RIO DE JANEIRO -- The enthusiastic Brazilian crowd did its best to will the host team to victory but Croatia rode the hot-shooting of Bojan Bogdanovic to an 80-76 victory in mens basketball Thursday.Though the boisterous crowd was engaged from the start, Bogdanovic scored a game-high 33 on 10 for 16 shooting as Brazil struggled to contain him. Dario Saric, who added 15 points, put back an offensive rebound with 56.7 seconds left that gave Croatia (2-1) a 77-72 lead and enough space to close out the game.Brazils Guilherme Giovannoni turned the ball over with 39 seconds left and Marcus Marquinhos missed the first of two free throws with 24 seconds remaining that put the Brazilians in a must-foul situation.Leandro Barbosa scored 16 for Brazil (1-2) and Marcelinho Huertas had 10 points and nine assistsCroatia shot 52 percent from the field, but 17 turnovers helped Brazil stay in the game. Fake USA Soccer Jerseys . -- Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg. USA Soccer Jerseys 2020 .com) - The red-hot Los Angeles Kings will try to extend their winning streak to a season-high seven games when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for Sundays clash at Rexall Place. https://www.cheapusasoccer.com/ .J. -- Pitcher Carl Pavano is retiring after 14 major league seasons. Stitched USA Soccer Jerseys . The injury bothered Bledsoe in the Suns victory over the Clippers on Monday and he sat out the teams home loss to Memphis on Thursday night. Custom USA Soccer Jerseys . Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 on Friday night to match the best 10-game start in team history. George Fords future is the subject of renewed speculation but Bath owner Bruce Craig says it will be the club who have the final say over whether he will be allowed to leave the club.Ford is contracted with Bath until the end of the 2017-18 campaign but The Times has reported he has activated a get-out clause which permits him to be a free agent at the end of the current season.The England fly-half was upset at the clubs decision to sack his father Mike at the end of last term. Reports suggested he was keen to leave the club and he would have no shortage of potential suitors as one of the worlds premier fly-halves.But he has impressed under Todd Blackadder this term with the new Bath coach coomparing him to New Zealand great Dan Carter.dddddddddddd Bath would be desperate to keep him and owner Craig says they will decide whether to allow Ford to leave if he opts to continue his career away from the Recreation Ground.There are lots of different pieces to this, Craig said in The Times. There are other things that need to be applied. It is in our hands whether we let him go or not.There is a contract in place until the end of next season. He cant leave at the end of this season unless the club says he can. It is in our remit whether we let him go or not. ' ' '