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A historic night elevating Greek basketball on the world stage

While world leaders gather in New York, we’re going to turn our attention to Athens and the historic Panathenaic Stadium, where over 40,000 fans gathered for a basketball tournament this weekend. Kathimerini described this as a night that raised the bar for Greek basketball around the world. Alexander Kitroeff, a professor of history, a frequent commentator on Greek sport, and a lifelong Panathinaikos fan, joins Thanos Davelis on The Greek Current today as we look at a night that put Greek basketball in the world’s spotlight.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

A historic night in Athens with a modern record of 42.000 fans

Partizan beats PAO in historic open-air game for “Pavlos Giannakopoulos” tournament

Μια βραδιά που γιγάντωσε την Ελλάδα στο παγκόσμιο μπάσκετ

CYA Hellenic Executive Program

Bar not high in Mitsotakis, Erdogan talks

Macron expresses interest in Crete-Cyprus interconnector

UAE’s TAQA looks to invest in Cyprus-Greece electricity project

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