Lithuania may not show for WC opener against Opals

Apparently Lithuania is in danger of not being able to front for the first game of the World Champs: link.

It seems like a comedy of errors:

- original flight is cancelled
- revised flight goes through different country and lands team in Brazil - but going through this different country required team to have had vaccinations they hadn't had
- access denied/bunfight erupts

However, FIBA is saying that the team has been given the OK to enter.

Should I get to Centrebet post-haste and see what odds I can get not only for Australia to win by exactly 20 but to correctly tip the final score?

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Manute Bol
Years ago

It's been all sorted Bo. Sudan Airlines are going to help the team out by offering an extra flight and 2 for 1 tickets.

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daniel
Years ago

International forfeits are deemed scoreline of 2-nil not 20-nil ...

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Bo Hamburger
Years ago

OK - thanks for that.

In other women's basketball news (and moving WAY off-topic), Brynn Cameron will miss the entire college hoops season for the University of Southern California.

It's a kind of longish story, but she has fallen pregnant to pretty boy gridiron star Matt Leinart - who, a couple of months after conception, was spotted consorting with Paris Hilton. Charming.

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Gene Banks
Years ago

Hey Manute,

Does Sudan Airlines cater for longer athletes? I assume you would have trouble fitting in a standard airline seat?

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Skyhook
Years ago

I swear Manute and Bo are the same people , people !!

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Bo Hamburger
Years ago

Good conspiracy theory, Skyhook - but no dice, sorry.

This is for the simple reason that if Manute was a creation of mine, he'd be a lot funnier than his real "owner" gets him to be.

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Manute Bol
Years ago

Gene - Sudan Airlines doesn't cater for people that have no game so you wouldn't be allowed on.

Skyhook - You're a tool.

Bo - That's a cheap shot but it's not as cheap as the hardwood sandwich that I'll be serving up to you the next time we meet on the court.

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Bo Hamburger
Years ago

Going back to the topic at hand, Jan Stirling thinks the Lithuanians will make it after all:

As far as we're concerned they've got a charter flight, they're just waiting for the paper work and they'll be here tomorrow morning.

They're European-based players so they've often dealt with planes not arriving or delays, so I'm sure they'll be out to give us a tough game.

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Bo Hamburger
Years ago

If only there was an emoticon which could convey the "baa-ung" sound used to signify an incorrect answer on Family Feud: the Lithuanians were, in fact, a no-show.

I wonder how much sleep the Lithuanian team manager has had in the last 48 hours, or in fact, whether they've even still got a job. You'd think "getting team to games - particularly to kind-of important events like the world championships" would be one of their major KPIs.

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