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Quarter-final clash for Croatia
20 August 2008
The Croatian men's basketball team face Spain in a quarter-final clash today.
A place in the semi-final against either China or Lithuania is the prize for the winner of the match.
Croatia, who were this week described by the Toronto Star as one of the surprises of the Olympics, have won three of their five games far at the Games.
A 91-57 win over Iran sealed the nation's place in the latter phases of the competition, after earlier victories against Russia and Australia.
However, the squad also lost in matches against Argentina and their potential next round opponents, Lithuania.
Meanwhile, Croatia's football team return to action tonight as they face Slovenia in a friendly.
The match is a warm-up for Slaven Bilic's men ahead of the World Cup qualifiers, which will see England travel to Zagreb on September 10th.
Ahead of the game, manager Fabio Capello yesterday announced defender John Terry would be his captain for the campaign.
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