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March 26, 2023

Spanish League: Closely-fought games across division

Matchday 19 probably saw the tightest set of games of the whole season so far, with only one team – Sabadell – really winning by a […]
March 25, 2023

Euro Cup Final: Ferencvaros take narrow lead into second leg

In a thrilling Euro Cup Final clash at Alfred Hajos, Ferencvaros emerged victorious with a narrow 9-8 win over UVSE, thanks to a last-minute strike from […]
March 24, 2023

A must win for UVSE – Euro Cup Final 1st leg Preview

There is always an extra cutting edge to a one-nation cup final, but when it comes to the Budapest derby between UVSE and Ferencvaros with a […]
March 23, 2023

Brazilian sniper returns to native national team

Izabella Chiappini, one of South America’s most talented superstars, has rejoined the Brazilian national team after a four-year hiatus. The 27-year-old attacker had previously swapped allegiances […]
March 20, 2023

Exciting finish to Brazilian championships

This past weekend, the Brazilian Water Polo League 2022-2023 (Liga PAB – Polo Aquático Brasil) came to a climax. After some exciting action in the previous […]
March 20, 2023

De Zaan women clinch the Dutch Cup

De Zaan was dominant in their Dutch Cup Final victory this weekend, defeating the reigning champions, the Ede Polar Bears, convincingly by a margin of 13-7. […]
March 19, 2023

Ferencvaros confirmed as top seed for play-offs

The penultimate round in the Hungarian OB I saw 1st put against 2nd, but there was no surprise to see Ferencvaros defeat the reigning champions, UVSE, […]
March 19, 2023

Terrassa close in on top four

As we approach the final run-in in the Women’s Division de Honor, there are no signs of the players’ hunger faltering, with some excellent, high-intensity matches […]
March 10, 2023

Women’s Euro Cup: All still to play for in the Hungarian Capital

All eyes turn to the Hungarian capital this weekend as the prospect of an all-Hungarian Women’s Euro Cup final looms large. Just after noon on Saturday, […]
March 6, 2023

De Zaan top, but being hunted down by Donk

De Zaan occupy the top spot in the Dutch Eredivisie, at least for now, after two extremely comfortable wins this weekend against PSV (24-3) and Het […]
March 5, 2023

Top two stay on course; Zaragoza win for the first time this season

The race for the top spot in the Spanish water polo league is heating up, and the battle between Sabadell and Mataro shows no signs of […]
March 5, 2023

No Europe, no problem for Greece’s top-teams

As Matchday 18 returned a full compliment of games in the Greek A1, for all the participants, the domestic league is all that is left.  For […]
March 5, 2023

UVSE boosted by victory over Eger ahead of Euro Cup re-run

This weekend’s Hungarian women’s league saw the top three teams clinching victories in different ways. One team won by a huge margin, another won by the […]
March 1, 2023

National Champions take Barbara Kalbus title with last gasp strike

Welcome to this week’s USA weekly – a bite size round-up of all the most important action taking place in the US over the last seven […]
February 27, 2023

Champions League: European queens set sights on semi-final showdown

The Final-4 draw for the women’s Champions League was made today, and it’s impossible not to get excited by the meeting of two of the continent’s […]
February 25, 2023

Honours even in all-Hungarian semi-final – Euro Cup

The Euro Cup semi-finals for women’s water polo proved to be just as captivating as the Champions League fixtures, with two intriguing results unfolding today. Ferencvaros […]
February 25, 2023

Four teams march into Champions League semi-finals

After a huge day of water polo, four teams have booked their tickets for the Champions League Final-4 competition.  All the teams that led heading into […]
February 25, 2023

Reigning champions crash out at quarter-final stage

Mataro have knocked the reigning champions out at the quarter-final stage with a deserved 15-12 victory in the second leg.  After a 9-11 win in Piraeus, […]
February 23, 2023

Euro Cup preview: Plebiscito hope to gatecrash Hungarian party

Stating the obvious, the semi-finals of this season’s Euro Cup have a big Hungarian influence.  In fact, it is only the second time in the competition’s […]
February 23, 2023

Will the reigning European champions fall in Spain?

Everything is still on the line heading into the second legs of the Champions League quarter-finals.  Two of the eight quarter-finalists will already believe they can […]
February 23, 2023

Red-White delight ahead of Champions League recovery mission

Olympiacos have once again shown why they are the best team in Greece, with a glorious 13-7 victory over Vouliagmeni.  Aleksandar Ciric’s Red-Whites swept aside the […]
February 22, 2023

Stunning Eger hold off Dunaujvaros

Eger are really finding momentum at the moment, and their surprise 13-12 victory over Dunaujvaros was the highlight of the midweek matchday in the Hungarian OB […]
February 21, 2023

Europe-chasing Alimos dismiss coach

One of fastest growing women’s team in Europe, Alimos NAC, have announced this morning that they have parted ways with their head coach, Vangelis Pateros.  The […]
February 20, 2023

Women’s Championnat: Narrow victory for league leaders

There wasn’t much drama on matchday 8 of the women’s Championnat, but there were two games; one of which was close, and one of which was […]