... Argentina, Italy and Germany. It would be a big hit back home, too, where fans who couldn't tell a corner kick from a handball just a few days ago have suddenly become soccer aficionados. - Advertisement - "For U.S. Soccer, this is a very special ...

... Russia vs. Italy; men's weightlifting, 62kg Gold Medal finals; women's volleyball, China vs. Poland; women's handball, South Korea vs. Germany; men's badminton, U.S. vs. team TBA; tennis; canoeing, whitewater, at Beijing 7 a ...

... basketball, Gold Medal game; men's volleyball, Bronze Medal match; men's water polo, Bronze Medal match; men's handball, Gold Medal game, at Beijing (same-day tape) 11 a.m. NBC Gymnastics, rhythmic group Gold Medal finals; boxing ...

... the 2004 Olympic silver medalist, and Russia, the 2007 world champion, tied in the day's highest-profile women's handball matchup. Elsewhere around the games: President Bush went mountain biking on the Olympic course, got sandy at beach volleyball ...

... free preliminaries. The final is Wednesday. Americans Christina Jones and Andrea Nott came out of prelims fifth. Women's handball Russia needed two overtimes to beat France 32-31 and advance to a semifinal game against Hungary. The Russians came out ...

... received a tough break on the play as Palmer was called for a handball setting up the penalty. After that, the action went back ... got frustrated. That got us nervous. Unluckily there was a handball in the box, or it would've been a 1-0 game, and we would ...

... within the 28 existing sports in the Summer Games. Also approved were increases in women's teams in soccer, field hockey and handball from 10 to 12, and the replacement of doubles with team events in table tennis. The IOC, striving for gender equity in the ...

... 25-meter freestyle. Group sporting events were softball, handball, bocce and aquatics. Wesley Eggert, Lewis Haden, and Charles ... in softball. David Nutt and Charles Hood finished second in handball Richard and Debbie Bowers won the mixed doubles in bocce ball ...

... executives with a real problem. Just where do you find somebody who can talk skillfully and colorfully about badminton? Or handball? Or tae kwon do? The answers came from some unlikely people. Like Pat Croce. The former president of the Philadelphia 76ers ...

... streets in the city over the next few years from a variety of sources. However, with the exception of indoor basketball, handball/racquetball, and much-used walking tracks, the city has failed miserably to provide public recreation and parks facilities ...