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Latest News articles on basketball at the Olympics

Basketball-Durant likely to lead US squad at world championships
With LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh focused on building their own NBA Dream Team in Miami, USA Basketball unveiled a Plan B line-up on Wednesday for next month's world championships.

London 2012 Olympics: 'Midnight Basketball' targeting local youth
Sporting legends Boris Becker and Sean Fitzpatrick dispatched to join some young basketball players at Lilian Bayliss in south-east London.

NBA - USA announce World Championships squad
USA Basketball have unveiled a Plan B line-up for next month's World Championships.

Olympics-Hoy and Johnson mark 2012 Games two-year countdown
Olympic quadruple gold medallists Chris Hoy and Michael Johnson tried out London's 2012 Games facilities on Tuesday, two years to the day before the Games begin.

London 2012 Olympics: basketball guide
Read Telegraph Sport's guide to the basketball event at the London 2012 Olympics.

London 2012 Olympics: Day of fun and Games brings London to life
Athletes experience thrill of sparkling new venues at the Olympic Park .

Alternative sports stars build on 'X' factor
The 16th X Games starts in Los Angeles on Thursday and the latest incarnation of the four-day gathering will once again feature athletes who have forged a lucrative career out of alternative street sports.

London 2012 Olympics: We're on track, now it's your turn to plan, says Sebastian Coe
London 2012 Chairman says venue in good shape with two years to go and spectators and volunteers need to start planning.

NBA-Rockets' Yao says might retire if foot does not heal
China's Yao Ming says he might end his basketball career next year if the injury to his left foot does not heal properly by the end of the NBA season, state media reported on Tuesday.

London 2012 Olympics: sport-by-sport guide
Read a sport-by-sport list of all of the events in the London 2012 Olympic Games.

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