France and Spain sail through as Latvia stun Slovenia

[Sports News]

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Holders France and former double winners Spain cruised into the European basketball championship quarter-finals with emphatic victories while Latvia also emerged as big winners on Saturday. The three nations were joined by 1987 champions Greece who destroyed Belgium 75-54. Roared on by a record-breaking indoor crowd of 26,135, France thrived on home support as they thumped Turkey 76-53.

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