Basketball : Gasol meets Laporta and has medical as popular return nears

Spanish basketball legend Pau Gasol underwent his medical at FC Barcelona and met with newly elected club president Joan Laporta on Monday as his return nears. The European legend returned to his first pro team two decades after his departure hoping to get ready to represent Spain in the Olympic Games planned to be held this summer in Tokyo. He was also greeted by his former Barca teammate Juan Carlos Navarro, technical secretary of the youth basketball section