Tag: #BasketballWorldcup
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Spain World Cup win, US woes blow Olympic basketball wide open
Beijing, Sept 16 (AFP/APP):The Tokyo 2020 Olympics basketball suddenly looks wide open after reigning champions the United States suffered their worst World Cup, Spain triumphed and Argentina surprised. World Cup bronze medallists France, and Australia, who were edged out of the medals but pushed eventual winners Spain all the way in the semi-finals, will also…
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‘Stupid’ Jokic ejected as Spain stun Serbia at Basketball World Cup
Wuhan, China, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):All-Star Nikola Jokic was ejected for “a stupid reaction” in the third quarter as strongly fancied Serbia were stunned 81-69 by Spain to blow the Basketball World Cup wide open on Sunday. Led by Ricky Rubio of the Phoenix Suns, Spain set up a quarter-final meeting with surprise packages Poland on…
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Basket fall: Asia and Africa out of World Cup at first hurdle
Shanghai, Sept 5 (AFP/APP):It is the largest basketball World Cup ever but there will be no teams from Asia or Africa in the second round of the sport’s global showpiece. Hosts China with their 1.4 billion population crashed out of contention on Wednesday with a 72-59 defeat to Venezuela. That came hours after Tunisia surrendered…