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Speed, skill and stamina are key attributes for competitors in Handball, a quick and exhilerating team sport.
Sprinter Allyson Felix might have dashed from Qatar to Texas to help launch the United States Olympic Media Summit on Sunday but the American was taking her time deciding her program for the London Olympics.
Three-times world volleyball champions Italy secured their place in the London Olympics following a hard-fought 3-2 win over Germany in the final of the European men's qualifying tournament.
Seb Coe, the chairman of London Olympic Games organizing committee, said that 75 percent of available tickets for the Olympics have gone to British fans.
Northern Greece embraced Sunday the Olympic Flame that burns for the 2012 London Games on the fourth day of the Torch Relay that will continue Monday towards the Greek-Turkish borders.
Manchester City secured a first English title in 44 years in extraordinary circumstances on Sunday as stoppage-time goals snatched a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers.
Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes admitted the Champions League finalist suffered a defensive "catastrophe" after it was blasted 5-2 by Borussia Dortmund in the German Cup final.
Japan star Shinji Kagawa continued to remain tight-lipped about his future after scoring in Borussia Dortmund's 5-2 German Cup final hammering of Bayern Munich, watched by Sir Alex Ferguson.
Ten-man Barcelona needed an injury-time goal to secure a 2-2 draw at Real Betis on Saturday in coach Pep Guardiola's final La Liga game in charge.
Pau Gasol was consumed by determination, holding off Kenneth Faried with one arm and relentlessly tipping the ball at the hoop with the other in the fourth quarter of Game 7.
The Lakers issued a statement publicly backing Mike Brown on Saturday after Magic Johnson declared the first-year head coach would be fired if Los Angeles lost Game 7 of its first-round playoff series with Denver.
Miami Heat forward LeBron James was named on Saturday as the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player for the 2011-12 season.
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