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Sacre bleu! Yanks lay a golden egg
FRANCE last night formally threw the Tokyo Games' men's basketball competition wide open, ending the USA's 25-game Olympic winning streak with a glorious 83-76 victory built on Evan Fournier's 28-point tour de force.
Boomers: Locked In, Safely Away
DEFENCE tenacious? Tick. Patty Mills alight? Tick. An unexpected contributor or two? Tick. Australia's Boomers tonight opened their Tokyo Olympic campaign by locking in and safely tucking away an 84-67 victory over Nigeria, ticking all the boxes.
Don't forget 3X3!
TOKYO: The journey from the streets to the Olympics is just one day away from being complete as 3x3 is set to make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games from July 24-28.
B&B: Timmsy on life and the Games
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MICHELE Timms, one of the all-time greats of Australian basketball, a pioneer and a pacesetter synonymous with international success, joins Brad Rosen and me on our Brad&Boti podcast this week to talk about her life and story, plus the latest Olympic developments, including Liz Cambage's departure from the Opals.
Giannis the giant as Bucks wrap it up
THEY call him the "Greek Freak" and Giannis Antetokounmpo showed exactly why today with 50 points, 14 rebounds, two assists and five blocks to lead Milwaukee Bucks to the club's second NBA championship with a resounding 105-98 Game 6 victory.
Opals boost and USA starting to track upward
DESPERATELY unlucky to be omitted from Australia's team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Sara Blicavs' late call-up is a huge bonus for the Opals, while the USA men are now looking at a golden opportunity in Japan.
Bucks one win from history
MILWAUKEE Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo now has made two of the biggest end-game plays in NBA Finals history, steering his team to a 3-2 Championship Series lead in Phoenix today, winning 123-119, with Game 6 back at home.
Opals end 11-year drought with USA win
AUSTRALIA's most regular Olympics basketball medallist Opals today inflicted a 70-67 wound on Gold Medal-defending USA in a stunning exhibition match in Las Vegas highlighted by Ezi Magbegor's emergence as a genuine star of now.
Bob's Corner: Ready for Game 5? Here's #4
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BOB'S CORNER: US correspondent Bob Craven is settling in (like the rest of us) for Game 5 of the NBA Championship Series between Phoenix Suns and Miwaukee Bucks, the best-of-five battle tied at 2-2. But first let's revisit Game 4 where the Bucks had past champs Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Oscar Robertson cheering them from the stands.
USA will be an Olympic enigma
THEY'VE hardly had much time training together as a unit and still are awaiting three of their main men, and now Bradley Beal has been ruled out. It's hard to know what to make of the Gold Medal-defending USA ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
