Hot favourites the United States won Olympic men's basketball gold by outgunning valiant Spain 118 - 107 in a final of hard fouls and flying elbows on Sunday.
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| LIVE on tvnz.co.nz: Gold medal match |
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ON SUNDAY: The 'Redeem Team' from the USA do battle
for gold against the fiery Spanish. You can see it LIVE from 6.30pm
on Sunday...
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| Mingling with the Team USA boys |
In an
extremely rare opportunity,
tvnz.co.nz
in Beijing had the chance to chat with three of the USA
basketball team members. .....
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| Wade hoping for golden glow |
NBA superstar Dwayne Wade has had a tough time
of it over the past few years and is one step away from redemption
in Beijing..
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