Men : Lithuania scores 100 to take 5th win
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ATHENS, 23 August - Ramunas SISKAUSKAS (LTU) scored only five points, but his final free throw with 20 seconds remaining marked the Olympic Men&#39;s Basketball competitions first 100 point game as Lithuania out-ran and out-gunned Australia 100-85.
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Slava Kozlov scored twice to lead the Atlanta Thrashers to a season-high fifth straight victory with a 5-2 road triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.
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The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men&#39;s soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ...
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Martina Hingis beats Ana Ivanovic 6-4 6-2 to claim her fifth Pan Pacific Open title in Tokyo.
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Bronze is better than nothing. That's one Olympic lesson the U.S. men's basketball team was able to understand. The Americans took the third-place game seriously Saturday night, earning some revenge and salvaging some self-respect in a 104-96 victory over Lithuania. Although they didn't get what they wanted in Athens, they didn't embarrass themselves in their finale, either.
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Scotland battle to a fine victory over Lithuania in their European Championship qualifier in Kaunas.
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The U.S. men's basketball team atoned for two preliminary-round losses with a big victory Thursday. The Americans wore down previously unbeaten Spain over the final minutes, pulling away for a 102-94 victory to advance to the semifinals.
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The United States crashed to its second defeat in the Olympic men&#39;s basketball tournament Saturday when a late shooting spree by Sarunas Jasikevicius propelled Lithuania to a 94-90 victory.
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Redemption came from the perfect spot &#151; the 3-point line &#151; for Sarunas Jasikevicius. The Lithuanian guard, whose off-target 3-pointer kept his team from pulling off the biggest upset of the Sydney Olympics, didn't miss when it counted Saturday night against the Americans in a thrilling 94-90 victory.
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Bronze is the best the American men's basketball team can do, and the reason is simple: They were beaten by a better team, Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night.
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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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ATHENS, Greece - Lamar Odom made a key defensive play on Greece's Dimitris Pipanikoulaou, preventing him from getting a clean layup attempt that could have cut the United States' lead to two points, and the Americans won 77-71 Tuesday night in the second round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament.    In a much closer game than expected, the Americans bounced back from their embarrassing loss to Puerto Rico in their opener and avoided dropping to 0-2, which would have matched their loss total from the previous 68 years...
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The second day of the World Junior Hockey Championship featured plenty of scoring that led to two big blowouts. Sweden trounced Germany 6-0, while Switzerland beat Belarus 5-0 on Sunday.
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Kevin Romy scored two goals and Michael Tobler stopped 19 shots as Switzerland beat Belarus 5-0. Tobler made four difficult saves in the first five minutes as Belarus controlled
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ATHENS  - The United States men&#39;s basketball team won the bronze medal Saturday by defeating Lithuania 104-96. By Timothy Clary, AFP.
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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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The U.S. men's basketball team salvaged  some pride Saturday, beating Lithuania 104-96 to take the  Olympic bronze medal.