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Basketball-Real and Olympiakos reach Euroleague final

MADRID, May 15 (Reuters) - Eight-time Euroleague champions Real Madrid and triple former winners Olympiakos Piraeus reached the premier club competition's final with contrasting wins on Friday.

Real, looking for their first title since 1995, beat Final Four debutants Fenerbahce Istanbul 96-87, while Olympiakos edged CSKA Moscow 70-68 in a nail-biting contest after overcoming a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

Sunday's title showdown will be a repeat of the 2013 final in London's O2 Arena, when Olympiakos beat Real 100-88 in a spectacular clash.

Both semi-finals generated an electric atmosphere in Madrid's Palacio de Deportes, with several thousand frenetic Turkish fans making Fenerbahce feel almost at home.