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THE 2 EVENTS1 mens tournament1 womens tournamentTHE FORMATEach tournament features 12 teams, split into 2 groups in the opening round. The top 4 in each group advance to the knock-out stage: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Classification matches and a bronze medal game determine the final tournament rankings.MILESTONES130-200 ADAccording to the drawings of a Roman doctor, Greeks and Romans play a game similar to handball.1904Danish fencer and shooter Holger Nielsen develops an early set of rules for handbold.1919German sports teacher Karl Schelenz draws up the first set of rules for modern handball, played 11-a-side on a large pitch.193611-a-side handball makes its Olympic debut, and Germany win on home soil.1938The first world championships are held for 7-a-side and 11-a-side teams. Germany win both titles.1957A first European club competition, the European Champions Cup, is created.1960s7-a-side becomes the predominant form of the game, as 11-a-side is gradually phased out.1972The Olympics return to Germany, in Munich, and 7-a-side handball is included in the programme.1976Womens handball is introduced at the Montreal Games.2004The Danish womens team win an unprecedented third Olympic title.STARSAndrey Lavrov (USSR/CIS/Russia)Widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of all time. He won 3 Olympic gold medals, with the USSR (1988), the CIS (1992) and Russia (2000). He also won 2 world championships in 1993 and 1997, and the European championships in 1996.Jackson Richardson (France)With his flowing dreadlocks, the Reunion Islander came to symbolise French flair in the 1990s. World champion in 1995 and 2001, 2nd in 1993 and 3rd in 1997, 2003 and 2005, he also won Olympic bronze in 1992. Voted world player of the year in 1995, the centre half also won all of the European trophies.Magnus Wislander (Sweden)A centre half who became a pivot, Wislander won two world titles (1990, 1999) and four European crowns (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002). Olympic gold eluded him, though, as Sweden took the silver medal on 3 occasions (1992, 1996, 2000). He scored over 1,000 goals during a magnificent career, and was later voted the best player of the 20th century. Wholesale Flames Jerseys . Each of Houstons starters scored in double figures as the Rockets improved to 2-0 against the Spurs this season, with both victories coming on the road. They also moved within 3 1/2 games of San Antonio (22-7) for the lead the Southwest Division. Flames Jerseys China .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. https://www.cheapflames.com/ . -- Peyton Manning will have all of his wide receivers available for the first time in a month when the Denver Broncos begin their playoff run Jan. Fake Flames Jerseys . LOUIS -- St. Flames Jerseys 2021 .com) - The Chicago Blackhawks aim for their third three-game winning streak of the season when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers in Sundays battle at the United Center. COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Sergei Bobrovsky helped the Columbus Blue Jackets hang around just long enough for Sam Gagner and Seth Jones to win it.Gagner tied it with 16 seconds left in the third period and Jones scored 46 seconds into overtime, lifting the Blue Jackets over the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Tuesday night.Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots, and Nick Foligno also scored.The first period wasnt our best, and Bob really kept us in it, Gagner said. Hes been doing that a lot.Tyler Seguin scored his team-leading fifth goal for Dallas early in the third for a 2-1 lead. Columbus pulled Bobrovsky for an extra skater on a power play in the final minute, leading to Gagners slap shot from atop the left circle that beat goalie Antti Niemi.Jones then won it with a wrist shot through traffic from above the circles.Jason Spezza also scored for the Stars, and Niemi made 25 saves.We did a lot of good things in the first period, set the tone, Dallas coach Lindy Ruff said. We knew theyd have a little bit of push in the second, but its a tough one to swallow because I felt that last minute we had played the type of game were going to win most nights.The Blue Jackets improved to 4-3-1 and swept the two-game season series with Dallas.After a scoreless first period, Foligno got his second goal when he snapped a wrist shot from the left circle 3:50 into the second. Zach Werenski picked up his seventh point with an assist, tying him for the team lead. Brandon Saad also assisted.The Stars tied it later in the second on Spezzas third goal, a charging shot from the top of right circle past Brobrovskys glove hand.Dallas went ahead 1:13 into the third when Seguin buried the puck from a sharp angle just to the left of the net.Both goalies were solid in the first period, especially Bobrovsky, who endureed Dallas 18-shot barrage while his teammates took half that many.ddddddddddddThe Blue Jackets couldnt muster a shot until Gagner managed one with 11:44 left in the first period, which was highlighted by a helmetless Foligno pummeling Dallas Antoine Roussel after Roussel just missed an aggressive check on Alexander Wennberg. Both players were penalized for fighting.The Blue Jackets just returned from a four-game trip out West, and coach John Tortorella said it can be difficult to get players energized once theyre back on home ice.Our first period was just a bad period, but I thought as the game went on we got better, said Tortorella, who is above .500 for the first time in his tenure with the Blue Jackets. Bob gave us a chance to get our legs underneath us. Its a step in the right direction for the team in finding a way to win a type of game like this.Game notes Stars D Dan Hamhuis returned to the lineup Tuesday after being a healthy scratch Saturday in a 4-0 loss against the Minnesota Wild. He replaced Patrik Nemeth. ... Blue Jackets D Ryan Murray returned to the lineup after missing the past four games because of injury. He caught an elbow to the head against the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 21. Dalton Prout was scratched to make room. ... D Scott Harrington also was a healthy scratch for the Blue Jackets. The Stars scratched D Jamie Oleksiak, LW Curtis McKenzie, as well as Nemeth. ... After a 2-1-1 West Coast swing, the Blue Jackets began a stretch of playing eight of 11 games at home.UP NEXTDallas: Play St. Louis at home Thursday night.Columbus: Host Montreal on Friday night.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy ' ' '