Australia hold off Belgium for Olympic women's basketball bronze

PARIS, AUG 11: Australia out-duelled Belgium down the stretch to win Paris Olympics women's basketball bronze on Sunday, beating the European champions 85-81 for their first medal since 2012.

The Opals sent 43-year-old star Lauren Jackson out on a high note with the fifth Olympic medal of her career.

She was on the teams that earned silver in 2000, 2004 and 2008 and was part of the bronze-medal squad in London in 2012.
The Cats suffered an agonising one-point loss to Japan in the quarter-finals three years ago in Tokyo and were battling for bronze after a semi-final overtime loss to France, who face the United States later Sunday in the gold medal match.    —AFP