Head to head: Kobe Bryant and the Dream Team showed their domination, crushing Pau Gasol and his Spanish teammates 119-82. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images
The Dream Team returned yesterday as the US men’s Olympic basketball team crushed world champions Spain 119-82.
The Spanish players looked thoroughly dejected as they walked off the court, having hoped to at [...]

Gary Naysmith and Jan Koller clash during the friendly. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images
It may have taken them until the closing stages to do so but the Czech Republic ultimately proved that this was a considerably more worthwhile exercise for them than for Scotland.
A shadow Scottish team who, long before full-time, displayed the weariness which results [...]