dark_horse Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 No it's not deja vu all over again, the US Women's Basketball team lost in the semi-finals to Russia 75-68 in the FIBA Women's World Basketball Championship. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Australia beat hosts Brazil 88-76 to reach the championship finals. :) Australia vs. Russia for the gold!! May the best team win! MODS PLEASE CHANGE THE FINAL SCORE, I SCREWED UP!! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_horse Posted September 22, 2006 Author Share Posted September 22, 2006 Russia beats U.S. in world semifinals September 21, 2006 SAN PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Russia beat the two-time defending champion United States 75-68 in the semifinals of the women's world championships on Thursday night, snapping the American's 26-game winning streak in this event. Russia took advantage of poor shooting and sloppy ball-handling by the U.S. to take a 58-38 lead after three quarters. The Americans closed to 73-68 with 45 seconds left, but after two missed free throws by Oxana Rakhmatulina with 30 seconds to go, the U.S. took up almost all of the 24-second shot clock and Candace Parker missed a layup with 12 seconds left. Ilona Korstin made two free throws with 10 seconds to go and Russia (5-3) advanced to Saturday's gold medal game against Australia (8-0), which beat Brazil 88-76 in the other semifinal. The U.S. men lost 101-95 to Greece in the semifinals of the world championships last month and won the bronze medal. The United States last loss in the world championships was to Brazil 110-107, in the semifinals in 1994. The U.S. had won 51 straight games in the world championships and Olympics dating to that loss. The U.S. (7-1) beat Russia 90-80 in the first round. The United States entered the tournament ranked No. 1 by FIBA, while Russia was No. 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evalagoal Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 Fellas this should be coming as to no surprise to ANYONE... Basketball as in whole is coming strong in Europe and has been for about 5yrs.. It won't be too long before we see our men and others kick serious ass vs the US Basketabll team no-matter if they are the men side or the women side... BRAVO RUSSIANS (KOUKLES) ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar7 Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 in teams sports USA has absolutely no dominance anymore...The world has passed by the USA....the only sport they rule is in the NFL only because there is no competition.....YET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_horse Posted September 23, 2006 Author Share Posted September 23, 2006 The NFL!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Only for the fat coach-potato beer drinking American slobs watch this s***! :P :1eye: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar7 Posted September 23, 2006 Share Posted September 23, 2006 The NFL!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Only for the fat coach-potato beer drinking American slobs watch this s***! :P :1eye: no thats NASCAR :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympiakosthyra7 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 The NFL!! :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: Only for the fat coach-potato beer drinking American slobs watch this s***! :P :1eye: no thats NASCAR :LOL: Very TrueNFL Europe is emerging slowly and becoming stronger But i think NFL will always be stronger than NFL Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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