France upset Spain in W/Cup
Huge upsets lit up the basketball World Cup yesterday as France beat hosts Spain 65-52 while Serbia thumped Brazil 84-56 to set up an intriguing semi-final clash.
Holders the United States and Lithuania will meet in the first semi in Barcelona today while the Serbs and the French will lock horns in Madrid tomorrow.
Fancied to stroll into an anticipated title bout with the Americans, the Spaniards were stunned by a French side missing several top players including four-time NBA champion Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs.
A resurgent Serbia, who squeezed through the preliminary group stage, produced a second successive upset in the knockout rounds and brushed aside the Brazilians after they eliminated Greece in the round of 16.
Trinidad Express