After losing their respective semifinal matches; Serbia to Turkey and Lithuania to USA, the two teams will try to at least salvage some national pride by battling it out for Third Place in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
They will meet at the at the Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul, Turkey on September 12, 2010 12:00 PM ET / 16:00 GMT.
At around 9:00 PM on September 11, 2001, I was at our home lazily watching one of the local shows on free TV when a breaking news report flashed unto the screen.
The report shows a tall building burning. After a while, it was identified as one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, USA.
When it was reported that a “small plane” crashed into it, I immediately dismissed it as an accident.
However a few minutes later, another plane crashed into the other tower… actually caught LIVE on camera!
As the host and therefore having the homecourt advantage, Turkey had an easy time dispatching all of its opponents to make it to the semifinal round of the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
On September 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM EST, the 12 Dev Adam (12 Giant Men) from Turkey will battle it out with the Serbian national team at the Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul, Turkey for a chance to win a ticket to the 2010 FIBA World Championship Final on September 12, 2010.
Turkey as the host country, is the favorite to win aside from Team USA. This is only the third world championships for its team placing 9th in 2002 and 6th in 2006.
One of the semifinal matches for the 2010 FIBA World Championship features a first timer and a returning team.
On September 11, 2010 at 12:00 PM EST, Team USA and Team Lithuania will meet at the Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul, Turkey for a chance to win a ticket to the 2010 FIBA World Championship Final on September 12, 2010.
USA as the odds-on favorite is trying to bring home the gold since winning it in 1994 when Dream Team II was sent to represent the country.
After 5 games in the Preliminary Round and knockout games in the Round of 16 and Quarterfinals, teams slowly bowed down one by one until only 4 national basketball teams remain.
Out of the original 24 teams all over the world that started the 2010 FIBA World Championship, four teams stood tall above all them.
National teams from Serbia, Turkey, USA and Lithuania are the four teams with enough guts and talent to reach the 2010 FIBA World Championship Semifinals.
And they will be battling it out for supremacy over the right to be called the world champions.
You might think that Erik Morales is already a has-been in the world of boxing but at age 33, he is still pretty young.
His desire to fight Manny Pacquiao for the fourth time and become the first Mexican boxer to win a fourth world title in four weight divisions is still pushing him on.
After a two and a half-year hiatus, Morales came back from retirement and defeated former lightweight titleholder Jose Alfaro at a catch-weight of 142 lbs. just above the junior-welterweight limit last March 27, 2010 in Monterrey, Mexico.
In his next fight, he is pitted against Willie Limond for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Junior Welterweight title belt in an pay-per-view event billed as “Mexican Fiesta”.
