Navka, Kostomarov Take Ice Dancing Gold for Russia
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TURIN, Italy  - Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov  retained their European ice dancing crown on Friday to keep  alive Russia's chances of sweeping all four titles in this  year's championships.
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(SLOVAKIA-RUSSIA) ~~~~ RUSSIA 5, SLOVAKIA 2 ----- TORONTO (Ticker) -- Alexei Kovalev and Sergei Samsonov scored just over four minutes apart in the second period as Russia clinched second place in the North American pool
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The United States hit its stride just in time to avoid elimination from the World Cup of Hockey. Facing the same Russian team that dominated them five nights earlier, the Americans got four goals and an assist from Keith Tkachuk in a 5-3 quarterfinal victory Tuesday night.
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Evgeni Plushenko and Irina Slutskaya delighted the home crowd Saturday by winning the Cup of Russia with superb free skating programs in Moscow.
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Japan edge out the USA and Romania to win team gold in gymnastics.
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Albert Demtchenko of Russia won the men's singles Sunday to break up a sweep by the powerful German team of all five races at a Luge World Cup event.
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South Korea's Yu-Na Kim shocked defending champion Mao Asada of Japan to take the ISU Grand Prix final women's figure skating title, as France's Brian Joubert won the men's gold.
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The US ice dancing team of Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, Skate America defending champions, retained their No. 1 overall standing following the original dance competition last night.
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Russia beat the two-time defending champion United States 75-68 in the semifinals of the women's world championships on Thursday night, snapping the Americans' 26-game winning streak in this event.
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Russia beat France 3-2 in a dramatic final to win the Fed Cup for the first time.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American Nastia Liukin won the balance beam gold medal at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday.
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Los Angeles was awarded the 2009   world figure skating championships on Tuesday, beating out bids   from Helsinki and Budapest.
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Golden oldies struck gold at the Olympics Friday with German canoeist Birgit Fischer and Polish walker Robert Korzeniowski showing a clean pair of heels to younger rivals.
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NHL World Stars&#39; Mattias Norstroen, right, fights for the puck with Russia&#39;s Alexey Kovalev during an exhibition match between NHL World Stars and Russia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko won the top women&#39;s athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Russia&#39;s Irina Korzhanenko, who won the Olympic shot put last Wednesday, was stripped of her gold medal Monday because of drug use.
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Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were crowned European figure skating ice dance champions on Friday after a perfect performance in the final of the event's three legs.