News Articles
-
Hungary wins third straight gold in water polo
by MARK LONG - Sun Aug 24 05:53:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Peter Biros scored three goals to lead Hungary to a 14-10 win over the United States and a third consecutive gold medal in Olympic men's water polo. read more
-
Serbia beats Montenegro for water polo bronze
by JENNA FRYER - Sun Aug 24 04:31:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Serbia won the bronze medal in men's Olympic water polo Sunday, beating Balkan neighbor Montenegro 6-4 despite playing without two of its top players - who were injured under circumstances the team refused to discuss. read more
-
Serbia plays Montenegro without Sapic, Sefik
Sun Aug 24 03:00:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Serbia was playing the bronze-medal game against Montenegro on Sunday without top scorer Aleksandar Sapic and goalkeeper Denis Sefik. read more
-
Schroeder has US water polo back on medal stand
by MARK LONG - Sat Aug 23 07:22:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) U.S. men's water polo coach Terry Schroeder has watched the movie "Miracle" more times than he can remember. read more
-
US, Hungary meet for gold in men's water polo
by By MARK LONG - Fri Aug 22 11:10:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Goalkeeper Merrill Moses stopped 16 shots Friday to carry the U.S. men's water polo team to a 10-5 victory over Serbia in the Olympic water polo semifinals. read more
-
Hungary going for gold again in men's water polo
Fri Aug 22 07:31:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Hungary has advanced to the gold medal game in men's water polo for the third consecutive Olympics. read more
-
Dutch stun Americans for gold in water polo
by By MARK LONG - Thu Aug 21 17:38:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) They walked out together, then stood side by side holding hands and grinning like never before. When the Dutch women's water polo team jumped onto the medal stand to collect the gold medals, the players took several collective bows. read more
-
Australia beats Hungary 12-11 in bronze shootout
by By JENNA FRYER - Thu Aug 21 08:35:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Australian coach Greg McFadden scrawled "We can't be beaten" on his left hand before sending his women's water polo team into the bronze medal match Thursday against Hungary. read more
-
American Wenger back for gold medal match
Wed Aug 20 09:21:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) U.S. water polo player Lauren Wenger will be back in the pool for the goal medal match Friday, two days after team doctors believed she broke her right hand. read more
-
US water polo teams enjoy Olympic medal runs
by By AARON BEARD - Wed Aug 20 08:53:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) The U.S. women's water polo players expected to get back to the medal round at the Beijing Olympics. As for their male counterparts, well, few anticipated quite so much. read more
-
Montenegro, Serbia advance in Olympic water polo
by By MARK LONG - Wed Aug 20 08:14:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Montenegro stunned Croatia 7-6 in the quarterfinals Wednesday, with Nikola Janovic, Aleksandar Ivovic and Vladimir Gojkovic scoring two goals apiece, sending the mustachioed Croatians home without a medal. read more
-
Montenegro upends Croatia in Olympic water polo
by By MARK LONG - Wed Aug 20 05:46:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Croatia now can shave off those Olympic mustaches. read more
-
Villa leads US to gold medal game in water polo
by MARK LONG - Tue Aug 19 08:41:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Brenda Villa was one of the youngsters when she made her Olympic debut in Sydney in 2000, not knowing where to go, what to do or how to act. read more
-
US loses Wenger for Olympic water polo final
Tue Aug 19 05:23:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) U.S. water polo player Lauren Wenger will miss the gold medal game after breaking her right hand in the semifinals Tuesday. read more
-
US, Dutch to play for gold in women's water polo
by By MARK LONG - Tue Aug 19 05:09:00 -0400 2008
BEIJING (AP) Brenda Villa scored three goals, including the game-winner with a minute remaining, and the U.S. women's water polo team advanced to the gold medal match with a 9-8 victory against Australia on Tuesday. read more