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MADRID - France upset Spain 65-52 in front of its stunned fans in the quarter-finals of the Basketball World Cup on Wednesday. Air Max Outlet Italia . After dominating its first six games and blowing out France by 24 points in the group phase, Spain appeared to be the main candidate to dethrone the United States in a possible final that would have been a rematch of the past two Olympic gold-medal games. But France defended well and rebounded even better to ruin Spains quest for a title for a second straight summer. Last summer, Tony Parker helped France end Spains quest for a third consecutive European title. This time, Spain had several reasons to believe it would avenge that loss. Parker wasnt playing for France, and Spain had Pau Gasol back in its ranks, besides playing at home. "Its a painful and disappointing defeat," Pau said. "We had such high expectations and had played so well until now." Spain had averaged 88 points per game through its first six wins, all blowouts. But France cut off Spains passing lanes and forced it into solo efforts. Spains guards didnt adjust by looking for Pau and Marc Gasol in the post enough, and then compounded that by missing all but two of their 22 attempts from beyond the three-point arc. "Everyone thought we had won this before it started, but we didnt prepare well for the game and were trying to play catchup the entire way," Spain guard Juan Carlos Navarro said. "They prepared better than we did. We relied on doing what we always do, defend and get out on the break, but our shots didnt fall, and they played with a lot of poise." Boris Diaw scored 15 points and Thomas Heurtel added 13 for a France team which pulled in 50 rebounds to Spains 28. Pau had 17 for Spain, but his brother Marc and Serge Ibaka each went 1-of-7 from the field to combine for just five points. Serbia awaits France on Friday after it routed Brazil 84-56 in the other quarter-final. The U.S. plays Lithuania in the other semifinal in Barcelona on Thursday. Pau scored in the post to spark Spains 12-4 run to open the third period and edge ahead 40-39. A brief scuffle marred that span when Frances Florent Pietrus slapped Sergi Llull in the back of the head after an argument. Pietrus was awarded an unsporstmanlike technical foul. Spain entered the final period with a one-point lead but without any clear plan of attack. Diaw nailed a backbreaking three after France again beat Spain to the offensive boards to take a 51-45 lead and force Juan Orenga to call time-out with 6:41 left. A contested jumper by Pau brought Spain to within three points with under two to play, but Heurtel scored five points to quash the comeback and spark chants for Orengas resignation in a loss that hurt almost as much as the Spanish football teams early elimination from this summers World Cup. Pau left open the possibility that this was his last game for Spain, which he has led to one world championship in 2006, two Olympic silver medals, and two European titles. "You never know when your last game or tournament will be," the new Chicago Bull centre said. "I would like to play until I am 50, but I doubt it. We have great young players coming up and Im sure that we have a good team in the future." Whether or not Pau continues, Spain will likely not have such a chance to try and finally beat the U.S. with Pau now 34, and the Olympics two years away. Serbias result also reversed a group matchup, as Serbia lost to Brazil last Wednesday, when Spain also beat France. This time, Brazil and its trio of NBA centers in Varejao, Tiago Splitter and Nene were ineffective, as Serbia bettered the bigger Brazilians inside and out, and turned a five-point halftime advantage into a rout by outscoring Brazil 29-10 in the third period. Serbia was led by guard Milos Teodosic, who scored 23 points, hit three three-pointers, and made four assists. Shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 12 points, and centers Miroslav Raduljica and Nenad Krstic added 10 each. Varejao and Vieira had 12 points each for Brazil. Air Max Plus Scontate .com) - Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson lost an appeal to have his indefinite suspension overturned, the NFL announced Friday. Scarpe Air Max 270 Scontate . -- Chicago manager Darold Butler has a message for the Windy City. http://www.airmaxitaliascarpe.it/scarpe-air-max-200-scontate.html . The triple gold medallist from the 2010 Paralympics tweeted on Tuesday: "Woke up with a virus yesterday. Timing couldnt be much worse. Not the ideal prep for the .Six representatives of Scotlands 42 clubs have been elected to sit on the SPFL board for the next year. At the Annual General Meeting, three representatives from Ladbrokes Premiership teams were elected alongside two from the Ladbrokes Championship and one covering Ladbrokes League 1 and 2.Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell, Ann Budge, chairwoman of Hearts, and Partick Thistle managing director Ian Maxwell will represent the top flight while Hibernian chief executive Leeann Dempster and Raith Rovers director Eric Drysdale wlll serve on the board for the Championship. All three Premiership members are new to the board alongside Ms Dempster. Celtic already had financial director Eric Riley on the board but he is now replaced by Lawwell.Brechin City chairman Ken Ferguson will represent the lower leagues and the six are joined on the board for 2016/17 by SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster, SPFL chairman Ralph Topping and independent non-executive director Karyn McCluskey. Neil Doncaster, remains part of SPFL board for the 2016/17 campaign Speaking to Sky Sports Scotland after the Hampden meeting, Ann Budge said: One of the challenges facing lots of clubs is how do you attract people back to watching football.Attendances is clearly a big issue, but that said, attendances are up, so we need to build on the positives and I think there is not enouugh recognition of some of the good that all of these clubs are doing in their communities. Air Max 1 Uomo Zalando. Hearts owner Ann Budge keen to attract more fans to the game in Scotland We really need to help people understand and not just focus on things when something may go wrong. What is Scottish football bringing to this country? I think it brings a lot and we dont always convey that as well as we should.Leeann Dempster, who joined Hibs from a similar role with Scottish Premiership side Motherwell in April 2014, said: You have never heard me talk Scottish football down. Leeann Dempster (left) joins SPFL board for the forthcoming season I think it is improving all the time and for us it is about growing the game in lots of different ways and I want to be part of that. I am very committed to communities and getting people involved in the game and that is a different aspect that the board could benefit from. Also See: Scotland latest Scotland fixtures Scotland stats Table Live on Sky ' ' '