Basketball: Greece reach last four
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The United States advance to the World Basketball Championship semi-finals by beating Germany 85-65 in Saitama.
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ATHENS : Allen Iverson scored 17 points despite a fractured right thumb and the reeling United States team was pushed to the brink before beating Greece 77-71 in an Olympic preliminary round basketball game.
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ATHENS (CP) - Greece bid farewell Sunday to its guests from 201 countries at the close of the 2004 Olympic Games, having proved that one of the world&#39;s smallest countries could pull off the biggest sports show on Earth.
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Vassilis Spanoulis hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer yesterday to lead Greece past Croatia, 81-78, at the European Championship in Madrid.In other games, JosÃ© Calderon scored 17 points to lift Spain past Russia, 81-69, and into the quarterfinals, and Joao Gomes had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help Portugal beat Israel, 94-85.With the score 78-78, Spanoulis, the a Houston Rockets guard, dribbled the length of the court and made a wide-open shot from nearly three feet behind the line.
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Lithuania defeated the United States 94-90 in an Olympic men's basketball preliminary round game, only the fourth loss in 115 Olympic starts for the defending champions.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Greece produced a sensational   win over the United States to reach the world basketball   championship final on Friday.
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ATHENS, Greece - This latest victory for the U.S. women's basketball team came with a scare - from an injury, not the opponent...
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Greetings from the Olympic men's basketball tournament, where America is tied for last place with Angola, Australia, New Zealand, China and the defending world champions from Serbia-Montenegro.
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Spain clinched first place in its group in Olympic men&#39;s basketball on Saturday. Serbia-Montenegro, the world champions, will have to wait a few more days to see if they also advance to the medal round.
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Australian Jana Pittman finished fifth as Greece&#39;s Fani Halkia won the much-anticipated women&#39;s 400 metres Olympic final in Athens this morning.
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This was supposed to be the first real test for Uncle Sam's lads. Unfortunately for the beleagured United States men's basketball team, tonight's game with Lithuania will be the fourth test in four games. It's been that kind of tournament for the Yanks.
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ATHENS, Greece The US women&#39;s basketball team completed an eight-game run through the Athens Olympics with a 74-to-63 win over Australia.
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Greek athlete Fani Halkia finished in 52.82 to win the gold medal in the women&#39;s 400m hurdles final on Wednesday. She is the third Greek athlete to win Olympic gold in an athletics event, after Voula Patoulidou and Costas Kenteris.
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FORMER Newcastle midfielder Georgios Georgiadis believes Olympiakos are on the verge of achieving something special. The Greeks face Liverpool at Anfield tonight needing only a draw to progress to the next stage of the Champions League.
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Stephon Marbury keyed a fourth quarter  run to help the United States beat Spain 102-94 in the  quarter-finals of the men's Olympic basketball tournament on  Thursday.
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By Zeus, Greece did it! With the Olympic flame now snuffed out after burning brightly for two weeks, the 28th Summer Games should be remembered for those amazing Greeks who pulled together at the last minute
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Last day of the Champions League group stage kicks off tonight... and thereâs lots in store. The scenario: Not only does Rafael Benitez&#39;s Liverpool side need a win against their Greek opponents, they need