DiPietro helps US top Slovakia
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Former Boston University goalie Rick DiPietro of the New York Islanders made 16 saves as the United States topped Slovakia, 3-1, last night at St. Paul for its first victory in the round-robin portion of the World Cup of Hockey.
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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
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Europe enjoy a fabulous Friday to lead the USA 6Â½-1Â½ in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills.
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Tim Henman has booked a place in the semi-finals of the US Open after seeing off Dominik Hrbaty in four sets. The British number one finally beat the Slovakian 6-1 7-5 5-7 6-2 when their game resumed on Thursday, after getting rained off the previous day.
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Lori Chalupny gave the United States the fast start it was looking for in a 1-0 victory over Nigeria yesterday, a win that put the top-ranked Americans into the Women's World Cup quarterfinals.
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ST. PAUL, Minnesota - By keeping it simple, Team USA made head coach Ron Wilson look like a hockey genius last night. Not only did the Americans earn their first victory in the World Cup of Hockey tournament
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That wasn&#39;t easy. Team USA beat Greece Tuesday, but barely, edging out a 77-71 victory. We definitely played better than we did in game one against Puerto Rico, but still not well enough to dominate like we should.
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Slovakia will deploy about 6,000 security forces for next month's summit between US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Slovak capital of Bratislava, Interior Minister Vladimir ...
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The English team of Paul Casey and Luke Donald won the World Cup golf event in Spain Sunday. Casey and Donald shot an 8-under-par 64 in the alternate-shot format and completed the tournament in 31-under-par 257.
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PERTH, Australia  - Slovakia clinched a place in  the Hopman Cup final for the second successive year on Friday  after they beat the Netherlands 3-0 in their last group match.
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Paced by a balanced scoring attack that saw Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) score a team leading 15 points in just 13 minutes, unlike its first four preliminary round games that went down to the wire, the US (3-2) made sure there was no suspense in its
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic  - Former world number one Andy Roddick beat Ivo Minar 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3 to give the United States a 1-0 lead against the Czech Republic in their world group first-round tie on Friday.
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The Capitals' top pick in last April's draft, Alexander Ovechkin, scores to help Russia down Slovakia, 5-2, on Sunday night.
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Jarome Iginla had two goals and an assist to lead Canada into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-0 victory over Slovakia last night.
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Rick DiPietro makes 39 saves, and Viktor Kozlov and Frans Nielsen score in the shootout to lead New York to a 3-2 victory over Toronto on Tuesday.
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Dan Fritsche scores twice  --  including a short-handed goal  --  to lead the defending champion United States team to a 5-4 victory over Russia on Saturday night in the opening round.
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By Simon Cambers PERTH, Australia  - Slovakia clinched a place inthe Hopman Cup final for the second successive year on Fridayafter they beat the Netherlands 3-0 in their last group match.