Germany takes title for hosting world championships
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Hosts Germany won the handball  world championship on Sunday with a lopsided 29-24 victory over  Poland, which was a fitting final act to the most popular  handball tournament ever held.
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Berlin was selected as the venue for the 2009 world track and field championships by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) here on Saturday.
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BORMIO, Italy  - The world championships reach  their climax on Sunday with an inaugural team event, which  organizers hope will emulate the success of the Davis Cup in  tennis and the Ryder Cup in golf.
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Germany beat Holland to win the women's hockey gold medal.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Germany, led by Felix Neureuther  and Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, struck gold on the final day of  the Alpine ski world championships by winning the event's first  team competition Sunday.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American gymnasts dominated the women's events at the world championships this week to give China a clear message that they have plenty of work to do if they want to win Olympic golds on home soil next year.
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Sweden has retained its title as world champion after three days of competition at the 21st Culinary Olympics held in Erfurt, eastern Germany, organisers said.
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SIERRA NEVADA, Spain  - Austria's gold-medal winning ski team produced another winner on Saturday when Michaela Kirchgasser won her first World Cup victory in a giant slalom.
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Max Rauffer became the first German man in 12 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Aug. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- World championships third-placers Japan took a sweet revenge on Monday to claim the men&#39;s gymnasticsteam title at the Athens Olympics with a total score of 173.821 points.
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Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem overcome a five stroke deficit in the final round of World Cup play, defeating Scotland and giving Germany its first victory since 1990.
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Germany&#39;s Martina Glagow won a 15-kilometer biathlon event Thursday for her first World Cup victory this season, and compatriot Sven Fischer won a men&#39;s 20-kilometer race.
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Germany will play the opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA has confirmed.
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BORMIO, Italy  - American Bode Miller won the  super-G world championship title on Saturday, eclipsing  favorite Hermann Maier and finishing ahead of a trio of  Austrians to claim the gold medal.
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China embraced its first volleyball Olympic title in 20 years, beating Russia 3-2 in the women&#39;s final in Athens on Saturday. After trailing two sets down, China came from behind to trounce Russia 28-30, 25-27, 25-20, 25-23 and 15-12 to claim the title.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy (CP) - Germany&#39;s Max Rauffer captured a downhill in strong wind Saturday for his first World Cup victory as most of the pre-race favourites struggled.
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Germany was awarded the 2011 Women's World Cup on Tuesday, beating out Canada after winning soccer's last two world titles.