Water Polo: Italian Women Edge U.S. to Reach Final
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Italy's women came from behind to beat  the United States 6-5 and reach the Olympic water polo final  Tuesday, with Manuela Zanchi slamming home the winning goal  with two seconds of the semi-final left.
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The United States retained the Olympic  women's 4x400 meters relay title Saturday with a commanding win  over its traditional rival Russia.
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Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From one foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals. Wambach finished a four-on-zero breakaway in the 59th minute, her 17th goal in her last 18 games, giving the U.S. women's soccer team a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Japan on Friday.
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Italy beat China to win gold in the men's team foil final on Saturday.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Mara Santangelo of Italy, 6-1, 6-2, to the put the Russians ahead, 2-0, in the top team event in womenâs tennis.
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The United States beat Brazil 2-1 in extra time to win the women's Olympic football tournament.
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Kim Clijsters outplayed Vania King 6-0, 6-1 in 55 minutes Sunday to complete Belgium&#039;s Fed Cup victory over the United States and set up a final against Italy.
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Russia beat the two-time defending champion United States 75-68 in the semifinals of the women's world championships on Thursday night, snapping the Americans' 26-game winning streak in this event.
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No. 7 seed Elena Bovina and No. 8 seed Nathalie Dechy advance to today&#39;s final following their respective semifinal wins Friday on Stadium Court at the Connecticut Tennis Center.
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Playing from behind finally doomed the US women's volleyball team. After struggling just to get out of the preliminary round, the Americans were eliminated from the Olympics yesterday in Athens when a late rally fizzled against Brazil in a quarterfinal defeat, 25-22, 25-20, 22-25, 25-27, 15-6.
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BULLETINBC-OLY--Women's Final BKW,0040BULLETIN    ATHENS, Greece   --  The United States won the gold medal Saturday in women's basketball, beating Australia 74-63.
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LONG BEACH, Calif. - Stanford (29-6) defeated Washington (28-3) 30-25, 23-30, 30-27, 30-24 in the first semifinal of the NCAA Division I Women&#39;s Volleyball Championship held at the Long Beach Arena on Dec. 16.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States led Australia 29-26 at halftime of the women's Olympic basketball final Saturday as neither team could get going offensively. The Americans, seeking their third straight gold medal, held Aussie star Lauren Jackson to just five points on 2-of-10 shooting...
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Ellen Estes scored the game-winning goal with just 2:20 remaining, leading the United States women&#39;s water polo team to a 6-5 victory over Australia in the bronze medal match Thursday.
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U.S. women take two of the three medals in beach volleyball
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The United States women set themselves up as the team to beat at the world championships â and maybe next year in Beijing, too â with a razor-sharp and nearly mistake-free romp in qualifying yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany. They scored 245.025 points to take a 3.85-point lead over China.
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Italy and Greece advanced to the gold  medal game in women's water polo at the expense of world  champions United States and Olympic title holders Australia on  Tuesday.