A Greek official responsible for …

A Greek official responsible for educating refugees was fired on Friday for making racist comments about Greek professional basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose parents emigrated from Nigeria to the country. Konstantinos Kalemis, the coordinator for refugee education in the Malakassa camp north of Athens, called Antetokounmpo a “monkey” on Twitter after the NBA Most Valuable Player denounced racism in Greek society.

Education Minister Niki Kerameus on …

Eurohoops caught up with the “La Casa …

Eurohoops caught up with the “La Casa de Papel” star Darko Peric for an interview during which he talked about the show, how the acting career led him to his childhood love – basketball – as well as his plans to merge the two. I came here because the Antetokounmpo brother, the oldest one Francis is shooting his first video clip, music video. And he wants me in the video clip. So, Thanasis called me and he said if I want to come,” Darko Peric, the “La Casa de Papel” star, explained about his trip to Athens where Eurohoops caught up with him for a chat.

The 43-year-old Serbian has grown up …

The 43-year-old Serbian has grown up loving basketball and, in a kind of a roundabout way, found his way to it through his acting career. He met many people in the sport including a couple of ‘Antetokounbros’ which he grew fond of. “One night we get to a restaurant in the center of Paris and there was Theo Papaloukas, with Thanasis, Giannis, and they recognized me. I was with my nephew and was like “really?”. Because I know Papaloukas, he’s actually my age, but you know he’s been playing for so many years. And then, of course, I met Giannis and Thanasis, they really have good vibes.” That must have played a part in Peric ‘joining forces’ with the Bucks: “This year I’m going to be the ambassador of Milwaukee Bucks. For me, that’s also a big pleasure because I’m a big basketball fan and all these things that have something to do with basketball.”

In his recent interview with Open …

In his recent interview with Open Sport, coach Rick Pitino said that no matter what has been reported he will still coach the Greek National team. He also admitted that this season he didn’t want to coach Panathinaikos. “All I wanted to do is coach the National team which I’m still going to do. I am going to coach the Greek National team.” “The second year I did not want coach Panathinaikos. It wasn’t my type of team the second year.”