Pikus-Pace slides to third World Cup win, weekly honor
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com. The new Olympic sport of skeleton provided two of the feel-good stories of the Salt Lake Games from a US perspective. The ever-personable Tristan Gale won the women&#39;s race, with Lea Ann Parsley taking silver.
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Team USA finally showed some energy in the World Cup of Hockey, beating Slovakia 3-1 Friday for its first win in the tournament.
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The skier from Canmore, Alta., won a giant slalom race Tuesday for his second World Cup victory in three days. He overtook Switzerland&#39;s Didier Cuche, who led after the first run, posting a combined two-run time of two minutes 15.90 seconds.
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Bode Miller won the grueling Stelvio downhill yesterday in Bormio, Italy, for his first World Cup victory since breaking away from the U.S. Ski Team.
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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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The United States rolled into the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday to remain on track for a third title as Asia&#39;s top team North Korea lost but still scraped through for the first time ever.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy (CP) - Germany&#39;s Max Rauffer captured a downhill in strong wind Saturday for his first World Cup victory as most of the pre-race favourites struggled.
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This third-place game had meaning &amp;#151; for Germany, at least. Capping a jubilant World Cup in style, the hosts defeated Portugal 3-1 Saturday on two sensational goals by Bastian Schweinsteiger. He also set up the third, when his free kick was deflected in for an own-goal by Portugal&#039;s Armando Petit.
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The Czech Republic scored three goals in three minutes during the second period and routed Germany 7-2 Friday in the World Cup of Hockey.
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The idea is to put the ball in the net, not just keep it out. Ukraine figured that out a lot quicker than Switzerland in the shootout Monday night. And the World Cup newcomers are headed to the quarterfinals because of it.
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Bayer Leverkusen scored three times in the second half to beat Dynamo Kiev 3-0 on Wednesday and reach the knockout phase of the Champions League as Group B winners, ahead of Real Madrid.
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Hosts Germany come from behind to beat Australia 4-3 and win the World Cup.
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Marlies Schild won for the second time in as many days Wednesday, posting the fastest time in both runs to capture a night slalom to go along with her World Cup giant slalom victory on Tuesday.
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Talk about a change of scenery. Just more than two months ago, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi lifted the World Cup trophy before a packed stadium, with hundreds of millions watching around the world.
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Favorites or underdogs in the Ryder Cup, it doesn't matter to the Europeans. They boasted of having their best team ever, then backed it up in dominant fashion by turning the Ryder Cup into another rout Sunday to win for an unprecedented third straight time.
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Bode Miller's three-race winning streak ended Thursday, but the American still added to his commanding lead in the World Cup overall standings by finishing second to Austria's Stephan Goergl in a Super G.
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American Bode Miller blitzed to victory in a World Cup super-G on Sunday, completing a weekend of career firsts to earn a place among Alpine skiing&#39;s all-time greats.