Russia win 2014 Winter Games
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi, boosted by the personal intervention of Russian president Vladimir Putin, won the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday.
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Russia hailed its winning bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday as proof of the country's return to global prominence following a post-Soviet slump, and as a personal triumph for President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia's capital, renowned for its trademark frosty winters, started the calendar winter with the warmest day recorded in December, the state weather monitoring unit said on Friday.
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SOCHI, Russia  - Russia faces a challenge to be ready on time to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials assessing the country's bid for the Games said on Friday.
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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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Geopolitically, the choice made sense. How could they not give the Winter Games to a place whose czar once declared that his two best generals were January and February? The Russians, who have more snow and ice than any country on the planet, have never staged this quadrennial sleighride. Clearly, they were overdue. But when the International Olympic Committee tapped ...
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SOCHI, Russia  - It takes more than a little imagination to see this Russian ski resort in the same bracket as St. Moritz or Aspen.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin put his prestige on the line Wednesday, promising a 2014 Winter Olympics in his country that will feature a stunning setting and vast state support to build a sports complex from scratch.
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The South Korean city of Pyeongchang or the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia will stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games after third candidate Salzburg was eliminated on Wednesday.
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President Vladimir Putin promised rich natural snow and no traffic jams as he presented the case on Wednesday for Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi to stage the 2014 Winter Olympics .
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Fireworks boomed in the sky to celebrate Sochi's selection as the site of the 2014 Olympics, and Russians' hearts filled with pride, confident their long-beleaguered land has finally overcome its troubles.
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Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Yashin and Alexander Ovechkin scored to help Russia beat Slovakia 5-2 on Sunday night in the final preliminary game in the World Cup of Hockey.
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The Russian bid-team from Sochi erupted in euphoria on Wednesday after Olympic president Jacques Rogge announced that the Black Sea resort would stage the 2014 Winter Games.
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Ukraine's Ruslana Taran, Ganna Kalinina and Svitlana Matevusheva won the silver medal Saturday in the Yngling sailing class.
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Alex Kovalev scored the winning goal and minor-league goaltender Illya Bryzgalov held his own against the American stars as Russia beat the United States 3-1 Thursday night in the World Cup of Hockey.
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BORMIO, Italy  - Germany, led by Felix Neureuther  and Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, struck gold on the final day of  the Alpine ski world championships by winning the event's first  team competition Sunday.
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Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup of Hockey exhibition game.