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Sunday 13 March 2011 8:59 pm  |  Updated:  Thursday 30 May 2019 9:44 am

Basketball gets 2012 vote

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Great Britain’s men’s and women’s basketball teams have been given the go-ahead to compete at the London 2012 Olympics. GB and Chicago Bulls star Luol Deng said: “I’m really excited. We’re really happy to get it.”

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