THE SIDELINES : U.S. Women to Defend Crown
<i> From Times Wire Services </i>
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —
The United States will defend its women’s World Basketball championship in a preliminary-round group with Czechoslovakia, South Korea and an African nation not yet determined.
The American team, which won the Olympic gold medal at Seoul in 1988, will play its opening-round matches in Kiching from July 12 to July 15 as part of Group C.
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