Women's Basketball: USA rout Canada

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The United States remain on track for a record fifth straight Olympic gold medal in women's basketball after routing Canada 91 - 48 in the quarter-finals.

The Americans recorded their 39th straight Olympic win in emphatic style against their overmatched North American neighbours.
Diana Taurasi scored 15 points for the United States while Candace Parker and Sylvia Fowles had 12 each, Parker adding seven rebounds.
Maya Moore and Angel McCoughtry also reached double figures with 11 points.
In their six games so far in London, the Americans have won by an average of 42.6 points per game, and McCoughtry believes they are capable of setting new standards even as they build on the legacies and active winning streaks of stories teams before them.
"Our team is special," McCoughtry said. "It is all about the chemistry. It's a group of stars that work together for the team. It's like the Barcelona 1992 Dream Team for women."
Australia's Lauren Jackson broke the all-time Olympic scoring record as the Opals beat China 75 - 60 to reach the semi-finals of the London Olympics.
Jackson, playing in her fourth Games, finished with 12 points, and her final lay-up in the fourth quarter was enough to edge her ahead of Janeth Arcain with 536 points in Olympic competition.
The Opals had surrendered a first-quarter lead to be trailing at half-time and throughout most of the third quarter.
They finally got back in front with a little under two minutes remaining in the third with a 6-0 run that made it 55-50 on a lay-up from Liz Cambage, who led all scorers with 17 points.
Australia then outscored China 20-8 in the final period to make the final score look a little easier than it was.