Yao and China crash out, but US make semis
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YAO Ming did his best with 29 points and 11 rebounds, but the Chinese NBA star could not stop undefeated Lithuania from charging 95-75 into the men&#39;s basketball semi-finals.
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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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Sacramento Kings guard Bobby Jackson, right, tries to shoot over the outstretched arm of Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, of China, left, during the fourth quarter in Sacramento, Calif.
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CHARLESTON (South Carolina): The United States closed out a 4-0 Davis Cup World Group semi-final victory over Belarus on Sunday and started looking toward the final in Spain in December.
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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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It will be the Beijing Olympics before US National Basketball Association stars have another chance to reclaim global supremacy after losing Friday to Greece at the World Basketball Championship.
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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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It was the US Open all over again Saturday at the WTA stop in Beijing: Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova working their way toward the final, and Russian Vera Zvonareva breaking down in tears during her match.
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Yao Ming and his Houston Rockets entertained Chinese basketball fans with two real NBA games this weekend, though they were just two pre-season games against the Sacramento Kings.
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Now comes the hard part. The U.S. closed a perfect week of group play Thursday night by routing Senegal 103-58. But with more demanding games ahead, one stumble and this young but talented team will be out of the hunt for the country's first FIBA world championship title since 1994.
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Brian Ching and Cobi Jones, a pair of substitutes, saved the United States against Jamaica last night.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - The United States nonchalantly   swept aside Germany to set up a semi-final showdown with Greece   at the world basketball championship on Wednesday.
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Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming made his hometown fans proud as the Houston Rockets centre led his team to a close-fought win over the Sacramento Kings in a much-hyped NBA exhibition game.
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The U.S. soccer team couldn't find a way to score against China &#151; until Abby Wambach leaped into action. Wambach scored twice on headers in the second half to give the Americans, ranked No. 1 in the world, a 2-0 win Saturday night.
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The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China this week. Chinese-born star Yao Ming was there with the Houston Rockets for games against the Sacramento Kings.
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China grabbed its first-ever men's  Olympic gold in track and field on Friday, but it was a night  of misery for Americans, who saw any chance of a fourth  consecutive gold in basketball crushed.
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A confident American team enters the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship on an impressive run but some familiar faces are blocking the US path to reclaiming the global throne.