Russia, Lithuania book basketball berths

CARACAS: Russia and Lithuania qualified for the London Games basketball competition with semi-final victories in the Fiba Olympic qualifying tournament. Russia remained undefeated in the qualifying event with an 85-77 semi-final victory over Nigeria while Lithuania defeated the Dominican Republic 109-83. Both Russia and Lithuania will play in Group A in the preliminary round in London, along with the 2008 gold medallists the US, Argentina, France and Tunisia.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2012.