Women\'s field hockey final set

Goalkeeper Joyce Sombroek stopped three shots in a penalty shootout Wednesday to give the Netherlands a win that put them into the Olympic field hockey finals. The Netherlands and New Zealand battled to a 2-2 tie through regulation time and a 15-minute overtime. New Zealand could then put only one shot past Sombroek and the Netherlands advanced with a 3-1 decision in the shootout. World champion Argentina won the other women\'s semifinal with a 2-1 edging of Britain. Noel Barrioneuvo and Carla Rebecchi scored first-half goals for the Argentines, who reached the field hockey gold medal game for the second time. They won the silver medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney and settled for bronWomen\'s field hockey final set London - UPI Goalkeeper Joyce Sombroek stopped three shots in a penalty shootout Wednesday to give the Netherlands a win that put them into the Olympic field hockey finals. The Netherlands and New Zealand battled to a 2-2 tie through regulation time and a 15-minute overtime. New Zealand could then put only one shot past Sombroek and the Netherlands advanced with a 3-1 decision in the shootout. World champion Argentina won the other women\'s semifinal with a 2-1 edging of Britain. Noel Barrioneuvo and Carla Rebecchi scored first-half goals for the Argentines, who reached the field hockey gold medal game for the second time. They won the silver medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney and settled for bronze in both 2004 and 2008. The women from the Netherlands are looking for their second straight Olympic crown. The championship game will be played Friday.e in both 2004 and 2008. The women from the Netherlands are looking for their second straight Olympic crown. The championship game will be played Friday. London - UPI Kobe Bryant scored all of his 20 points in the second half Wednesday to push the United States into the Olympic semifinals with a 119-86 win over Australia. The quarterfinal victory came after the Australians had clawed within 3 points less than 2 minutes deep into the third period. Bryant then went to work and LeBron James produced his first Olympic triple-double to give the Americans some breathing room. They created a semifinal date Friday with Argentina, a team the United States defeated during group play 126-97. A 3-pointer by Joe Ingles with 8:27 left in the third period brought Australia within 56-53. The Americans opened a 14-point lead at the end of the third period and outscored the Australians in the final period by 19. Bryant hit 6-of-10 shots from 3-point range while James had 11 points, 12 assists and 14 rebounds. Deron Williams added 18 points for the Americans and Carmelo Anthony had 17. Argentina advanced to its meeting with the United States by downing Brazil 82-77. Russia, which finished on top of its group during the round-robin portion of the tournament, downed Lithuania 83-74 to get to the semifinals, where it will meet Spain. The Spanish, who lost to the United States in the gold medal game in Beijing four years ago, outlasted France 66-59.