Jaka Lokovic scored 19 points and Slovenia hit 16 of 33 3-pointers to eliminate Australia 87-58 Sunday in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship. Lokovic’s corner 3-pointer in the game’s opening seconds sparked a 12-0 run and Slovenia never looked back
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Brezec, Dragic key Slovenia’s easy win (AP)
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori says life bans should be imposed on players found to have fixed cricket matches, saying extreme steps must be taken to defend “the spirit of the game.”..
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Vettori says ban cricket fixers for life
Juan Carlos Navarro scored 22 points for Spain in an 80-72 victory that eliminated Greece from the basketball world championships Saturday. The Spaniards made 8 of 18 3-pointers and used a 13-3 run in the fourth quarter to push ahead during the game in the round of 16. Greece closed within 72-68 on Vasileios Spanoulis’ layup with 1:01 left in the game, but Ricky Rubio answered with two free…
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Fernandez gets Spain into quarters (AP)
Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic had 16 points and Aleksander Rasic scored five points in the last 21 seconds to help Serbia edge Croatia 73-72 in the round of 16 at the basketball world championship Saturday.
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Krstic helps Serbia beat Croatia 73-72 (AP)
Poland and Ukraine have shared a 1-1 draw in a friendly match between the co-hosts of the 2012 European Championship. Ukraine’s Yevhen Seleznyov leveled the game in the 92nd minute on Saturday. Poland had taken the lead in the 42nd minute through forward Ireneusz Jelen, who latched on to a precise pass from Jakub Blaszczykowski and sent a powerful shot inside keeper Andriy Pyatov’s…
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Ukraine salvages 1-1 draw in friendly vs Poland (AP)
Sachin Tendulkar said the International Cricket Council should thoroughly investigate the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal that has plunged the game into a crisis and take action against players who are found guilty.
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Australia beat Angola 76-55 Thursday to clinch third place in Group A of the basketball world championship. Patty Mills had 11 points for Australia, which broke open the game with an 11-0 run in the second quarter.
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Mills lifts Australia into next round (AP)
Eric Gordon scored 21 points and the United States pulled away from Tunisia after sleepwalking through the first half, winning 92-57 on Thursday in its final game of pool play at the world championship.
Sydney, Sep 2(ANI): Australian all-rounder Shane Watson reckons that the ‘spot-fixing’ and ‘match-fixing’ allegations that have rocked the cricket world, are “ruining the game”.
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‘Fixing’ allegations ruining cricket, says Watson
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and Croatia defeated winless Tunisia 84-64 at the basketball world championship. Marko Popovic added 16 points and Ante Tomic 15 for Croatia, which ran off the first 10 points of the game on Wednesday. Croatia led by as much as 25 points and used its height advantage to shoot 56 percent, scoring 48 points in the paint.
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Croatia routs winless Tunisia (AP)