For an Australian team that hasn’t lost this Olympics, the save was validation of the program’s resurgence. Australia won gold in 2000, when women’s water polo made its Olympic debut ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. The U.S. women’s water polo team has lost its semifinal bout against Australia ...

The women’s team is nicknamed The Stingers and the men’s team is nicknamed The Sharks. The Australian women’s water polo team won Gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Bronze at the 2008 Beijing ...

PARIS — It took sudden death to make it happen, but the U.S. women’s run of water polo gold medals has come to an end. Australia beat ... with 2:54 to play. Both teams made their first five ...

The COVID crisis enveloping Australia's women's Olympic water polo team has eased. Five players in the 13-strong women's water polo squad tested positive to COVID on the eve of their Olympic ...

NANTERRE, France (AP) — The US women’s water polo team was eliminated by Australia in the semifinals of the Paris Olympics on Thursday night, ending its run for a fourth consecutive gold medal.

The U.S. women’s water polo team’s chance to continue their quest ... A save on the final attempt between the U.S. and Australia gave Australia a 6-5 advantage in the shootout and a 14-13 ...

There is much more parity among women’s water polo teams competing in Paris this summer, but Spain proved to be the class of the field in every game it played. Spain’s perfect run through Paris ended ...

Maggie Steffens, arguably the greatest women’s water polo star of all time ... couldn’t get her second by Palm, the Australian celebration began. For a U.S. team that had so many women ...

In a matter of days, the U.S. women's water polo team went from the pursuit of a ... in the fourth quarter in their semifinal against Australia on Thursday, only to fall 14-13 in a penalty shootout.