Spain rocks Greece 70-47 for world title
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Spain won its first world championship without its star. With injured Pau Gasol cheering his teammates from the bench, Spain beat Greece 70-47 Sunday night in an emotional victory some thought couldn't happen and few thought would be so easy.
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Spain clinched first place in its group with a 76-68 victory Saturday, leaving Serbia-Montenegro in danger of failing to reach the quarterfinals.
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As expected, the U.S. men's basketball team had its hands full in a quarterfinal game against Spain on Thursday. The United States led the Spaniards 44-42 at halftime, with the winner advancing to play either Argentina or Greece in the semifinals Friday.
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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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The Americans could have used him on Sunday when Spain won the best-of-five final 3-2. It was Spain&#39;s second title, which kept the United States from adding to its record total of 31.
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The United States basketball team are through to the Olympic semi-finals after a 102-94 victory over Spain. The &#39;Dream Team&#39; had a one-point lead after the first-half then pulled away in the last quarter, but Spain always posed a threat.
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With five NBA players on the roster, the Spanish national team is the dominant story at the European basketball championship.
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An unbeaten US National Basketball Association squad and European champion Greece has advanced to a World Basketball Championship semi-final showdown with lopsided triumphs.
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he United States women&#39;s basketball team got what it wanted against Spain - a victory and a test. Challenged for the first time in these Olympics, the United States fought through foul
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With Carmelo Anthony back at full strength, the United States had little trouble with Lithuania. Anthony, who hyperextended his knee and left in the second quarter of a win over Brazil last week, scored 19 points Sunday as the United States cruised to a 111-88 win over Lithuania in a tuneup for the world championships.
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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&#39;s Olympic basketball tournament on Thursday.
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Carlos Moya defeated Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5) on Sunday to win the Davis Cup for Spain, giving the home team an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the best-of-five final on clay.
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Greece clinches a berth in the quarterfinals of the European basketball championship with an 85-67 win over Portugal, while Croatia advances despite a loss to Russia.
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-- The United States men&#39;s basketball team capped off a big day for the USA by fighting off Greece for a vital win, 77-71. &quot;They played with heart,&quot; said Coach Larry Brown. &quot;That&#39;s all you can ask.&quot; ...
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Iker Martinez and Xavier Fernandez of Spain lived up to their billing as favorites by winning the gold medal in the 49er class Thursday.
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Spain is preparing to face giant-killer Greece for the World Basketball Championship here on Sunday without top scorer and rebounder Pau Gasol, a star National Basketball Association center.
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Jon Robert Holden scored with two seconds remaining in Madrid to lift Russia over Spain, 60-59, in the European Championship final. Holden stripped the ball from the Spanish center Pau Gasol, then pump-faked before his jump shot bounced high and in for the victory. Gasolâs jumper at the buzzer rattled out as time expired. Andrei Kirilenko, the tournamentâs most valuable player, had 17 points as the Russians earned their first European title since they won as the Soviet Union 22 years ago. Holden, who has dual American and Russian citizenship, played for Bucknell from 1994-98.