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Sport in brief: August 6, 2024

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL:

Serbia tip off against Australia in tomorrow morning’s first Olympic quarter-final before reigning champions the USA meet Nigeria later tomorrow evening.

The Americans have not lost a game at the Olympics since the former Soviet Union team beat them in the semi-finals at Barcelona in 1992.

The Rebirth of the African Phoenix, by Roger McKenzie
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