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Handball official pleads guilty to child porn, quits
Bruno Martini, president of France's pro handball league, was given a 12-month prison sentence after pleading guilty to child corruption and child porn charges.
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Handball: Women can wear shorts over bikini
The International Handball Federation (IHF) has changed its rules regarding women's uniforms to allow beach handball players to wear shorts instead of bikini bottoms.
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Handball asked to review women's bikini uniform
The five Nordic countries urged the International Handball Federation "to review uniform rules in accordance with gender equality" after the Norway team was punished for wearing shorts instead of the mandated bikini uniform.
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France sweeps handball as women top Russians
France tops ROC for women's handball gold and in the process becomes the first country in 37 years to sweep the men's and women's tournaments.
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France holds off Danes for men's handball gold
France won the Olympic gold medal in men's handball, holding off a Denmark rally that made it a one-goal game in the final minute to win 25-23 in the final.
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Denmark wins men's handball worlds to repeat
Denmark will go to the Tokyo Olympics as world men's handball champion after beating Sweden 26-24 in the final Sunday.
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Russia wins women's handball gold over France
Russia won a hard-fought contest against France to take Olympic women's handball gold Saturday.
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Aussies in Action Rio 2016
When are the Australian athletes competing in Rio de Janeiro?
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WHO rejects call to cancel Rio Games over Zika
The WHO maintains that despite the increased number of infections because of the Zika outbreak, there is "no public health justification" for calling off the Rio Games.
Handball Standings
| Group A | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 FRA | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 ESP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 GER | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
 NOR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
 BRA | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
 ARG | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Group B | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 DEN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 EGY | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 SWE | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 POR | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
 BHR | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
 JPN | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Group A | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
 NED | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
 MNE | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
 KOR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
 ANG | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| JPN | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Group B | W | T | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
 ROC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| FRA | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
 HUN | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| ESP | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| BRA | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113
USA - 88
CHN - 71ROC
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 39 |
 CHN | 38 |
 JPN | 27 |
Silver
| USA | 41 |
| CHN | 32 |
 ROC | 28 |
Bronze
| USA | 33 |
| ROC | 23 |
 GBR | 22 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 7
McKeon - 5Dressel
- 4McKeown
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Dressel | 5 |
 McKeon | 4 |
| McKeown | 3 |
Silver
| Scott | 3 |
| Ledecky | 2 |
| Hashimoto | 2 |
Bronze
| McKeon | 3 |
 Nagornyy | 2 |
| Melnikova | 2 |
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Indian archers at Asian Games: Events, key dates, format and rules
Here's a look at archery at the Asian Games from an Indian perspective, including who's participating and how the event works.
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Asian Games: India's compound archers are world champions but have a bigger target in Hangzhou
Four reigning world champions, the first ever from India in their sport, start their Asian Games campaign on Sunday - yet they are not household names.
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Asian Games: On big-stage debut, gold-winning teenager Palak suggests she's been around forever
Palak Gulia, all of 17, set an Asian Games record to win gold in the women's 10m air pistol final on Friday.
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Asian Games: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar wins silver in men's 50m rifle 3 positions
Aishwary had earlier combined with Swapnil Kusale (who finished 4th in the final) and Akhil Sheoran to win gold in the team event.
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Asian Games: Teenagers Palak Gulia and Esha Singh win gold, silver in women's 10m air pistol
Palak Gulia set a games record with a score of 242.1 and won gold, with Esha Singh grabbing silver with 239.7
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Asian Games: India win gold in men's 50m rifle 3P, silver in women's 10m air pistol team events
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran won the 50m rifle 3P team gold with a world record, while Esha Singh, Divya TS and Palak Gulia grabbed a team silver in women's 10m air pistol.
