United States of America continued their 40+ win streak in Olympic games with their fifth consecutive gold medal. Australia won their fifth consecutive medal against Russia. Read More »
Tag Archives: London 2012
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Both thus far undefeated teams advanced to the final of the Olympics with double digit wins in their semifinals. Read More »
Isabelle Yacoubou receives a marriage proposal as France defeat Czech Republic in Olympics
You might have seen Isabelle Yacoubou crying on TV after the end of game against Czech Republic as Sandrine Gruda points to something in the stands. As it turned out it was this chap proposing her to get married. Read More »
USA cruise to meet Australia in the semis, France will take on Russia
USA will get to defeat Australia on their way to the final while Russia will face France in a game which will essentially determine the silver medalists. Read More »
Czech Republic advance to quarterfinals; QF pairings set
Czech Republic was the final team to qualify for the quarterfinals on Sunday while other teams determined their final positions after group stage. Read More »
Australia, Canada and Turkey advance to the quarters with wins on Friday
Australia, Canada and Turkey have joined the other four quarterfinalists following the fourth day of Olympic basketball tournament. Last spot is up for grabs for the Czechs who just need to defeat Angola on Sunday. Read More »
USA, Russia, China and France qualify for quarterfinals in London
USA and China from Group A and Russia and France from Group B have all qualified for the quarterfinals with 3 wins in their first three games. That means that there are only two more spots open in each group. Read More »
Olympics Day Two Round-up
Day two saw China, Turkey, USA, France and Russia continue their undefeatead play, while Australia suffered their first loss despite an unlikely overtime they managed to force against France. Read More »
Olympics Day One Round-up
Czech Republic shot 31% from the floor and turned the ball over 16 times allowing the underdog Chinese to upset World silver medalists. Read More »
Olympic Basketball Tournament Preview – Group B
With Olympics almost here lets take a glance at what can we expect from teams in the next two weeks. Read More »
Olympic Basketball Tournament Preview – Group A
With Olympics almost here lets take a glance at what can we expect from teams in the next two weeks. Read More »
USA, France and Brazil victorious in friendlies
Turkey gave USA a good run for their money for three quarters before the Americans pulled away in the fourth quarter. Read More »
USA destroys Croatia, France and Australia also earn wins
Croatia provided absolutely no resistance to USA as Olympics approach. All 12 USA players scored, with 7 scoring 9 or more points. Read More »
Updated: Brazil cut Iziane Castro Marques 8 days before Olympic tournament
Brazilian Basketball Federation has confirmed what was rumored earlier today, that wing Iziane Castro Marques has been cut from the team for actions off the court. Read More »
Turkey, Australia, Brazil all earn wins a week before Olympics
Turkish NT who host Croatia and USA, started their tourney with a win against the Croats. Read More »
Brazilian Olympic roster announced
On Tuesday, Brazilian NT roster who will head to Washington D.C. to play USA on Monday and ultimately will represent Brazil in the Olympic games. Read More »
France announce their Olympic roster
Having not sustained and significant injuries during Olympic Qualification Tournament, France have announced that the 12 players who got them there will participate in the Olympics. Read More »
Video: They are going to the Olympics!
FIBA have apparently have taken in to consideration what I tweeted on Friday (probably not, but still) and made a clip of Olympic celebrations by all 5 teams that advanced over the weekend. Read More »
Olympic draw and schedule set
Following the game the draw was conducted for the 5 teams that qualified over the past three days. Read More »
Canada final team to earn a spot in Olympics
Canadian women's basketball team is going to their first Olympic games since Sydney 2000 after a 71-63 victory against Japan. Read More »
Canada and Japan to face-off for the final place in Olympics
Japan and Canada will face each other on Sunday for the final place in London Olympics. Read More »
Croatia, Czech Republic, Turkey and France qualify for the Olympic games
Four teams have obtained rights to participate in London Olympics, all four are from Europe. The rest of the world will fight it out for the remaining one place in the games. Read More »
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