Russia Beats U.S. 3-1 in Worlds
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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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Keith Tkachuk scored four goals and assisted on another to spark the United States past Russia 5-3 on Tuesday in a World Cup of Ice Hockey quarter-final match.
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Martin Brodeur made 27 saves, and Brad Richards, Kris Draper and Joe Sakic scored goals to help Canada beat Russia 3-1 on Saturday night in the World Cup of Hockey, giving the Canadians a 3-0 record in round-robin play.
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Canada beat Russia 3-1 Saturday night in Toronto. Team Canada is now rolling on all cylinders and is getting scoring from everywhere.
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Russia take a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup final against Argentina by winning Saturday's doubles match.
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Russia beat France 3-2 in a dramatic final to win the Fed Cup for the first time.
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With a 7-2 triumph over the United States, impact teens Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin place Russia in the World Juniors championship game against Canada.
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Petr Vrana scored at 2:38 of overtime to give the Czech Republic a 3-2 victory over the United States on Tuesday in the third-place game in the world junior championships.
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Favored Russia has captured the Fed Cup tennis title for the first time, with a dramatic 3-2 win over defending champion France in Moscow.
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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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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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The United States retained the Olympic  women's 4x400 meters relay title Saturday with a commanding win  over its traditional rival Russia.
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With five players in tennis's top 10, Russia sees three women advance to the US Open quarterfinals.
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Olympic champions the United States  narrowly edged Russia 66-62 to reach the final of the women's  Olympic basketball Friday.
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Russia won its first Fed Cup title yesterday by edging defending champion France 3-2 when Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva beat Marion Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the deciding doubles match.
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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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Russia beats the United States in straight sets to win the bronze medal in men's volleyball Sunday, bringing the Americans' respectable Olympic run to a frustrating end.