Friday, September 25, 2009

China regains FIBA-Asia title


BASKING IN GLORY: The Chinese team which took the honours at the FIBA-Asia basketball championship in Chennai on Thursday.  
Chennai: In a classic combat that stretched the frontiers of ingenuity and improvisation, China regained the FIBA-Asia championship on Thursday.

Before a huge gathering, which included a sizable number of Chinese and Korean spectators, the teams exemplified the technical excellence of what constitutes the art and science of basketball at the JN Stadium where China beat Korea by 91 points to 71.