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Mexico's national basketball team ready for Pre-Olympic tournament

Xinhua, August 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Mexico's men's national basketball team on Wednesday received five uniforms and is now ready to play the 2015 FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Americas Championship, a Pre-Olympic tournament, to begin next Monday in Mexico City, local media reported.

According to local daily El Universal, in a ceremony held Wednesday in Mexico City, the Director of Mexico's National Sports Committee (CONADE), Alfredo Castillo, gave the team five new uniforms and wished them the best for the Pre-Olympic tournament.

Mexico will play its last training game on next Thursday against Venezuela.

"We feel very proud for having these uniforms. We are going to play Pre-Olympic tournament with a very good image. We have made important progress in the last three years and we expect to have great achievements," said Sergio Valdeolmillos, coach of the national team.

Meanwhile, Horacio de la Vega, Director of Mexico City's Sports Institute, said "we are very happy with the organization of the event. The games will be broadcast live. Tomorrow there will be free entrance for the match against Venezuela."

De la Vega added that all the children under 12 will enter free to all the Pre-Olympic Tournament games, as a way to promote basketball in Mexico City.

The 2015 FIBA Americas Tournament will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 12 in Mexico City's Sport Palace. It is the qualifying tournament for Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Group A includes Mexico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Brazil and Uruguay while group B brackets Canada, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Argentina and Venezuela. Endi