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BASKETBALL Spain beats Australia

Spain is back into the final of the basketball World Cup with a chance to match the title it won 13 years ago. Marc Gasol scored 33 points to lead Spain over Australia 95-88 in double overtime Friday at Beijing. Ricky Rubio scored 19 and Sergio Llull added 17. It was two threepoint shots by Llull in the second overtime that pushed Spain to one of its largest leads of the game after trailing much of the time. Patty Mills scored 32 to lead Australia. Spain trailed for much of the game but surged in the fourth quarter and took the lead 71-70 when Gasol hit two free throws with 8.7 seconds to play in regulation. Mills had two free throws to win the game with 4.8 seconds to play, but he missed the second after making the first to send the game into overtime at 71-71. Both teams had chances to win in regulation and in the first overtime, which ended 80-80.

Argentina tops France

Luis Scola scored 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Argentina is heading to its first gold-medal game in 15 years after beating France 80-66 on Friday in a World Cup semifinal at Beijing. Scola finished it in style, hitting a pair of consecutive three-pointers late in the fourth to push Argentina’s lead to 15. Facundo Campazzo scored 12 for Argentina, which will play Spain for the World Cup title on Sunday night. Frank Ntilikina and Evan Fournier each scored 16 for France, which will play Australia for the bronze on Sunday.

Livingston retires

Shaun Livingston, 34, announced his retirement on social media Friday following 15 NBA seasons, an anticipated move for the veteran guard. He reached the NBA Finals in each of his five seasons with Golden State, his ninth NBA team. Livingston, who signed a $24 million, three-year contract in 2017 but was waived by the Warriors in July to cut salary costs, has discussed working in the front office with the team. The No. 4 overall draft pick by Los Angeles in 2004 out of Peoria Central High in Illinois, Livingston averaged 6.3 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.0 assists over 833 career games.

Chappell shoots 59

Kevin Chappell shot an 11-under 59 on Friday in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., for the 11th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. Chappell missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth to fall a stroke short of Jim Furyk’s tour record. Furyk set the 18-hole record in 2016 with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship. Chappell was in fifth place at 10 under for the tournament.