Tough Finns set to face US
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ST. PAUL, Minn.â&quot;Create Our Day&quot; has become the rallying cry of Team Finland as it aims for its first championship in a World Cup event.
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Pierre Mignoni, Imanol Harinordoquy and Cedric Heymans come into the France side for Saturday's clash against Scotland.
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GRAND FORKS, ND -- The US will get an opportunity to defend its world junior hockey crown, but it will have to do it the hard way.
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ROME : Six new faces and a former favourite will get the chance to impress as Marcello Lippi&#39;s experimental Italy team host Finland in an international friendly in Sicily.
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Man Utd's Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira of Arsenal face a battle to be fit for Sunday.
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TORONTO - Signs of national pride were laid out carefully across Finland&#39;s dressing room yesterday. A pair of Finnish flags hung from the ceiling and two more were fastened to the walls.
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Australia beat Spain 6-3 this morning to win a place in the Olympic men&#39;s hockey final. The Kookaburras will play the Netherlands, the defending champions, in the final on Friday.
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There were about 40 seconds left. The Finns had pulled their goaltender. Coach Pat Quinn had to put out someone to protect Canada&#39;s one-goal lead in the final of the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday night.
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ASPEN, COLO. - Figuring she had no chance of catching the leader, Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill without fear.
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Finland takes on Canada in the finals of the World Cup of Ice Hockey Tuesday in Toronto, Canada, and it might be the only ice hockey fans see for several months.
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PUNTERS willing to risk a wager on Scotland tomorrow face a tougher test than usual. With Berti Vogts in charge, the safest punt was backing our opponents and we suffered some horrendous friendly
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Canada will play Finland for the World Cup of Hockey on Tuesday, but the tournament has evoked limited passion among fans.
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Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (centre) and Swedish colleague Goran Persson are to meet on Monday in the towns of Tornio and Haparanda on adjacent banks of the Tornionjoki border river in Lapland.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland
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Before Friday night&#39;s semifinal in the World Cup of Hockey, coach Raimo Summanen of Finland and coach Ron Wilson of the US discussed different opponents.
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Italia (4-4-2): Pelizzoli; Zaccardo, Barzagli, Materazzi, Chiellini; Esposito, Blasi, De Rossi, Mauri; Toni, Miccoli. All. Lippi. Finlandia (4-3-3): Jaaskelainen; Nurmela, Kuivasto, Pasoja, Kallio; Eremenko, Litmanen, Vayrynen; Johansson, Kuqi, Kolkka.
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Miikka Kiprusoff is carrying the weight of a small European country aching for athletic success.