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World champions Germany and runners-up Serbia overcame poor starts to reach the semi-finals of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament on Tuesday. Germany trailed by 10 after the first quarter against Greece led by NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo, but fought to 36-36 at half-time before gradually pulling away after the break for a 76-63 success. Serbia even came back from 24 points down in the second quarter to beat Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists Australia 95-90 in over-time with plenty of heroics from Nikola Jokic. Patty Mills scored with 1.4 seconds left to force extra-time for Australia but it…

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