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| 25/09/2011 |
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Iran win an all-WABA clash for fifth place |
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Iran looking bitter yet from their ouster from the title race got some consolation beating fellow WABA team by a comprehensive margin 87-65 to take the fifth place. |
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| 25/09/2011 |
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Wuhan semifinal China’s most watched sport event this year |
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The FIBA Asia Championship semi-final game between China and Korea played last night peaked at 35 million viewers generating a reach of 81 million making it the highest rated sports programme on CCTV-5 in 2011. This beats the previous 2011 record set by Wuhan born, Li Na’s French Open Final which peaked at 34.54 million. |
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| 25/09/2011 |
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JPN/TPE - Japan take 7th place, coach Wisman leaves wishes unfulfilled |
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Japan kept a fighting Chinese Taipei at bay and posted a 81-72 win in the seventh place play-off in an improvement of their 10th place ranking two years ago.
Taipei, who had finished 6th at Tianjin in 2009, finished two notches below. |
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| 24/09/2011 |
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CHN/JOR - It’s a ‘Tab Vs. Bob’ show: For gold... and the ticket to London! |
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Call it the David Vs. Goliath; call it red hot favorite hosts Vs. unfancied underdogs; call it by another analogy as you please. The Jordan Vs. China clash for the gold medal on Sunday – and the lone automatic qualifying spot for the London Olympics from FIBA Asia – is an encounter even the most clairvoyant among us wouldn’t have dared to bet on. |
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| 24/09/2011 |
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CHN/KOR - China breakaway in the second half in pursuit of FIBA Asia glory |
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China opened up the game right at the start of the second half, and then held fort to stop a feisty Korea in their tracks with a 56-43 verdict that put the hosts in their second successive – and 16th overall – appearance in a FIBA Asia Championship gold medal game. |
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