News from August 4.

World Championship results - at Athens, Greece
 
Group E
  Russia 81, Canada 72
  Vassilij Karassev (Rus) had 21 points and 3 steals.
  Serguei Panov (Rus) had 14 points including 6-8 FG and 4 steals.
  Greg Newton (Can) had 14 points on 7-10 FG, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5
  turnovers.
  Peter Guarasci (Can) had 13 points and 9 rebounds.

  Italy 68, Puerto Rico 63
  Gregor Fucka (Ita) had 15 points including 6-7 FG.
  Alessandro Abbio (Ita) had 13 points.
  Jose Ortiz (PR) had 21 points including 10-11 FG, 14 rebounds, and 6
  turnovers.
  Jerome Mincy (PR) had 11 points and 5 rebounds.

  Yugoslavia 70, Greece 56
  Dejan Bodiroga (Yug) had 19 points and 3 steals.
  Milenko Topic (Yug) had 10 points on 4-5 FG and 8 rebounds.
  Fragiskos Alvertis (Gre) had 23 points and 6 rebounds.
  Dimitris Papanikolaou (Gre) had 9 points and 7 rebounds.
  Yug shot 51% (25-49) FG and Gre shot 33.3% (20-60) FG.

Group F
  USA 96, Australia 78
  Jimmy Oliver (USA) had 18 points including 3-3 3-pointers.
  Jason Sasser (USA) had 15 points and 7 rebounds.
  Jimmy King (USA) had 14 points including 6-8 FG.
  Shane Heal (Aus) had 31 points including 12-18 FG and 5-7 3-pointers, 5
  assists, and 6 turnovers.
  Brett Maher (Aus) had 8 points and 3 steals.
  USA shot 61.2% (41-67) FG and Aus shot 47.5% (29-61) FG.

  Spain 86, Lithuania 80
  Alberto Herreros (Spa) had 27 points including 11-12 FT.
  Alfonso Reyes (Spa) had 19 points and 7 rebounds.
  Arturas Karnisovas (Lit) had 20 points.
  Sarounas Jasikevicius (Lit) had 10 points and 3 steals.

  Argentina 86, Brazil 76
  Marcelo Nicola (Arg) had 22 points and 6 rebounds.
  Fabricio Oberto (Arg) had 21 points including 9-13 FG and 14 rebounds.
  Joao Viana (Bra) had 20 points and 4 steals.
  Marco Aurelio Pegolo dos Santos (Bra) had had 22 points including 4-8 
  3-pointers.

Second Round Results - top 4 teams in each group advance
 
Group E        W   L
  Russia       5   1
  Yugoslavia   5   1
  Greece       4   2
  Italy        4   2
 xPuerto Rico  2   4
 xCanada       1   5
 
Group F        W   L
  Spain        5   1
  USA          5   1
  Lithuania    4   2
  Argentina    3   3
 xAustralia    3   3  (Arg wins tie-breaker with Aus)
 xBrazil       1   5
 
x = does not advance