As the Balkans' landscape shifted and settled, water polo crossed all borders -- a big reason Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia remain in the medal hunt in Beijing. More...

Hungary and the United States -- yes, the USA -- will play Sunday for the gold medal. Two time defending champion Hungary advanced past Montenegro in one semifinal, while upstart USA took down Serbia 10-5. More...

Goalkeeper Emma Knox blocked Rita Dravucz's penalty shot, the final one of a shootout, to give Australia a 12-11 (SO) victory over Hungary in the women's bronze-medal match. More...

The U.S. women's water polo players expected to get back to the medal round at the Beijing Olympics. As for their male counterparts, well, few anticipated quite so much. More...

The Netherlands' Danielle De Bruijn scored the game winning goal against the United States helping her team win the women's gold medal in Beijing. More...

The gold medal wasn't won easily, but it was won. A last minute goal by The Netherlands upset the favored United States, giving the Dutch its first Olympic gold medal in women's water polo. More...

The gold medal match between heavily favored Hungary and the United States will be one of the last events of the Beijing Olympics. John Walters argues in many ways it also will be one of the most intriguing. More...

Serbia defeated former countrymen Montenegro, 6-4, for the bronze medal in men's water polo. It was Serbia's second bronze medal and 10th overall. More...

So the men's Final Four is set in stone. Montenegro defeated Croatia, 7-6, and will play Hungary in one semifinal. Serbia took down Spain, 9-5, and will face the USA in the other. The games begin Friday. More...

Powered by stout defense and superb goalkeeping from Merrill Moses, the U.S men's water polo team muscled its way to a 7-5 win over world No. 1 and gold-medal favorite Croatia. More...

Erzsebet Valkai sat on the edge of the pool, legs dangling in the water, hands covering her face, tears rolling down her cheeks. Her first missed penalty shot in three years with the Italian national team came at the worst possible time. And everyone knew it. More...

U.S. water polo player Lauren Wenger will be back in the pool for the goal medal match Friday, two days after team doctors believed she broke her right hand. X-rays revealed no broken bones, U.S. coach Guy Baker said Thursday, and Wenger has been cleared to play against the Netherlands. More...

BEIJING (AP) - Serbia was playing the bronze-medal game against Montenegro on Sunday without top scorer Aleksandar Sapic and goalkeeper Denis Sefik. More...

U.S. water polo player Lauren Wenger will miss the gold medal game after breaking her right hand in the semifinals Tuesday. More...

A barrage of third period goals broke a tied game wide open, sending the U.S women past Australia and onto the gold-medal match. They will face the winner of Hungary and Netherlands. More...

The Americans continued their improbable run in Beijing with an 8-7 victory over Germany on Monday, winning their preliminary group and earning an automatic berth in the water polo semifinals. More...

It had to end sometime. The USA, who surprised everyone by advancing to the Olympic final, lost to world power Hungary, 14-10. It was Hungary's third consecutive Olympic gold. USA won the silver. More...

It was 1988 the last time the U.S men played for the gold medal. The captain of that silver-medal squad, Terry Schroeder, leads USA again in 2008, this time as head coach. More...

Brenda Villa scored three goals, including the game-winner with a minute remaining, and the U.S. women's water polo team advanced to the gold medal match with a 9-8 victory against Australia on Tuesday. More...

The Russians allowed the first six goals, losing 12-7 to the U.S., and finished 0-3 in the preliminary round of women's Olympic water polo. The European champions get one more chance for a victory Sunday. Team USA advanced to the semifinals. More...

Serbia defeated former countrymen Montenegro, 6-4, for the bronze medal in men's water polo. It was Serbia's second bronze medal and 10th overall. More...

The Netherlands' Danielle De Bruijn scored the game winning goal against the United States helping her team win the women's gold medal in Beijing. More...

It was 1988 the last time the U.S men played for the gold medal. The captain of that silver-medal squad, Terry Schroeder, leads USA again in 2008, this time as head coach. More...

It had to end sometime. The USA, who surprised everyone by advancing to the Olympic final, lost to world power Hungary, 14-10. It was Hungary's third consecutive Olympic gold. USA won the silver. More...

It had to end sometime. The USA, who surprised everyone by advancing to the Olympic final, lost to world power Hungary, 14-10. It was Hungary's third consecutive Olympic gold. USA won the silver. More...