Khabibulin nears deal to play in Russia
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Final details need to be worked out, but it appears Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin will return to his native Russia to play during the NHL lockout.
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Business & money: Brewing giant looking for a partner in a bid to seize control of its Russian joint venture with Carlsberg
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The Kremlin's strategy is beginning to take shape.
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Dmitri Afanasenkov of the Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning became the latest NHL player to head to Europe, agreeing on Tuesday to return home to Russia during the lockout.
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With the U.S. Open and French Open champions, plus home-court advantage, Russia looks as if it has a good shot at winning the Fed Cup for the first time.
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The Islanders signed the veteran left wing Ruslan Fedotenko to a one-year, $2.9 million deal.Fedotenko, 28, had 32 points in 80 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. In 2004, he scored 12 goals in 22 playoff games, including both goals in the Lightningâs 2-1 victory against Calgary in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
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One professional hockey player says the NHL players&#39; association offer to end a lockout is ``a lot of money out of a guy&#39;s pocket to be giving up.
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Alexei Kovalev became the latest NHL player to join a European team during the lockout, agreeing to play in his native Russia.
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STOCKHOLM (Sports Network) - In the wake of the NHL  lockout, three more players from the league have opted to play  overseas.
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While hockey has screeched to a halt many of the world's best players are skating off to Europe where clubs in Russia and Sweden are wooing them with lucrative contracts and expensive perks.
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It took nearly two seasons for Nikolai Khabibulin to post a shutout with the Chicago Blackhawks. Khabibulin stopped 26 shots in his 99th game in a Chicago uniform and Patrick Sharp scored two goals in a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night.
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Jaroslav Svoboda and Lubomir Visnovsky made it 173 NHLers in Europe after agreeing to contracts Monday. Svoboda, a forward with the Dallas Stars, agreed to play in his native Czech league with Olomouc, according
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The Pittsburgh Penguins aren't saying where Russian star Evgeni Malkin is, or when they expect to see him. What they do know is he isn't in Russia and, as far as they are concerned, that's very good news.
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Finally, Evgeni Malkin wasn't worried about hiding his emotions or himself. He signed the contract he wanted to sign, with the team he wants to play for.
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Atlanta Thrashers' Canadian forward Dany  Heatley has become the latest National Hockey League's top  player to move to Russia, joining Ak Bars Kazan.
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Not far from where Maria Sharapova first honed her tennis skills, fellow Russian sports hero Alexander Yakushev, a double Olympic hockey champion, sends a puck flying into a makeshift goal.
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Russia and Belarus are both interested in signing an intergovernmental agreement against bilateral trade limitations, Mikhail Fradkov, Russia s Prime Minister, said after a Council of Ministers session of the ...