World Cup cross country openers moved from Ostersund to Gallivare
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Cross country skiing's World Cup season openers next weekend were moved to Gallivare, Sweden, north of the Arctic Circle, because of a snow shortage in Ostersund.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - Ken Read says the battle between Bode Miller and Hermann Maier for Alpine skiing World Cup supremacy represents one of the sporting worldâs great rivalries.
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Erik Guay won for the first time on the World Cup circuit yesterday to give Canada its first downhill victory in 13 years. He was joined in the top 10 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, by two other Canadians -- Jan Hudec (fifth) and Manuel Osborne-Paradis (seventh).
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Janne Ahonen of Finland won the first leg of the traditional year-end Four Hills ski jumping tour Wednesday to increase his lead in the World Cup standings.
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World Cup hosts France completed their warm-up campaign ahead of the start of next month&#39;s showpiece tournament with a 34-7 win against Wales at the Millennium Stadium here Sunday.
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Croatia&#39;s Janica Kostelic won her first World Cup race in nearly two years, charging through steady snow and choppy conditions to beat Anja Paerson by more than a second Saturday in this season&#39;s first World Cup slalom.
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Val Gardena, Italy (Friday, December 17, 2004) - Michael Walchhofer led Austrians to fill the podium in today&#39;s World Cup Super G in the Italian ski resort of Val Gardena.
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Ski fans used to a constant diet of Bode Miller and Hermann Maier enjoyed a varied menu this weekend. Thomas Grandi and Max Rauffer, veteran journeymen of the World Cup for
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Italian Massimiliano Blardone wins the the opening World Cup giant slalom race of the season at Beaver Creek.
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Three of the seven World Cup teams playing warmup matches Wednesday came away with wins &amp;#151; France, Iran and Paraguay.
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Bode Miller, of the United States, is airborne as he speeds past a gate on his way to capture fourth place in a men&#39;s ski world cup downhill race at Val D&#39;Isere, France, Saturday, Dec, 11, 2004.
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SOELDEN, Austria Sweden&#39;s Anja Paerson (AHN&#39;-yuh PEER&#39;-sun) has won the season-opening World Cup giant slalom. The US got an encouraging showing when Kristina Koznick finished fourth, matching her best result of last season.
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KLAGENFURT, Austria  - As the fight to qualify for next year's European Championship resumes this weekend, the only two countries to have already made sure of their starting places face their own battles.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy (CP) - Germany&#39;s Max Rauffer captured a downhill in strong wind Saturday for his first World Cup victory as most of the pre-race favourites struggled.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - The final piece might have fit into the puzzle for American Bode Miller. Miller won the opening World Cup downhill race of the season Saturday, serving notice he&#39;s ready to challenge
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Steve Nyman clocked the fastest time in training on Thursday for the season's opening Alpine World Cup downhill while the all-conquering Austrians occupied six of the top 11 spots.
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MILAN, Italy : Inter Milan&#39;s Champions League began with a 2-0 victory over Group G rivals Werder Bremen at the San Siro. German champions Bremen had centre-back Valerien Ismael sent off early and Christian