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ARG/AUS – Warrior Scola fuels Argentina comeback against Aussies

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:43:16 GMT

NANJING (FIBA Diamond Ball for men) – Luis Scola scored 28 of his game-high 32 points in the second half as Argentina hit back from a large deficit to win a 95-91 thriller over Australia in the final of the FIBA Diamond Ball in Nanjing. In a showdown between sides that will meet in Group A at the Beijing Games, the Aussies put forth an awesome effort to go in front 42-35 at half-time and then stretch the advantage to 19 in the third quarter.

CHN/IRI – Yao, Yi help China throttle Iran

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:34:55 GMT

NANJING (FIBA Diamond Ball) -China left the FIBA Diamond Ball on a high note by thrashing Iran 75-46 in the fight for third place. Yi Jianlian answered his critics with a strong eight-point, nine-rebound performance and Yao Ming took ...

SRB/ANG – Serbia bounce back to beat Angola at Diamond Ball

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 1 Aug 2008 09:11:02 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Serbia aren’t playing at the Beijing Games this summer but don’t bet against them making it to London 2012 after their 99-62 destruction of Angola on Friday. Dusan Ivkovic’s team brushed aside ...

ANG/AUS/CHN/IRI/ANG/SRB – Final Preview for Diamond Ball

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:15:49 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Argentina and Australia will meet in a preview of their Group A showdown at the Beijing Games in an intriguing final of the FIBA Diamond Ball on Friday. The South Americans, who will be defending their title in China, pulled away from Serbia for a 75-60 victory to reach the title showdown while Australia needed a CJ Bruton ...

ARG/SRB – Chapu, Gonzalez come up big as Argentina beat Serbia

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:28:40 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Argentina took a big step in the right direction in their Olympic preparations with an impressive second half to beat Serbia at the FIBA Diamond Ball. Andres Nocioni provided a spark after the break by scoring ...

AUS/ANG – Bogut shines while Bruton late-show lifts Aussies to win

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:41:48 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – CJ Bruton buried a game-winning three-pointer for Australia against Angola on Thursday to clinch a spot for the Boomers in the final of the Diamond Ball for Men. Australia, who beat China on Wednesday but were in ...

CHN - Liu on the mend after rib scare

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:47:03 GMT

BEIJING (FIBA Diamond Ball for Men) - China point guard Liu Wei appears to be okay after getting hurt in Wednesday’s defeat to Australia. Liu left the game in the first quarter after running into a hard screen set by the Boomers’ Chris Anstey and was taken to hospital at half-time. Coach Jonas Kazlauskas told FIBA on Thursday: “I ...

IRI/SRB – Iran shock Serbia at Diamond Ball in Nanjing

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:26:33 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) - Iran shook up the basketball world on Wednesday night in Nanjing by stunning Serbia 72-70 in arguably the most famous win in the country’s sporting history. The Asian champions, who have been warming up for the Beijing Games, suffered through numerous defeats this summer and also dropped their first game against Argentina on Tuesday at the FIBA Diamond Ball.

AUS/CHN – Aussies ride strong defensive effort to win over China

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:07:21 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Australia hit China with 40 minutes of hell on defense en route to a 67-55 triumph on the second day of the FIBA Diamond Ball for Men. The Boomers forced China into 23 turnovers and also put the shackles on giants Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi, limiting the trio to just 18 points and 14 rebounds. Yi failed to score ...

CHN/ARG/ANG/IRI/AUS/SER – Diamond Ball event hits international airwaves

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:53:51 GMT

NANJING (FIBA Diamond Ball) – Broadcasters have been lining up around the world to show this year’s FIBA Diamond Ball for Men. Defending Olympic champions Argentina, who have superstar Manu Ginobili in their talented squad, will be taking on Iran and Serbia in Group B while Angola, Australia and Yao Ming’s China are in Group A. Each ...

ANG/CHN – Yao, Liu show the Wei as China beat Angola

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:19:10 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Angola and the high-flying artistry of Olimpio Cipriano provided plenty of thrills but China and Yao Ming won the game on the opening night of the FIBA Diamond Ball for Men. Cipriano poured in a game-high 24 points, the majority on a series of soaring moves through the lane, and the excellent Joaquim Gomes had 17 of his 21 ...

ARG – Scola leads Argentina past determined Iran

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:37:09 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) – Luis Scola scored 23 points and Carlos Delfino 18 to power Argentina past Iran on Tuesday at the FIBA Diamond Ball for Men. But the defending Olympic champions showed in their 81-71 win they still have plenty of cobwebs to get rid of before the start of ...

SER - Serbia arrive in Nanjing in good form

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:00:26 GMT

NANJING (FIBA Diamond Ball for Men) - Serbia warmed up for this week's Diamond Ball for Men with a three-game sweep of their opponents to win the Mechel Cup in Moscow. Dusan Ivkovic's men prevailed 90-56 over Ukraine, 89-74 over Latvia 89-74 and 75-74 over EuroBasket 2007 winners Russia. The Russians' point guard JR Holden, who hit a late shot to beat ...

AUS - Yao no concern for Boomers

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:24:43 GMT

NANJING (Olympics) - The focus of Australia's men's basketball coach, Brian Goorjian, is on his own team rather than 226cm NBA superstar Yao Ming and his Chinese counterparts on the eve of the Boomers' first match at the FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament in Nanjing. Goorjian has said he is in control of the most talented Australian team in his six years with ...

ESP/ARG – Spain do the double over Argentina

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:37:54 GMT

OURENSE (Olympics) - Spain continued to build momentum for the Olympics by thrashing Argentina 87-62 in the last game of the Torneo de Ourense. Juan Carlos Navarro had a game-high 16 points while Jose Manuel Calderon added 15. Spain had four players finish in double figures, including 17-year-old Ricky Rubio who had 11. Raul Lopez, however, left ...

PR N°48 - FIBA Diamond Ball to be broadcast in a record number of countries

rss-editor@fiba.com — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:22:51 GMT

GENEVA (FIBA) - The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Men begins in Nanjing, China, tomorrow and will be broadcast in over a record 80 territories. This event is the final FIBA preparation tournament for the men's national teams before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Basketball Tournament and the six teams feature the Yao Ming led China team; the reigning Olympic ...

ESP/ARG – Spain do the double over Argentina

rss-editor@fiba.com — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:34:45 GMT

AUS – Nielsen reaches into own pockets to play in Beijing

rss-editor@fiba.com — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:10:05 GMT

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 forward will captain the team at the Beijing Games. Nielsen, 30, desperate to play in his second Olympics, paid a significant portion of his ...

ARG/ESP – Manu plays but Argentina lose nail-biter at Spain

rss-editor@fiba.com — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:08:10 GMT

MADRID (Olympics) – Manu Ginobili played almost 21 minutes and scored 18 points but Argentina fell to Olympic rivals Spain 90-88 on Tuesday in a warm-up for the Beijing Games. There have been fears that Ginobili may not be available for the South Americans in China because of an ankle injury he suffered in the NBA play-offs but on Tuesday the San ...

ANG/CHN/RUS/SER – Angola in fine fettle at Borislav Stankovic Cup

rss-editor@fiba.com — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:40:53 GMT

BEIJING (Olympics) - African champions Angola warmed up for the Beijing Games in style by winning all three of their games at the Borislav Stankovic Cup in China. Alberto Carvalho’s team, which will be in Group B at the Olympics with Greece, Germany, Spain, China and the United States, thrashed a Russia B team 89-70. They followed that up with a ...