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  • China downs Senegal 100-83

    2006-08-23 15:10

    Yao Ming scored 26 points, right at his tournament-best average, and China beat winless Senegal 100-83 on Wednesday for its first victory at the basketball world championship.

  • Lebanon upsets France at basketball world championships

    2006-08-24 08:52

    Playing without their coach, Lebanon's players pulled off a huge upset against France at the basketball world championship.

  • U.S. unbeaten, China winless at basketball worlds

    2006-08-23 09:26

    The United States continued to show its good shape in the preliminaries of the 2006 World Basketball Championship, brushing aside Slovenia 114-95 here on Tuesday for its third straight victory in Group D.

  • Yao rebukes: eight men play against we five!

    2006-08-22 17:17

    "They eight guys (including three referees) played against we five, how could we win the game, I have nothing to say now!" Team China's big man Yao Ming said.

  • Yao and China are 0-for the world championship

    2006-08-22 15:02

    China's basketball team has some work to do in the next two years if it wants to impress the home crowd at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

  • Spain, Angola join Argentina to advance at Worlds

    2006-08-22 08:27

    Spain took a revenge victory over Germany by 92-71 while Angola cruised to the third straight win by thrashing New Zealand 95-73 in the Group B matches of the 15th Men's Basketball World Championships in Japan on Monday.

  • Argentina improves to 3-0 at basketball worlds

    2006-08-21 15:25

    Walter Herrmann scored 25 points Monday as Argentina improved to 3-0 and secured a place in the second round at the basketball world championship with a 96-54 win over Venezuela.

  • U.S. fire warning by blitzing China

    2006-08-21 09:15

    The United States delivered a clear warning to their rivals by blitzing China 121-90 at the world basketball championship on Sunday.

  • Yao sees improvement of China from huge loss

    2006-08-21 08:39

    NBA All-star center Yao Ming thought China has made considerable improvement at the World Men's Basketball Championship although the Asian champions lost to the United States by 31 points on Sunday.

  • Basketball: US crush China

    2006-08-20 20:30

    The United States crushed China 121-90 to underline their status as favourites at the world basketball championship on Sunday.

  • Real Brazil shows up in win over Qatar

    2006-08-20 15:14

    Coach Xavier "Lulu" Ferreira says the real Brazil showed up Sunday at the world basketball championship.

  • US cruise past Puerto Rico 111-100

    2006-08-19 15:08

    Carmelo Anthony led the way with 21 points as the United States cruised past Puerto Rico 111-100 in their world basketball championship opener on Saturday.

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