While their swimming and diving counterparts face their own challenges, they pale in comparison to the physicality required above and especially below the water in polo. Similar to taking a glance ...

Australia won gold in 2000, when women’s water polo made its Olympic debut, but hasn’t medaled since taking bronze in 2012. For the U.S., Palm’s block closed the chapter on an impressive ...

Women's water polo stars have been wearing extremely high-cut, skin-tight swimsuits at the Paris Olympics - and the look has nothing to do with fashion. Australia's Stingers team - who beat three ...

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 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 ...

PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) - Three more Australian women's water polo players have tested positive for COVID ahead of the Paris Games, the country's Olympic team chief Anna Meares said on Wednesday ...

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 the U.S. in sudden death in a thrilling semifinal match ...

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 ...

There is a desperate paradox about finishing second in a major tournament. As Australia's women's water polo players hugged on the side of the pool, their disappointment and heartache was evident.

Paris (AFP) – Australia's Bronte Halligan walked out of the pool after her team's 9-6 victory over Greece in the women's water polo quarter-final on Tuesday and took a moment to reflect on the ...

Australia's Stingers have defied all the odds to dethrone three-time defending women's water polo champions the USA in a dramatic penalty shootout and muscle themselves into the Olympic gold medal ...