Carmelo Anthony: US 'confident' of basketball gold

The United States basketball team is the defending Olympic champion from Beijing in 2008. Carmelo Anthony was a member of that team and is backing the current squad to repeat that success.

In London he's joined by some of the biggest names from the NBA including Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. They inherit the mantle of the famous Dream Team from the 1990s which almost strolled to the gold medal.

Can they do that again? David Willis talks to Carmelo Anthony.

You can watch the full interview on Extratime on BBC World News on Tuesday 24 July at 0330 GMT, 0830 GMT, 1530 GMT & 2030 GMT and on Tuesday 25 July on the BBC News Channel at 0430 and on Wednesday 25 July at 0030 BST & 0430 BST.