Basketball
MESMA honors the memory of the late Panagiotis Hamilothoris for the 4th year in a row
The MESMA tournament “Panagiotis Hamilothoris” was held for the fourth time this year. That said President Giorgos Kotaridis to Sportish.
Sunday evening September 24th ended the 4th MESMA PANAGIOTIS HAMILOTHORIS Tournament held in honor of the late basketball player Panagiotis HAMILOTHORIS who lost his life in the fatal fires in Mati.
The first place was taken by the AO Galatsiou team, which won the grand final against MESMA, while before that the small final of the tournament was played between the teams ASK78 ANIXI and GS PROMITHEAS CHALANDRIOU.
The team and staff of MESMA, the board and family of Panagiotis thank all 3 teams for their participation in the games, as well as the Mayor of Marathon Mr. Stergios Tsirkas, the Deputy Mayor of Marathon Mr. Christos Stamos, the Deputy Mayor etc Nikos Karagiannis, the President of the Municipal Council Mr. Konstantinos Laskos and the former Mayor of Marathon Mr. Spyros Zagaris, who honored this important action with their presence.
Giorgos Kotaridis, President of MESMA, told Sportish: “Panagiotis was an amazing child who, like many people, was unjustly lost in the 2018 fires. Panagiotis was our friend and teammate. The decision was a one-way street for us to start some actions that will take place every year in his memory.
It all started with the support of Stoiximan in 2019, which turned into a beautiful 3on3 tournament with many participants. The events with the Corona virus forced us to insert a colon. We then switched to the logic of having some friendlies with the “Panagiotis Hamilothoris” tournament every September, with teams from all over Attica.
All proceeds go to charities chosen by the Panagiotis family. This year we gave it to a child who was in an accident. Food is also collected. In general, there are different promotions with academy games on two days.
The association has existed for many years. We’re trying to bring the club out of oblivion, get a job done in the academies, get kids into sports. This is for the love we have on the team for underrated marathon territory“.
A special mention also goes to all the sports enthusiasts who came to support the charitable purpose of this tournament with their attendance and residue, as well as the representatives of local organizations and clubs who helped by offering goods.
As every year, purpose was important this year as the proceeds of the tournament were donated to support young fellow Marathon Community resident Antonis Yazitzoglou who suffered a serious accident and is struggling to get back on his feet.
Finally, the MESMA team and staff would like to give a special thank you to the amazing sponsors and supporters of the tournament, first and foremost STOICHIMAN who has been by their side in all their endeavors over the last few years, but also to the Seneca Medical Group for their help and support, the was one of the main sponsors of the event for the first time this year, as well as the other sponsors – Sportish contributed as communication sponsor Marathon Boat Parking, martmobiles gr, ideasprint, Royal Paints, Bakery Kassimi and the restaurant La Playa – who did everything to ensure that the tournament can take place again this year, which has developed into an institution.
Source: sport 24
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Head coach of “Kharkov Falcons” Valery Plekhanov He summarized the team’s 2025 results and talked about the preparations for the continuation of the season:
“Summing up the results of the calendar year, I want to congratulate all our fans on the upcoming New Year and Merry Christmas, wish our favorite team peace and good victories! “Kharkov Falcons” are the first players of this Super League season, so second place at the moment is a good result.
There are a few points we would like to emphasize separately. First of all, seven players from last season’s active squad won the Premier League together, but five of them never played in the Super League. Therefore, the experience they gained in the first half of this season is almost priceless. Secondly, Kharkiv Falcons are one of the two champion teams that did not play a single match at home. It’s very difficult when you’re not playing for your fans, you’re training in one gym, and you’re playing in a different gym every time, even on home tours. In these conditions, 4 defeats in 13 matches is a good result.
One of the most negative moments of this year was not being able to participate in the last four of the Ukrainian Cup. Unfortunately, we were a little unlucky in the draw. After an emotionally difficult and physically exhausting match with Krivbass, we did not have enough strength for the next match against Kiev-Basket in the quarter-finals. Unfortunately, our performances in the cup are over, but now we will be able to focus all our efforts on the championship.
Our main problem now is injuries. We have five injured players, three of whom have serious injuries that require a long recovery period. We’re about to get off to a very tough start to the new calendar season because the Falcons will be playing basketball six weekends in a row, which means six road trips with no rest time. If we could count on all twelve players in the squad at the beginning of the season, there will no longer be such a rotation. Therefore, all the responsibility and burden will fall on the players in the rankings. I hope they get over their injuries in the new year, recover from their injuries as soon as possible, return to work and help their beloved club properly represent Kharkiv in the Super League.
Despite the holidays, we have training scheduled almost seven days a week. “I really hope that by January 10 we will be a combat-ready team that can solve serious problems.”
Source: Sport UA
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On December 23, as part of the 1/8 final of the Romanian Cup, the Ukrainian derby was played between Bucharest and Dinamo. Vyacheslav Bobrova and “Fast” Alexandra Lipovoy.
Dinamo won the match 89:79, and the fate of the ticket to the next round was decided in overtime, as Rapid won the first match – 83:73.
The home players acted more accurately in extra time and won with a total score of 101:85 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Vyacheslav Bobrov made a double-double in 33 minutes on the field, scoring 10 points (4/7 two-pointers, 0/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collecting 10 rebounds, 1 block, 5 turnovers and 2 fouls.
Alexander Lipovoy played 38 minutes, scored 16 points (1/2 two-pointers, 4/7 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws), collected 3 rebounds, made 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.
Romanian Cup. 1/8 final. 2nd match, 23 December
Dinamo Bucharest – Rapid Bucharest – 101:85 Overtime (17:22, 28:12, 24:19, 20:26, 12:6)
Match record:
Source: Sport UA
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Basketball
Mikhailyuk repeated his personal best from the NBA regular season in the match against Memphis
Ukrainian basketball player who plays for Utah Jazz Svyatoslav Mikhayyuk He repeated his personal best in starts in the NBA regular season.
This happened 128:137 in the game between the Utah Jazz and the Memphis Grizzlies on the night of December 23-24.
In this match, Mikhailyuk stayed on the field for 22 minutes and during this time he recorded 9 points (4/4 free throws, 1/4 two-point, 1/5 three-pointers), 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 turnover and 1 foul.
This match was Mikhailyuk’s 27th match as a starter this season. So, at the end of December, Svyatoslav repeated his career record in terms of starts, missing only one game against Dallas.
Previously, Mikhailiuk managed to play as a starter in many matches only in the 2019/20 season as part of the Detroit Pistons.
The Jazz are in 12th place in the NBA Western Conference rankings with 10 wins in 29 games. Utah will play its next game against Detroit on Saturday, December 27 at 04:30 Kyiv time.
Source: Sport UA
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