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Hmm, þeir á Guardian-ólympíublogginu hafa ekki - frekar en ég - jafnmikinn áhuga fyrir öllum íþróttagreinum, gæti maður haldið:

,,11.34pm: What's this on Eurosport? It's live, I can tell you that for nothing. A channel for the people. I'm not sure what this is. A load of Europeans are on an indoor court throwing a ball about into nets. It's like water polo without the water and extreme violence. I think it might be called Throwing Game."

,,11.35pm: Throwing Game is in fact called Handball. And France are 12-11 up with a minute of the "first" remaining."

,,11.36pm: Croatia have just missed a penalty in Throwing Game. What happens is, their best Throwing Man makes to throw the ball at the keeper's face a couple of times, like a schoolground bully, then tries to bounce it off the floor and under Keeps as he makes a star jump. It's a clever move to get past the netminder, but sadly when the ball springs back off the floor, it brushes the underside of the French keeper's front tail and somehow spins onto the bar. Keeper claws it away, shouts a lot, and it's 12-11 at half time to France."