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    Handball

    Handball is the name of several different sports:
    * Team handball, Olympic sport in which two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents goal
    * Gaelic handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet
    * American handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet, which originates from Gaelic handball
    * Australian handball, similar to the Irish and American versions, with a defined culture and rule set
    * Basque pelota and Valencian pilota, handball games played in Spain
    * Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
    * Fives, a hand ball game played primarily in the United Kingdom
    * Four square, also known as downball in Australia, a game played on two or more squares
    * Frisian handball (keatsen), a game played in Friesland in the northern Netherlands between two teams of three players
    * Reverse handball, a radical but growing variation of four square in Australia, involving the use of external objects

    Handball can also refer to:
    * Handball (Australian rules football), a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative to a footpass
    * Handball (soccer), illegal use of arms or hands while playing football (soccer)

    Handballing may refer to the sexual act of fisting.

    fr:Handball (homonymie) read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handball

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