Handball

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Handball is the name of several different sports:

Team handball an Olympic sport where two teams try to throw the ball into their opponents' goal
Gaelic handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet
American handball, a sport similar to squash where players hit the ball with a hand instead of a racquet - originates from Gaelic handball
Eton Fives, a hand ball game played in a smaller number of English public schools
Four square, known as handball in Australia, a game played on two or more squares
Chinese handball, a variant of American handball popular on the streets of New York City during the 1960s and 70s
Australian handball, a variation of Chinese Handball with more rigidly defined rules, popular in schools.
New Zealand Handball, a more tennis styled variation of Four square
Reverse handball, a radical but growing variation of Australian, involving the use of external objects.
Basque Pelota and Valencian pilota, handball games played in Spain
Frisian handball (keatsen), a game played in Friesland in the northern Netherlands between two teams of three players.

Handball can also refer to:

Handball (Australian rules football), a legal method of disposing of the ball and an alternative pass to a kick
The illegal use of arms or hands while playing football (soccer)

Handballing may refer to the sexual act of fisting.

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