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Wolves' rookie Bjelica lifts Serbia past Spain

what lies beneath The second day of an Olympic canoeing test event on Saturday brought more complaints about weeds floating in Rio de Janeiro’s polluted course, with canoeists saying it was too shallow and needed to be dredged. Austria’s Viktoria Schwarz could attest to that.

The Timberwolves’ Nemanja Bjelica scored 24 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Serbia past Spain 80-70 in the featured match of the opening day of the European Basketball Championship on Saturday.

Also, Dirk Nowitzki and Dennis Schroeder scored 15 points each to lead host Germany to a surprisingly close 71-65 victory over Iceland.