, as Panathinaikos defeated Fenerbahce on Thursday and Olympiakos downed Real Madrid on Friday.
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Panathinaikos held Olympiakos to a goalless draw at the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Sunday in Piraeus to bring the Reds down from the Super League summit, where PAOK and Volos have moved to.
The new Basket League has started with a bang, as champion Panathinaikos suffered a huge upset at Aris on Sunday and is already in crisis after its losing start in the Euroleague too.
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The dawn of the 2021-22 Euroleague has found Panathinaikos sleeping and Olympiakos wide awake, as the Greek representatives could not have had any more different starts to their campaign.
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