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Tuesday 16th of August sees the women’s quarter-finals get underway in Rio and you can almost touch the tension, drama and excitement with these games. Australia v Serbia This game tips off at 1500 BST on Tuesday 16th of August. The bookies are confident that Australia will have enough about them to progress from this... Continue Reading »

On Monday 15th of August, the final three games of Group B concluded and we now know how that group has panned out. The score-lines from 15th August in Group of Men’s Olympic Basketball were as follows: Nigeria 69 v Brazil 86 Spain 92 v Argentina 73 Lithuania 81 v Croatia 90 The first game... Continue Reading »

With the group stages being over and the teams having a well-deserved rest day on Monday the 16th of August, there is an opportunity to look forward to the rest of the tournament. It is set to be a big week of basketball action and this means that there is going to be a big... Continue Reading »

The group stages of the 2016 Olympic Women’s Basketball tournament in Rio is now over and we can all look forward to the knockout round starting. Monday 15th of August is a rest day for all concerned, the remaining 8 teams are back in action on Tuesday 16th of August, and we’ll preview these games... Continue Reading »

On Sunday the 14th of August, the final three games of Group A concluded and we now know how that group has panned out. The score-lines from 14th August in Group of Men’s Olympic Basketball were as follows: United States 100 v France 97 Australia 81 v Venezuela 56 Serbia 94 v China 60 It... Continue Reading »

The first group of the 2016 Olympic Games Women’s Basketball event is over and by the end of Sunday, the entire group stage of the tournament will be concluded. It has been a fascinating first week of the tournament and there has been a lot to look back on. Saturday’s action saw Group A come... Continue Reading »

The 12th of August was a big day in Group B of the Women’s Olympic basketball tournament in Rio, and we now know three of the four qualifiers for the knockout round. Well, we are also pretty certain who the last team will be as well but it isn’t 100% mathematically certain yet, so we... Continue Reading »

Yesterday was a massive day in Group A of the women’s basketball tournament at the 2016 Rio Games. This is because the fate of all 6 teams has now been decided. There is still one game to go in the group stage for these six teams, and their final placing in the group may change... Continue Reading »

We are past the halfway stage of the group stages at the Women’s 2016 Olympic Basketball tournament and three teams have already made it through to the knockout round. These are the three teams with the 100% record at this point and while they may take their foot off the gas in their remaining games,... Continue Reading »

Group A has reached the halfway stage at the 2016 Olympic Women’s Basketball tournament in Rio and when we reconvene tomorrow, Group B will have joined them. This means we are rattling through the group games at great pace and there is a lot for basketball fans to catch up with. The focus today falls... Continue Reading »