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Olympic Handball
The handball competition at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 24 at the National Indoor Stadium.
Handball is competed in by teams of both men and women at the Olympics. To qualify, a country may enter up to one men's and one women's team. The teams are divided into groups, and the best teams from each group go on to the quarter finals, semi finals and then to the medal rounds.
The Swedish referee who missed Thierry Henry's now famous handball ... GettyImages Irish players protest to Martin Hansson after the hand ball goal Martin Hansson has refused to shoulder the blame for allowing William Gallas's goal to stand for ...
- Henry handball ref considered quitting (guardian.co.uk)
HOLLOW HANDSHAKE: France's captain Thierry Henry (left) shakes the hand of Ireland's Richard Dunne after their World Cup qualifying playoff match marred by Henry's handball goal. OPINION: Thank you, Thierry Henry. If nothing else, your cheating ...Read Full Article
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- Swedish referee Martin Hansson in Thierry Henry handball controversy... (news.google.com)
- Swedish referee in soccer handball controversy considered quitting (search.msn.com)
- FIFA call crisis talks after Henry handball scandal (search.msn.com)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- The Swedish referee who failed to spot Thierry Henry's handball in the World Cup playoff between France and Ireland says the incident made him consider quitting. Martin Hansson said in Tuesday's edition of regional Swedish ...
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- TheSpec.com - Sports - I almost quit, says handball Henry (search.msn.com)
- Henry considered retiring over handball (independent.co.uk)
- BRIEF-Neville defends Henry over World Cup handball (search.msn.com)
Paris, Nov.23 : Striker Thierry Henry considered ending his France career over the uproar that surrounded his blatant handball in last week's World Cup playoff victory over Ireland. 'Oh yes,' the France captain was quoted in Monday's French sports ...
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Thierry Henry has admitted that he contemplated retiring from international football after being overwhelmed by the furore over last week's handball controversy. The Frenchman dominated the headlines last week after he handled the ball before laying on for William Gallas to equalise against Ireland, a result which saw France progress to South Africa 2-1 on aggregate.
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- Referee breaks silence over Thierry Henry handball (guardian.co.uk)
Thierry Henry considered ending his international career following the furore that surrounded his handball against Ireland in the World Cup playoff in Paris last Wednesday.Speaking to L'Equipe newspaper, the Barcelona striker said that he felt abandoned and alone in the days after the game which saw the French qualify for South Africa on the back of a goal set up by Henry's sleight of hand.Asked if he had considered calling time on his...
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Barcelona, Nov 23(ANI): France striker Thierry Henry had his first taste of crowd hate after his World Cup shame, when he was roundly booed during Barcelona’s 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish league.
It was Henry’s first appearance since his blatant handball, which set up William Gallas’ crucial goal in France’s World [...]
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Raymond Domenech and Nicolas Sarkozy may be happy that France have qualified for next summer’s World Cup finals in South Africa, but the French public disagree. More than 80 per cent do not believe that France deserve to be in the finals and an ...
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- Best handball of the week (soccerblog.com)
Erfolg vor dem Schweizer Bundesgericht: Die Dopingsperre von Eishockeyprofi Florian Busch wurde aufgehoben. Vier deutsche Handball-Teams haben in den Europapokal-Wettbewerben das Achtelfinale erreicht. Alba Berlin eroberte die Tabellenführung in der Basketball-Bundesliga.
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Paris - France's controversial qualification for the 2010 World Cup has hit a sour note with the French public, with over eight out of 10 people disapproving, according to a poll televised on France 2. France beat the Republic of Ireland 2-1 on ...
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- Kilbane annoyed with handball referee (search.live.com)
