US women set for showdown in sand
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America&#39;s two beach volleyball duos won Olympic quarterfinal matches yesterday in Athens to set up a showdown for a berth in the women&#39;s gold medal match.
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The winning streak is hardly foremost in their minds &#151; getting to the World Cup is another matter. Riding a 30-game unbeaten run, the U.S. women try to qualify for the 2007 World Cup when they face Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Wednesday night.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The US women's soccer team will begin its 10-game Olympic gold medal celebration tour Sept. 25 at Frontier Field against Ireland.
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ATHENS, Greece - Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help.    Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right...
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English soccer has been trying to catch up for years with the women's game in the United States.
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When the US women&#39;s national team won the gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games, it was the swan song for legends Mia Hamm, Joy Fawcett, and Julie Foudy.
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Heraklio, Greece (Sports Network) - The old faces of US women&#39;s soccer bid adieu, while the new faces introduced themselves in a gold-medal winning effort at the Athens Olympics on Thursday night at Karaiskaki Stadium.
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Germany and England have claimed the first quarterfinal places in the womenâs World Cup and one of the two teams may face the United States. The Americans play Nigeria Tuesday and are favored to advance.
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The heavily favored United States womenâs World Cup soccer team will play Tuesday against a mysterious North Korea team whose reputation grows in anonymity.
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The United States beat world champions  Germany 2-1 in a fierce struggle Monday to reach the final of  the Olympic women's soccer tournament.
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Justine Henin and Serena Williams will square up in a battle of former champions at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, while Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic headline the action in the men's event.
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Americans Misty May and Kerri Walsh  continued their unbeaten streak to win their Olympics women's  beach volleyball semi-final on Monday and will face an  experienced Brazilian team in the gold medal match.
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The United States beat European champion Spain 1-0 on Thursday to set up to a quarterfinal showdown against Australia at the Women&#39;s Under-19 World Championship.
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The United States women's soccer team is bracing for Brazil. It knows Thursday's Women's World Cup semifinal will be rough, smoothed a bit by the artistry of Marta, the game's best female player.
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Abby Wambach's bloody head has been stitched, and her toe needs to be numbed before games. Don't worry about her, she insists. What really matters is if she and her American teammates fail against Sweden in the Women's World Cup.
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The U.S. womenâs World Cup team will have a difficult challenge in Thursdayâs semifinal against the Brazil team led by the artistry of Marta, the FIFA womenâs player of the year.
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Two of the top Americans in womenâs windsurfing are competing in the RS:X world championships this week as part of their training for the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.