24/07/2008
AUS – Nielsen reaches into own pockets to play in Beijing
GOLD COAST (Olympics) – Matt Nielsen couldn’t play at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Australia because of an insurance problem with his club in Europe, Lietuvos rytas.
Two years later and the
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24/07/2008
USA – Bryant focuses on defensive role with American team
LAS VEGAS (Olympics) – Kobe Bryant knows that with so much firepower on the USA Olympic team, he will not be counted on to score as much as does with the Los Angeles Lakers.
He expects to have a
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24/07/2008
AUS - Gaze on board to rebuild basketball
SYDNEY (National Federation) - Australian basketball icon Andrew Gaze was today appointed to the interim board responsible for the merger between Basketball Australia and the NBL, and the overall
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23/07/2008
LIT – Lithuania in winning form ahead of Beijing
A CORUNA (Olympics) – Lithuania have been brushing aside the competition in the build-up to the Olympics.
At the Torneo Ciudad De La Coruña on Monday, Linas Kleiza erupted for 24 points in a 90-61
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23/07/2008
AUS – Bevilaqua all smiles after making team
BRISBANE (Olympics) - Tully Bevilaqua has returned to Australia to join up with Opals as they step up their workouts for the Olympics.
And the veteran guard, who just turned 36, is still smiling a
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23/07/2008
USA – Full steam ahead for Howard, Team USA
LAS VEGAS (Olympics) – Dwight Howard is going at full speed with Team USA after recovering from a stress fracture to his sternum.
The USA center is at the national team training camp Las Vegas this
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22/07/2008
ESP/RUS – Russia minus Khryapa are blown out by Spain
CACERES (Torneo Extremadura) - Spain hammered a Victor Khryapa-less Russia 91-56 in the last game of the Torneo Extremadura – a warm-up event for the Beijing Games.
Khryapa, one of the leading
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