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France has earned the final mens basketball spot in the Olympics, beating Canada 83-74 on Sunday in the championship game of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila, the Philippines.Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs scored 26 points for the French, who pulled away in the fourth quarter after the game was close most of the way. Guard Nando de Colo, the Euroleague MVP, added 22 points.Cory Joseph scored 20 points for Canada, but Parker -- whom Joseph used to back up with the Spurs before joining the Toronto Raptors -- was just a little better.France fell just short of qualifying last summer when it lost to Spain in the EuroBasket semifinals, but it made the most of its final chance and joins Serbia and Croatia, which won the other two Olympic Qualifying Tournaments on Saturday.France and Serbia were drawn into Group A with the United States, Venezuela, China and Australia, while Croatia joins Group B with Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Lithuania and Nigeria.The U.S., Serbia and France were the three medalists at the Basketball World Cup in 2014.The Associated Press contributed to this report.New England Patriots Pro Shop . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Custom New England Patriots Jerseys . -- Nate Robinson has played for seven teams, so beating one of them is no longer a rare occurrence. https://www.patriotsjerseysale.com/ .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. New England Patriots Store . The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game. New England Patriots Shirts . Philadelphia is 2-0 against the Senators this season and scored five goals in each victory. The Flyers recorded a 5-0 win in Ottawa on Nov. 12 and then earned a 5-2 home decision on Nov. 19. The Flyers have claimed three straight and four of the last five encounters with the Sens overall and Philly has won two in a row and three of its past four tests in Canadas capital city.THE 16 EVENTSMenSprint (8 events)Canoe (3): C1 200m, C1 1000m, C2 1000m - Kayak (5): K1 200m, K1 1000m, K2 200m, K2 1000m, K4 1000mSlalom (3 events)Canoe (2): C1, C2 - Kayak (1) : K1WomenSprint (4 events)Kayak (4): K1 200m, K1 500m, K2 500m, K4 500mSlalom (1 event)Kayak (1): K1THE FORMATSprint: Qualifying, semi-finals and final (8 boats).Slalom: Qualifying over 2 runs (best of 2 times counted), then semi-finals and final both over 1 run.MILESTONES1866Creation of the first canoe club in London.1924Canoe-kayak features as a demonstration sport at the Olympic Games in Paris.1936Canoe-kayak makes its official Olympic debut in Berlin (sprint).1972The slalom event makes its debut at the Munich Games, but wont make another appearance until Barcelona in 1992.1976The Olympic canoe-kayak programme is given a radical overhaull.dddddddddddd In Montreal, four new sprint events are introduced: K1 and K2 500m, C1 and C2 500m.STARSGert Fredriksson (Sweden)The best. 6 gold medals in the sprint between 1948 and 1960, including a hat-trick in the K1 1000m (1948, 1952, 1956). Also won 7 world titles in K1.Knut Holmann (Norway)3 Olympic gold medals in the sprint, including a K1 500m - K1 1000m double at the Sydney Games in 2000. 4 world titles in K1 1000m (1990, 1991, 1993, 1995).Birgit Fischer (East Germany & Germany)The most decorated athlete in the sport. 8 Olympic gold medals over a 24-year period, between 1980 and 2004, in K1, K2 and K4 sprint events. Also won a remarkable 28 world titles in the same disciplines. ' ' '