Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - A United States women's basketball dynasty team plays for a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal and its eighth in the past nine Games on Saturday against heavy underdog Spain.
The Americans, last beaten at the Olympics in a 1992 semi-final, are 88-1 over the past 20 years in global tournaments and own a 48-game Olympic win streak.
Diana Taurasi, Tamika Catchings and Sue Bird can each match an Olympic basketball record with their fourth gold medal, tying ex-US stars Lisa Leslie and Teresa Edwards for the most by any player, man or woman.