(SPO) FIBA 2010 WORLD BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP-RUSSIAN COACH: I AM PROUD OF MY PLAYERS Tuesday, 31.Aug.2010, 22:49 (GMT+2) ANKARA (A.A) - Russia's coach David Blatt said on Tuesday thathe was proud of the players of Russia, while commenting on his team's win in the2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship with 72-66 lead in Group C against theirrivals from the Ivory Coast.Blatt said this was the last tournament he was attending with Russia andnoted that,"our team is not so strong as it was before. We will be in an effortto struggle till the end of the tournament,"and thanked to Turkey for its goodhome ownership.Also appearing at the press meeting, Randoald Dessarzin, the coach of IvoryCoast basketball team, said it was an uphill struggle,"although we had solvedour problems in some parts of the match, we could not win it,"he said.(AY)
ANKARA (A.A) - Russia's coach David Blatt said on Tuesday thathe was proud of the players of Russia, while commenting on his team's win in the2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship with 72-66 lead in Group C against theirrivals from the Ivory Coast.Blatt said this was the last tournament he was attending with Russia andnoted that,"our team is not so strong as it was before. We will be in an effortto struggle till the end of the tournament,"and thanked to Turkey for its goodhome ownership.Also appearing at the press meeting, Randoald Dessarzin, the coach of IvoryCoast basketball team, said it was an uphill struggle,"although we had solvedour problems in some parts of the match, we could not win it,"he said.(AY)
Germany's defense minister says the commander of the troubled navy training ship has been relieved of his duties and the vessel ordered to return amid questions surrounding the death of a sailor on board late last year. Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said the Gorch Fock would remain in port pending the results of an investigation into the death of the 25-year-old sailor who plunged from the ship's rigging in November. Guttenberg told ARD public broadcaster on Saturday Jan. 22, 2011 the ship would not be used for training pending the outcome of an investigation. Guttenberg consistently polls as one of the nation's most popular politicians, but has come under pressure in recent weeks over a series of issues in the military, including the death on the Gorch Fock.
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