Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Sunday, August 12, 2012

2012 OLYMPICS BASKETBALL FINALS: USA VS SPAIN (REPLAY) - 12 AUGUST 2012

James had a huge dunk and a 3-pointer in the final 2:50 and Durant scored 30 points, helping the U.S. win its second straight Olympic title with a 107-100 victory over Spain on the final day of the London Games.

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2012 OLYMPICS BASKETBALL SEMI-FINALS: USA VS ARGENTINA (REPLAY) - 11 AUGUST 2012

Kevin Durant scored 19 points, James and Anthony added 18 apiece, and the U.S. turned on its slamming-and-shooting spectacle in the second half to overwhelm Argentina for the second time in five days, 109-83, in the semifinals Friday night.

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2012 OLYMPICS BASKETBALL QUARTER FINALS: USA VS AUSTRALIA (REPLAY) - 09 AUGUST 2012

Team USA men's Basketball defeated Australia, 119-86, on Wednesday in the quarterfinal round of the 2012 London Olympics.

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

2012 Olympics Basketball: USA vs Argentina (Replay) - 07 August 2012

Kevin Durant scores 17 of his 28 points in the third quarter to help the U.S. extend a one-point halftime lead. Tempers flare when Carmelo Anthony is punched in the groin by Argentina's point guard.

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Olympic Cycling: Caluag fails to qualify for semis, ends fruitless Philippine campaign

Cyclist Daniel Caluag, the last Filipino athlete in contention in London 2012, bowed out in the quarterfinals of the men’s BMX competition to end the fruitless Philippine campaign in this year’s Games.

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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Olympic Basketball: Kobe’s outburst, LeBron’s triple-double tow US over Australia

LONDON – Kobe Bryant scored 20 points to lead the United States over a stubborn Australia squad 119-86 on Wednesday and advance the Americans into a Friday semi-final against Argentina.

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Olympic Cycling: Caluag finishes last in seeding run, prepares for quarterfinals

Filipino-American rider Daniel Caluag got off to a bad start in his London 2012 campaign, finishing last in the seeding run of the BMX competition Wednesday.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Fil-Am rider tries to finish among top 8

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines’ realistic hope for a medal on the Olympic stage rests on a 5-6, 170-pound Fil-American who will showcase before the world Wednesday his skills, daredevil instincts and will to win for the land of his ancestors on a 450-meter track designed to separate the men from mama’s boys.
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OLYMPICS: USA beats Argentina, to meet Australia in quarterfinals


Team USA ended the preliminary round with a 5-0 win-loss record after defeating Argentina, 126-97, in the 2012 London Olympics men’s basketball Monday night.
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Monday, August 6, 2012

Bolt keeps 100m crown with second fastest time ever


LONDON, United Kingdom - Jamaica's Usain Bolt sealed his status as the greatest sprinter of all time after retaining the men's Olympic 100m title with an electrifying display on Sunday.

The world record holder turned on the after-burners at 60m to clock an Olympic record of 9.63sec, the second fastest time in history.
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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Philippines pins hopes on remaining bets on London Olympics


Malacañang lauded on Sunday Filipino boxer Mark Anthony Barriga for his "valiant" bid for an Olympic medal and remained hopeful that the remaining Filipino athletes in London would do well in their respective categories.

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Serena crushes Sharapova to take gold

LONDON - Serena Williams clinched her first Olympic singles gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 demolition of Maria Sharapova in the most one-sided women's final in the history of the Games on Saturday, August 4.


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Olympic Basketball: Team USA survive 1st test, beat Lithuania 99-94


LONDON – LeBron James seized command with the game up for grabs and the United States defeated Lithuania 99-94 on Saturday to clinch a berth in the medal playoffs at the Olympic men’s basketball tournament.
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Olympic Basketball: Russia edges Spain to take top seed in group

LONDON – Vitaliy Fridzon scored 24 points and Russia rallied from an early 18-point deficit to edge Spain 77-74 Saturday in a battle of unbeatens to clinch a top seed in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament.

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Olympic Boxing: AIBA throws out Barriga protest

AIBA has thrown out the protest by the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines on the loss of Filipino light-flyweight boxer Mark Anthony Barriga Kazakhstan’s Birzhan Zhakypov.

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Friday, August 3, 2012

Olympic Basketball: Team USA sets Games scoring record in beatdown of Nigeria


LONDON – The United States team of NBA stars shattered a host of records, including most points in a single Olympic men’s basketball game, by defeating Nigeria 156-73 on Thursday in a preliminary round game.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Olympic Basketball: Spain survives gallant stand from Great Britain


LONDON – Britain was on the brink of pulling off a shock upset of world power Spain before failing at the finish. Now the minnows of the Olympic men’s basketball are on the brink of seeing their medal hopes ended.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Olympic Archery: Filipino hopeful Cabral falls to Russian foe

Filipino Rachel Ann Cabral fell to crack Russian rival Inna Stepanova, 7-1, to bow out of the London 2012 women’s individual archery competition in the round-of-32.
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Olympics: Team USA blows out Tunisia 110-63

Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Love each scored 16 points to lead the US Olympic team of NBA stars to a 110-63 rout of Tunisia on Tuesday to claim sole possession of their preliminary round group lead.
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Olympic Standings 2012 as of July 30, 2012


Here's the 2012 London Olympics Medal Tally as of July 30, 2012. People's Republic of China is still leading the 2012 London Summer Olympics medal count with 9 golds, 5 silver and 3 bronze followed by the United States of America with 5 golds, 7 silver and 5 bronze both with a total of 17 medal hauls.
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