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- noun Plural form of
handball .
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Examples
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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- One point and two uncalled handballs added up to a sense of frustration for Toronto FC coach Preki after Toronto's 0-0 tie with Chicago on Wednesday night.
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Obituaries will doubtless feature his deliberate handballs against Fulham and Manchester City a few seasons back, his swiftly retracted diving confession on the BBC and his constant threats to flee.
Didier Drogba feels the heat of change at Chelsea | Paul Hayward 2011
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Reinstating it will require Liam Ridgewell to refrain from receiving red cards for goal-line handballs, Ben Foster to remain in similarly imperious goalkeeping form and Lee Bowyer to keep reminding everyone why he once shone in the Champions League for Leeds United.
Newcastle leave Birmingham City's European boat rocking 2011
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* Toronto Coach Preki was frustrated by the draw and upset about two apparent handballs in the box that were not called.
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That's a pity, considering the Dutch seem to specialize in Mr. Su rez's preferred mode of defense: Their nine handballs are tied for the most of any team in the World Cup.
Heard on the Pitch 2010
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Bowyer's probably offside though maybe not but certainly Rio is fouled by Zigic who then handballs it down into the path of the little racist oik - who shouldn't have been on the pitch after his ankle breaker on Gibson in the first half.
Birmingham City 1-1 Manchester United | Premier League match report 2010
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At any other time, handballs are just handballs and people you don't like very much are told to "get lost" (or other simple words to that effect).
South Africa races ahead in battle of weirdest World Cup stadiums 2010
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But Luis Fabiano's second goal against the Ivory Coast was, if anything, more egregious, as the hapless referee there missed not one, but two handballs in the process.
Soccer Rules Again 2010
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They welcomed the gifts of athletic equipment, including soccer balls, basketballs, handballs, as well as indoor games, such as checkers and chess.
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Not just handballs and diving, but crooked referees, crooked draws and all the rest.
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