Newton team wins gold
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The Newton-based Smash Volleyball's 18-and-under girls' squad won a gold medal in the recent East Coast Championships at Penn State University. In a riveting semifinal game against the Flash 18s from Centerville, Pa., the Smash rallied from a 24-15 deficit for a 28-26 victory in game one; dropped the second game, 26-24; then closed with a 15-6 victory. In the ...
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CARY, N.C. - The team that couldn't beat Boston College couldn't lose when it played any other team this season, and yesterday it won the national title.
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The gold medal won by Japan&#39;s male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics.
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n American Paul Hamm, who become the first American to win the Olympics menâs all-around gymnastics title, should not have been awarded the gold, the sportâs governing body ruled on Saturday.
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The United States won the gold medal in softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.
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ATHENS - Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey title for the first time in history on Friday, beating defending champions the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Klete Keller narrowly held off Ian Thorpe at the wall to help the United States win gold over the Australians in the 800-meter freestyle relay Tuesday night. The victory gave Michael Phelps, who led off for the Americans, his third gold medal of the Olympics.
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The United States won the gold medal in  softball Monday, beating Australia 5-1 on two home runs from  Crystl Bustos and masterful pitching from Lisa Fernandez.
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ATHENS, GREECE - Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium won the singles gold medal in tennis, beating Amelie Mauresmo of France 6-3, 6-3 in the final.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The last battle of the Athens Summer Olympics is over. The dispute over who won the men&#39;s all-around gymnastics Gold Medal has been resolved, at least officially.
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Australia won their first men&#39;s Olympic team pursuit title in 20 years yesterday to take their medals haul from track cycling at the Athens Games to four from four days of competition.
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Bouncing back from mistakes Wednesday that would have cost a great team the gold medal on most days, the Americans finished with two of the most dazzling routines of the entire competition to clinch their second title at the world gymnastics championships.
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Team GB win another rowing medal with silver in the women's quadruple sculls.
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Argentina beat Paraguay 1-0 to win the gold medal in the men's Olympic football.
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As the Olympic Games headed into the  home stretch, Argentina won its first Olympic gold medal in  more than half a century when its soccer team beat Paraguay  Saturday.
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Britain took advantage of a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race to beat the United States and win the gold medal Saturday in the men&#39;s Olympic 4x100 meter relay -- a race the American men usually dominate.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.