LONDON (Reuters) - British basketball has earned a reprieve over the UK Sport decision to cut all its elite funding in the build-up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics although the outlooks still looks bleak for the country's volleyball and table tennis players.
Basketball was one of several big losers in UK Sport's December budget announcement which showed an overall 11 percent rise in funding for the Rio Games compared to London 2012.
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