The Road to Beijing
FIBA is covering extensively all events leading to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Basketball Tournaments. Use the dropdown below to access all our dedicated websites.
18/08/2008
AUS/LTU – Australia destroy nemesis Lithuania
BEIJING (Olympics) – Australia turned the basketball world upside down on Monday by humiliating red-hot and traditional nemesis Lithuania 106 -75 on the last day of preliminary round action at the
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14/08/2008
AUS – Goorjian tells Bogut bashers to back off
BEIJING (Olympics) - Australia coach Brian Goorjian launched a stout defense of under-fire center Andrew Bogut after the Boomers' 106-68 win over Iran.
Bogut has been criticized Down Under for not
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12/08/2008
ARG/AUS – Argentina down Boomers in last game on Tuesday
BEIJING (Olympics) – Australia nearly upset Argentina at the FIBA Diamond Ball but they suffered a heavy defeat to the defending Olympic champions on Tuesday and saw their hopes of reaching the
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10/08/2008
CRO/AUS - Croatia gun down Boomers in Beijing
Croatia’s shooters sent Australia crashing to a humiliating 97-82 defeat on the opening day of the men’s basketball tournament at the Beijing Games.
Jasmin Repesa’s team, who played the Aussies in
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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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11/07/2008
AUS - AOC announces men's basketball team for Beijing
SYDNEY (Olympics) - With NBA 75-million dollar man Andrew Bogut and international stars David Andersen and Matthew Nielsen taking the court, that elusive Olympic medal for the Australian men's
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10/07/2008
AUS/BRA – Boomers win battle of tired legs against Brazil
ATHENS (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men) –Australia beat Brazil 89-84 on Wednesday evening - the final night of the Acropolis Tournament.
The Aussies, having already clinched a place at
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