Hockeyroos' Olympic reign ends in tears
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Australia's bid for a third consecutive Olympic women's field hockey gold medal ended in defeat, leaving an enthralling battle ahead for the new champions.
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The World Cup returned to Canada after 13 long years. How long hockey will be gone is anyone's guess.
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Fans of the Montreal Expos said farewell to their team on Wednesday with a mix of jeers and tears after Major League Baseball decided to relocate Canada's first big league team to Washington for next year's season.
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AFTER more than half a century of disappointments, the Australian men&#39;s hockey team has finally struck Olympic gold, when striker Jamie Dwyer slammed a golden goal penalty corner into the Dutch net at the end of the first period of extra time.
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Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands missed qualifying for the semis in the 50 freestyle this morning, and the world&#39;s headline writers heaved a sigh of relief. When the Flying Dutchman was beaten by Australia&#39;s Ian Thorpe in the 200 freestyle on ...
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The scoop: Finally! For the first time in this championships, the team that scored first did NOT win the game. Nursing a 1-0 lead starting the third period, the USA surrendered two third-period goals and lost
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - The Netherlands and Australia both won semifinal contests in men&#39;s field hockey Wednesday and will meet on Friday in the gold medal match.
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SYDNEY: Hockey Australia (HA) defended their decision to withdraw the Olympic champions out of the Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan in December, saying security concerns had left it no choice.
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The Australian women&#39;s eight have been reprimanded for a breach of team protocol over an ugly war of words between crew members after one quit rowing three quarters of the way through the Olympic final.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Jamie Dwyer scored off a penalty corner in overtime to give Australia its first men&#39;s field hockey gold medal and snap the Netherlands&#39; run of Olympic titles.
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Australia has pulled off an upset win in the Olympic baseball semi-final, defeating gold medal favorite Japan, 1-0. Two Australian pitchers shut down Japan&#39;s all-professional lineup Tuesday while Aussie first
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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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Russia's national hockey team played on with heavy hearts, stung by the horror of the school hostage siege back home which killed at least 330 people.
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ATHENS -- They'd known heartbreak before, four years earlier to be precise, when potential gold turned to silver in the final second of a crushing loss to the Aussies in Sydney. There was a mutual weep-athon after that one; it was hard to tell which team had won.
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Au revoir, Expos. The team's final game in Montreal on Wednesday night brought sadness and a flood of memories back for Canadians and former players, who had long ago resigned themselves to saying so long to the country's first major league team.
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Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi won the first Olympic marathon raced from the historic site in 108 years on Sunday, but for Britain the race turned into heartbreak as its top runner quit in tears.
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Australia beat Spain 6-3 this morning to win a place in the Olympic men&#39;s hockey final. The Kookaburras will play the Netherlands, the defending champions, in the final on Friday.