Straight-shooting dream team downs Spain
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Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games.
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The omens had appeared grim, but the reality is giddy. Liverpool were missing three of their most potent performers last night, yet Rafael BenÃ­tez&#39;s first game back in his homeland yielded the Merseysiders&#39; first victory in Spain for 21 years.
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Spain hailed the fulfilment of an old dream and the rise of a new star on Monday after the national team secured the country&#39;s second Davis Cup title in five years.
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Puerto Rico claim a surprise 92-73 victory over the USA 'Dream Team'.
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Spain could afford the luxury of a missed penalty as they made England look distinctly ordinary in a 1-0 international friendly settled  by an early Asier del Horno goal at the Bernabeu stadium.
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Stephon Marbury set a US Olympic record with 31 points, and the team that spent the first week and a half of the Games missing jumpers finally found its range in a 102-94 victory against Spain in the quarter-finals Thursday.
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MADRID  - Barcelona emerged as the team to beat in Spain after a dramatic weekend of league action which saw the Catalans humiliate arch rivals Real Madrid 3-0, and consolidate their title bid in the process.
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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 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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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain's stirring triumph at the   world basketball championship was a fitting climax to a   tournament in which passion eclipsed NBA style.
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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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The Americans' passion and ruggedness came out of nowhere, just as Stephon Marbury's 31 points did in a 102-94 quarterfinal victory over Spain.
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The United States men&#39;s basketball team looked nothing like the Dream Team as Puerto Rico pounded them, 92-73, in Sunday&#39;s preliminary round game. This was the third ever loss for the American men in Olympic basketball competition. However, the American ...
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A singles victory Sunday sent Spain into the December Davis Cup finals against the United States.
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The defending champion United States beats Spain 1-0 Thursday at the 12-team FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship.
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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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Winning a gold medal would ease the sting of two Olympic qualifying defeats for the United States team of NBA stars. But their path to defending the throne is a rocky one, with unbeaten Spain coming up first