Midnight at the Oasis
MIDNIGHT on Australia’s east coast, 11.30pm tonight in SA/NT and 10pm in the west is when our Opals take on Serbia in their Olympic quarter-final.
It's time to exact our revenge
AUSTRALIA versus Lithuania is an international matchup made in Olympic men's basketball heaven.
V for Venezuela, W for Boomers
AUSTRALIA heads into the Rio Olympic quarter-finals full of confidence after finally icing a desperate Venezuela 81-56 today, Chris Goulding leading all scorers with 22.
Jarry jars Belarus' upset hopes
AUSTRALIA's Opals completed their Rio Olympic intrapool play with a 74-66 win over Belarus early today for a 5-0 sweep but again, it was less than impressive.
China cracks as Aussies lower the boom
AUSTRALIA’s Boomers were like bulls in a china shop today, smashing China 93-68 to consolidate second place in their pool at the Rio Olympics.
Cambage the colossus in rally
LIZ Cambage stood out like the Statue of Liberty on New York Harbor today, eventually swatting the pesky Japanese flotilla for a 92-86 “great escape” in Rio.
Game really DID stop a nation
AUSTRALIA's narrow loss yesterday to the USA in arguably the best men's basketball game of the Rio Olympics so far, really did stop the nation.
Our Rio dream is alive
IT had everything except the Big W the Boomers were aiming for – the basketball game that stopped a nation – ultimately won 98-88 by USA today in Rio.
Taylor-made for big games
AUSTRALIA has positioned itself beautifully for an Olympic Gold Medal showdown with the defending champion USA by trouncing France 89-71 today in Rio.
New Delly record in super Boomers win
AUSTRALIA’s Boomers made it back-to-back wins for the first time in their Olympic Games history today when they wound up smashing 2014 FIBA World Cup silver medallist Serbia 95-80.

