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Spain give Greece basketball team pain
Defending champions Spain have inflicted more world championship pain on Greece, recording a 80-72 victory to move into the quarter-finals.

We have to stop Slovenian: Boomers coach
Boomers coach Brett Brown knows he needs to find a way to stop Slovenian guard Goran Dragic if the Australians are to stay alive in the world championships.

Last 16 battle in Turkey
China will tackle undefeated Lithuania for a place in the world basketball championship quarter-finals.

MVP Jackson leads Storm past Mercury
Australia's newly crowned WNBA MVP Lauren Jackson has led Seattle to an 82-74 victory over Phoenix in game one of the Western Conference finals.

The Boomers break US curse
The Boomers have a chance to reach the basketball world championship quarter-finals for the first time since 1994.

NY Liberty reaches WNBA east finals
The New York Liberty have moved one step closer to the WNBA finals, where they could face Australian Lauren Jackson's Seattle Storm.

Boomers set for Angola match
Brett Brown is concerned his Boomers still haven't learned how to get past basketball's better nations as the world championship knock-out rounds beckon.

Boomers go down to Serbia
Australia missed a huge opportunity to grab a top-two finish in Group A at the basketball world championships after a costly 94-79 defeat to Serbia in Turkey.

Boomers hoping to avoid US
Throughout the first round of the men's basketball world championships in Turkey, one team has always been lurking at the back of Australia's minds - the US.

Boomers smash Germany
Australia have hammered Germany 78-43 at the basketball world championship in a match they identified as crucial to their hopes at the tournament in Turkey.

Bevilaqua's WNBA team has finals hope
Australian Tully Bevilaqua's WNBA finals dream is still alive after the Indiana Fever defeated New York to level their best-of-three Eastern Conference series.

Gallant Boomers win high praise
Argentine coach Sergio Hernandez believes Australia has the potential to be the next superpower in international basketball.

US, Argentina win at basketball c'ships
New Zealand felt the full force of defending world champions Spain in a 101-84 thrashing on Sunday.

Boomers just fall short
Australia fell agonisingly short of taking a huge scalp at the basketball world championship, just pipped by world No.1 Argentina 74-72.

Jackson helps Storm sweep Sparks
Australia's Lauren Jackson led the way as the Seattle Storm beat the Los Angeles Sparks 81-66 to complete a sweep of their Western Conference semi-final.

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