MANILA: France and Canada are to fight for one of the last tickets to the Rio Olympics basketball tournament after reaching the final of a qualifying tournament in Manila on Saturday.

The French, the world's fifth-ranked team, eliminated eight-ranked Turkey 75-63 despite relatively quiet nights for most of their contingent of NBA stars including Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and Nicolas Batum.

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