Greece's men's national basketball team faced Cyprus in a friendly on Monday, August 24, with the match starting at 18:00 and shown live on ERT2 Sport. The game was described as another in a series of warm-up matches for the Greek side.
The basketball friendly capped a lighter Monday of televised sport compared with the weekend, with four football matches from Italy's Serie A, Spain's La Liga and England's Premier League also broadcast live in Greece.
Football fixtures across Europe
The football programme began at 19:30, when Bologna hosted Lazio in Serie A on Cosmote Sport 2. At 20:30, Osasuna welcomed Levante in a La Liga match on Cosmote Sport 5, and at 21:45 Roma faced Fiorentina in Serie A on Cosmote Sport 3.
The day closed at 22:00 with Chelsea against Fulham, the last fixture of the opening round of the Premier League season, broadcast on Nova Sports Premier League.
Background on the leagues
The Premier League is England's top professional football division and one of the most widely watched competitions in the world. Serie A is Italy's premier football league, while La Liga is Spain's top flight, home to clubs including Real Madrid and Barcelona. ERT2 is the second channel of Greece's public broadcaster ERT, while Cosmote Sport and Novasports are among the country's main pay-television sports channels.
Full broadcast schedule
Monday's complete sports broadcast lineup in Greece was as follows:
- 18:00 Novasports 6HD: WTA 1000 Cincinnati
- 18:00 ERT2 Sport: Greece v Cyprus, international friendly
- 19:30 Cosmote Sport 2 HD: Bologna v Lazio, Serie A
- 20:00 Novasports 6HD: WTA 1000 Cincinnati
- 20:30 Cosmote Sport 5 HD: Osasuna v Levante, La Liga
- 21:00 Cosmote Sport 6 HD: ATP 250 Winston-Salem
- 21:45 Cosmote Sport 3 HD: Roma v Fiorentina, Serie A
- 22:00 Novasports Prime: Fulham v Chelsea, Premier League
- 22:15 Cosmote Sport 2 HD: Gil Vicente v Casa Pia, Liga Portugal
- 22:30 Cosmote Sport 7 HD: Malaga v Deportivo La Coruna, La Liga
- 23:00 Cosmote Sport 6 HD: ATP 250 Winston-Salem
Tennis tournaments also on air
Alongside the football and basketball fixtures, Monday's schedule also carried coverage of the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati and the ATP 250 event in Winston-Salem, each shown across two separate time slots on Novasports and Cosmote Sport channels. The Cincinnati Open is one of the WTA's top-tier events, and the Winston-Salem Open is a regular stop on the men's ATP tour, with both tournaments traditionally played in the run-up to the US Open.
