Olympics: Germany loss puts Japan on brink in women's basketball

The path to the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympic women's basketball tournament got more difficult for Japan on Thursday when it lost its second consecutive game, going down 75-64 to Germany.Coming off a heavy defeat to the United States, the ninth-ranked Tokyo Olympic silver medalists were constantly on the back foot against the physically imposing 19th-ranked Germans led by Satou Sabally and her 33 points."We failed to seize the momentum when we had the chance, and if you are unable to do that on this stage, you are not going to win," Japan's Saki Hayashi said.Japan's normally reliable s…READ FULL ARTICLE