BRIEFLY : SUCCESS IN U.S. SOCCER BY WOMEN.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Forward Mia Hamm Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17,1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. Playing for many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, she scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male scored three goals in a 20-minute span in the second half Sunday as the U.S. women's soccer team beat Germany 4-2 before 13,107 fans at Soldier Field • • [ in Chicago. The stadium will be one of the sites for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is recognized as the most important International competition in women's football and is played amongst women's national football teams of the member states of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. . Coming off a disappointing 1-1 tie with the European champions in St. Louis last Thursday, the U.S. started fast and kept pressure on Germany the entire match. The Americans have gone unbeaten in America for 36 matches and will now take two weeks off before regrouping in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of for the Goodwill Games The Goodwill Games were an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s. The 1979 invasion of Afghanistan caused the USA and other Western countries to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in . TENNIS: In Mariehamn, Finland, Henri Leconte of France captured his first senior event, beating Sweden's Bjorn Borg 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 in the final of the Delta Air Lines ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate. ATP in full adenosine triphosphate Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms. Senior Tour of Champions. It was Borg's second senior circuit final this season and his second loss. John McEnroe beat Borg in the title match in Doha, Qatar, in the season-opening tournament. BASKETBALL: The Dallas Mavericks and top draft pick Dirk Nowitzki are in agreement about the last major hurdle that must be cleared before the German sensation commits to play in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= next season. Shortly after their Frankfurt-to-Dallas flight was greeted by a sizable crowd of Mavericks fans and employees at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, representatives from both sides pinpointed the reception Nowitzki gets from his future teammates as a deal-clincher. Thus, a barbecue has been scheduled tonight at coach-general manager Don Nelson's house to introduce the 20-year-old to Michael Finley, Samaki Walker, Shawn Bradley and any other Mavericks in town. OLYMPICS: The U.S. Olympic Committee earmarked $26 million for a program it hopes will lead to more U.S. medalists at the 2000 and 2002 Olympic Games. A total of $18 million will go to Podium 2002, a grant program aimed at U.S. winter sports athletes and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. A total of $8 million was allocated to Venture 2000 and will be used by U.S. summer sports athletes preparing for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. |
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