Turkey leads group C on third day of World Basketball Championship

Turkey maintained its position as the leader of Group C of the FIBA 2010 World Basketball Championship at the end of third day games on Tuesday. After defeating Greece 76-65 in Ankara, Turkey now has won three out of three games and so guaranteed its way out of the group. In the other Group C games on Tuesday, Russia defeated Ivory Coast 72-66, while Puerto Rico beat China 84-76.