USA repels France to win men's basketball Olympic gold

PARIS – The United States won its fifth straight Olympic men's basketball crown on Saturday (Sunday Manila time), holding off a battling France, 98-87, to take its tally of Olympic golds to 17.

In a rematch of the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and the US team stacked with NBA stars once again proved too much for France's sensational Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama and his teammates.