Argentina, Spain advance at worlds
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Title contenders Argentina and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championship on Saturday after strong games from their star players.
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ST. JAMES, Barbados  - Sweden's Carl Pettersson and Henrik Stenson, boosted by four birdies in a row around the turn, snatched the lead from overnight pacesetters Argentina in the WGC-World Cup third round on Saturday.
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US stars know they must improve to beat Greece on Friday and qualify for Sunday's World Basketball Championship final, where either 2004 Olympic champion Argentina or title-hungry Spain will await.
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Pau Gasol, the Memphis Grizzlies' 7-foot center, had 25 points and 9 rebounds and Spain used another impressive performance to beat Lithuania, 89-67, yesterday and advance to the semifinals of the FIBA World Championships at Saitama, Japan.
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Mexico takes advantage of being a man up from the third minute to shut out Paraguay, 6-0, and advance to the semifinals against Argentina.
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ATHENS, Greece - Spain, Puerto Rico and Argentina are in the Olympic men&#39;s basketball quarterfinals. The United States is trying to get there.
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The substitutes saved the day for Spain, carrying it into the next round of the World Cup.
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Local favorite Nicolas Massu beat Spain's Albert Montanes 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday night to advance to the Movistar Open final.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - America's NBA All-Stars stepped   up and took charge, leading the U.S. to a 96-81 win over   Argentina in the bronze medal game at the world basketball   championship on Saturday.
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Pablo Prigioni had 20 points and Luis Scola added 16 yesterday to help Argentina, the defending Olympic champion, defeat Uruguay, 90-69, in its opener in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas. Uruguay center Esteban Batista was held to 7 points, shooting 3 for 10. Emilio Taboada led Uruguay (1-1) with 14 points.Carlos Arroyo had 16 points and 8 assists for Puerto Rico in a 108-67 victory over Panama. Ricardo Sanchez scored 19 points and Carmelo Lee had 17 for Puerto Rico (1-1). Gary Forbes scored 19 points for Panama (0-2).Samuel Dalembert scored 6 of his 18 points in the final minutes and Jermaine Anderson scored the last 6 points to finish with 17 in Canadaâs 80-73 victory against Venezuela (0-2).
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia had his second marathon session of the tournament Tuesday and advanced after a grueling match with Argentinaâs Juan Monaco.
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ATHENS: Undefeated Spain assured themselves of first place in group A in the preliminary round at the menâs Olympic basketball tournament on Saturday with a 76-68 victory over world champions Serbia and Montenegro.
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Second-seeded Gisela Dulko of Argentina beat third-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2 Thursday to advance to the championship of the Moorilla International.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home straight, Argentina won their first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when their soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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Fourth-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian  defeated American Taylor Dent 7-6, 6-3 on Friday to advance to  the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters.
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Spain begin their third final in five seasons at the Olympic stadium hoping to secure their second title since their first in Barcelona against Australia in 2000.
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A singles victory Sunday sent Spain into the December Davis Cup finals against the United States.