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21st November 2007
Spain defeats US in the men’s volleyball
Spain defeated the United States on Tuesday in the men’s World Cup volleyball tournament currently being played in Japan.
“We are getting better, the blocks and serves started to work. When the serves are good, the blocks become good as well,” said Spain’s coach, Marcelo Mendez of Argentina.
The top three finalists in the 12-team competition will go on to play in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Read more: Spain beats US in World Cup volleyball tournament
17th September 2007
Russian wins Euro basketball championships
Russia beat hosts Spain 60-59 to win the FIBA European basketball championships. J.R. Holden’s final score with just two seconds to go clinched the game for Russia.
Results:
Russia: Kirilenko 17+5reb, Savrasenko 10, Holden 8, Ponkrashov 8, Khryapa 7+12reb, Morgunov 4, Pashutin 3, Monya 3Samoylenko 0, Padius 0, DNP: Shabalkin, Bykov
Spain: Calderon 15, P.Gasol 14+14reb, Garbajosa 8+6reb, Reyes 5+8reb, Jimenez 5+5reb, Fernandez 5, M.Gasol 5, Cabezas 2, Navarro 0, Mumbru 0, S.Rodriguez 0, B.Rodriguez 0
“Khryapa was the secret of our success. Thank you first of all to my two great stars - Kirilenko and Khryapa. Both of them they are wonderful people as well as they are great players. We wanted to stay in the game the whole time. In the scouting we spoke about that first - stay close and make them feel the pressure. They felt the heat and we took advantage of it,” said Russian coach David Blatt.
Lithuania defeated Greece 78 to 69 to claim the bronze medal.
Read more on the European FIBA Basketball Championships