News from August 2. World Championship results - at Athens, Greece Group E Yugoslavia 95, Canada 55 Miroslav Beric (Yug) had 13 points. Sasa Obradovic (Yug) had 11 points and 3 steals. Greg Newton (Can) had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Michael Meeks (Can) had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Yug shot 59.6% (34-57) FG and Can shot 29.5% (18-61) FG. Russia 71, Italy 55 Serguei Babkov (Rus) had 26 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Vassilij Karassev (Rus) had 10 points. Gregor Fucka (Ita) had 15 points. Roberto Ciacig (Ita) had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Rus shot 48% (25-52) FG and Ita shot 33.3% (19-57) FG. Greece 71, Puerto Rico 64 Nikos Economou (Gre) had 19 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Dimitris Papanikolaou (Gre) had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Eddie Casiano (PR) had 19 points. Jose Ortiz (PR) had 12 points including 8-11 FT and 11 rebounds. Group F USA 87, Argentina 74 Michael Hawkins (USA) had 15 points including 3-4 3-pointers. Jimmy Oliver (USA) had 18 points including 6-9 FG and 4-6 3-pointers and 5 rebounds. Wendell Alexis (USA) had 20 points including 6-9 FG and 3-4 3-pointers. Fabricio Oberto (Arg) had 189 points including 8-10 FG and 9 rebounds. Marcelo Nicola (Arg) had 26 points including 10-16 FG and 3-4 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. USA shot 20-23 FT and Arg shot 7-14 FT. Australia 71, Lithuania 61 Andrew Gaze (Aus) had 24 points and 3 steals. Tony Ronaldson (Aus) had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Saulius Stombergas (Lit) had 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 steals. Arturas Karnisovas (Lit) had 10 points. Spain 73, Brazil 63 Ignacio Rodriguez (Spa) had 17 points including 10-12 FT. Alberto Angulo (Spa) had 17 points including 9-11 FT and 6 steals. Joao Viana (Bra) had 15 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 steals. Rogerio Klafke (Bra) had 14 points. Spa shot 60% (21-35) FG and Bra shot 30% (18-60) FG. Classification Round Japan 60, Senegal 55 Kenichi Sako (Jap) had 12 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, and 9 turnovers. Takehiko Orimo (Jap) had 10 points including 3-3 3-pointers. Cheikh Dia (Sen) had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Nigeria 89, South Korea 65 Daniel Okonkwo (Nig) had 16 points including 8-9 FG, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals. Tunji Awojobi (Nig) had 24 points including 11-19 FG and 9 rebounds. Obinna Ekezie (Nig) had 19 points, 15 rebounds, 4 steals, and 8 turnovers. Joo-Yup Hyun (SK) had 16 points including 7-11 FG. Jang-Hoon Seo (SK) had 12 points and 8 rebounds.