Basketball: Rui Hachimura to skip remainder of Japan's games at World Cup

Japan basketball's up-and-coming young star Rui Hachimura will skip his nation's final two games at the World Cup after experiencing knee discomfort, the Japan Basketball Association said Friday.Japan ended World Cup first-round group play on Thursday night in Shanghai with a 98-45 demolition at the hands of the United States, but it had already had any hope of progressing to the second round dashed by losses to Turkey and the Czech Republic earlier in the tournament.With the team's remaining two classification games being largely meaningless, it is no surprise that Hachimura will shift his…READ FULL ARTICLE