RIO DE JANEIRO -- Penny Taylor and her Australian teammates knew what was at stake.A win over France would put them in the drivers seat in Group A, meaning theyd potentially avoid playing the U.S. until the womens basketball gold medal game.Taylor helped them also get a measure of revenge in the process, scoring an Olympic career-high 31 points to help Australia beat France 89-71 on Tuesday.Its huge, Taylor said. We dont want to face the U.S. until we have to, so I think thats huge for us.This will be Taylors last shot at beating the U.S., and she would like that opportunity in meeting between the top teams in the gold medal game. The 35-year-old guard told The Associated Press before the Olympics started that she planned to retire at the end of the current WNBA season. Shes already has two silver medals at the Olympics and wants to go out with a gold.On Tuesday, she made her first seven shots and had scored 23 points before missing her first field goal attempt. She finished 10 of 13 from the field with nine assists and five rebounds.That was vintage Penny, Australian coach Brendan Joyce said. She was great and really lifted us.All that stands between Australia (3-0) and winning the group is Japan. Those teams play Thursday and a win by the Australians would clinch the No. 1 seed in its pool and avoid a matchup with the U.S. until the finals. The Australians respect the Americans but arent intimidated by the U.S., which has won the last five Olympic gold medals and a roster of WNBA All-Stars and MVPs.The heavily favored Americans have captured the headlines, but the venerable Opals continue to win .They have their own 6-foot-8 center in Liz Cambage, who has been dominant so far in the Olympics when she can stay out of foul trouble. They also have a few WNBA stars of their own in Taylor and Erin Phillips.We know what we will face if we play them eventually, Joyce said. We have a long tough road still before that happens and well worry about them when we face them.The road did get a little easier with the win over France. The Opals lost to the French in overtime in the London Games in 2012, costing them the top spot in the group. It was Australias only loss to a team other than the U.S. in the Olympics since 1996. Australia ended up with a bronze medal in London.We dont want to drop any pool round games, said Phillips, who scored nine points in Tuesdays win. Good thing about this team is we never get too high on a win or low on a loss. This win against France by 18 was huge. If you had told me this morning when I woke up and said we would beat France by 18, Id be really, really happy.Both Taylor and Phillips missed the 2012 Olympics. Taylor was out with a torn ACL and Phillips didnt make the team. They are both cherishing their Olympic experience.Its been amazing, gone really fast. I try to soak it up as much as I can when Im not playing, the 31-year-old Phillips said. In the dining hall you see Usain Bolt and some gymnasts who are the best in the world, its inspiring.You never really know what an Olympics mean until you miss one. Penny and I missed one for different reasons. To be back here makes it so much more memorable.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg Nike Air Max Plus Tn Ultra Rouge . "Thank you for the warm welcome," Beckham said on an 80-degree February morning. In this case, it was soccer weather. The sport moved a step closer to returning to South Florida on Wednesday, when Beckham confirmed he has exercised his option to purchase a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in Miami. 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Thats been my approach and just trying to stick to that from the minors to the big leagues.The Mets Noah Syndergaard earned his first victory in seven starts, helping himself with a two-run homer, as the Mets ended a string of four straight losses to the Diamondbacks in the last week.Kelly Johnson also homered and T.J. Rivera had four hits for New York.Every time Ive looked up they (the Diamondbacks) are hitting a double, Mets manager Terry Collins said. It was nice that we hit some doubles tonight for a change.Yasmany Tomas homered for the second straight night for the Diamondbacks.Jeurys Familia pitched a perfect ninth for his major league-leading 40th save.Syndergaard (10-7), the losing pitcher in Arizonas 9-0 rout of the Mets in New York last week, went 5 2/3 innings, giving up four runs, two earned, and seven hits with eight strikeouts and two walks. He hadnt won since July 3.Braden Shipley, who had thrown seven scoreless innings in that game last week, blanked the Mets for four innings before they erupted for four runs in the fifth, two on Syndergaards third homer of the season tying a Mets record for a pitcher.Noahs dangerous. Hes got huge power, Collins said. Finally he got one and the way the game turned out we needed it.Shipley (22-2) gave up seven runs, six earned, and 10 hits in 5-plus innings.ddddddddddddhe Diamondbacks led 1-0 after four innings on Tomas 10th home run in his last 18 games.T.J. Rivera led off with a single and Alejandro De Aza doubled to put runners at second and third with no outs. Rene Rivera brought the other Rivera home with a sacrifice fly before Syndergaard launched Shipleys 3-2 pitch into the seats in right field.Its an awesome feeling, Syndergaard said. I kind of watched it a little on that one.New York ended Shipleys night with three runs in the sixth.T.J. 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