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Japan upbeat for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Japan saw their Rio Olympics aspirations coming to an end in the Quarter-Finals against eventual champions the USA, but the Asia champions remain upbeat about...

25/08/2016

How Serbia rose from the ashes to win bronze

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - No team in the history of the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament has ever accomplished the impressive feat which Serbia pulled off at the Rio Olympics.

24/08/2016

Spain's unlikely hero Ndour exceeded expectations

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - There was a sense of disappointment among Spanish fans when Sancho Lyttle was ruled out of the Rio Olympics. However, her replacement, Astou Ndour surpassed

23/08/2016

Auriemma: 'We respected our opponents and we respected the game itself'

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Rio Olympics) - No matter how dominant the USA have been at the Rio Olympics, the Americans are in the international basketball to stay.

Torrens hails historic moment in Spain’s basketball

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Having tried but fallen shorten time and again, it's understandable why Alba Torrens called it "a historic moment" when Spain earned a first-ever Olympic medal

Moore: 'We respected the game and did everything we needed to do to deserve this gold'

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - If one asks Maya Moore the significance of winning her second Olympic gold medal, she is likely to explain why leadership and respect matters.

Leading sports figures on hand to witness USA women's sixth gold in a row

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - It was a veritable who's who of sports - and in particular basketball - personalities that were on hand to watch Saturday's Women's Olympic Gold Medal Game.

Whalen thankful for unselfish USA team

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - USA guard Lindsay Whalen was solid for most of the tournament, but it was in the Gold Medal Game against Spain that she brought out her A game.

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USA beat Spain to claim sixth consecutive gold medal in Women's Olympic Tournament

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Rio 2016 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament) - The United States of America (USA) topped the podium of the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament for a sixth consecutive time

Game Report

USA dispatch Spain to claim sixth consecutive gold medal

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - The USA topped the podium of the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament for a sixth consecutive time after beating Spain, 101-72, in Saturday's Gold Medal Game

Milica Dabovic's bronze miracle

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Milica Dabovic is riding off into the sunset of international basketball after "a miracle" bronze medal winning performance by Serbia.

Milovanovic: 'This means the world to us'

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - For the second time in just over a year, Serbia have upset France in the most critical moment of a major tournament.

Game Report

Serbia cap off first Olympic appearance with bronze medal

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Serbia concluded their first participation in the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament by claiming the bronze medal thanks to a 70-63 win over France

Petrovic: 'Our last chance to win a medal'

RIO DE JANEIRO (Rio 2016 Olympic Games) - Few teams at the Rio Olympics can be as surprising as Serbia, but as they prepare to take on France in the Bronze Medal Game on Saturday, Sonja Petrovic is...