Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Basketball - Men - Group A - Iran v France - Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan - July 31, 2021. Navid Rezaeifar of Iran in action with Moustapha Fall of France and Petr Cornelie of France REUTERS/Brian Snyder
TOKYO (Reuters) - France secured a comfortable win over Iran in Olympic men's basketball on Saturday to qualify for the quarter-finals and remain undefeated in the preliminary round.
Real Madrid's Thomas Heurtel led with 16 points in France's 79-62 victory at the Saitama Super Arena, north of Tokyo. They swept their opponents in Group A, including a shock defeat of Team USA on Sunday, the first Olympic loss for the Americans since 2004.
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