PATIENCE PAYS: With only a one-point lead at halftime, the US team held its nerve to sink the Germans and book a semi-final date with Greece tomorrow night
Carmelo Anthony scored 10 of his 19 points in the third quarter as the US went on to beat Germany 85-65 yesterday in the quarter-finals of the basketball world championships.

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Early on in the basketball world championship, US captain Carmelo Anthony let his younger teammates in on a secret of international basketball.

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LEAGUE LEADER: Ryan Howard matched Philadelphia's single-season record, while in Atlanta Barry Bonds hit two more over the wall to take his career tally up to 727
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MINIMAL ACTION: Only nine singles games got started in New York on the tournament's second day as players and fans spent the day waiting around for the action to start
Rain disrupted play for a second day at the US Open on Tuesday, postponing more than a third of the schedule.

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Coach Mike Montgomery was dismissed by the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, and Don Nelson was ready to step in.

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Kevin Pietersen says heartbreaking racial quotas forced him into making the biggest decision of his life, to quit his native South Africa and move to England.

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Jake White pledged not to resign as South Africa coach on Tuesday while trying to prepare an end to the Springboks' five-match losing streak in the face of mounting public criticism.

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Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso, who was excluded from the Tour de France after being implicated in a Spanish doping investigation, denied using banned substances on Tuesday in his first appearance before Italian anti-doping authorities.

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■ Soccer
Reggae Boyz depleted
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