UPDATE 2-Van Nistelrooy double helps Dutch sink Finland
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Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal in each half as the Netherlands recovered from a goal down to beat Finland 3-1 in their World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen won for the second time in three races at Aspen Mountain, beating Italy&#39;s Manuela Moelgg by more than a second in a World Cup slalom on Sunday.
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AZ Alkmaar beat lowly RBC Roosendaal 2-0 on Saturday to snatch the unofficial title of Dutch winter champions after leaders PSV Eindhoven slumped to their first
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Jarome Iginla scored twice and added an assist to lead Team Canada to a 5-0 victory over Slovakia in quarterfinal action of the World Cup of Hockey at Air Canada Centre.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy struck twice in six minutes to salvage a 2-2 draw for Manchester United against Olympique Lyon in the Champions League on Wednesday and set a 30-goal European scoring record for his club.
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Captain Stephen Fleming struck a fine double-century as New Zealand looked on way to notch up another win over Bangladesh in the second and final Test here.
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David Vyborny scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period Saturday to lead defending champion Czech Republic over Finland 3-1 and into the final at hockey&#039;s world championships.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy scored all four goals Wednesday as Manchester United defeated Sparta Prague 4-1, improving the Red Devils to eight points in four games in Group D. Support your
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ASPEN, Colorado  - Finland's Tanja Poutiainen won  her second World Cup race in three days on Sunday after  favorite Janica Kostelic fell in the second leg of a slalom.
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Shane Doan scored 34 seconds into the  third period to lift Canada to a 3-2 win over Finland in the  World Cup of Hockey championship game on Tuesday.
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The Netherlands snatched another last  minute victory in the men's Olympic hockey tournament on  Thursday, finally squeezing past South Africa 3-2 in an  agonizingly long finale.
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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Olli Jokinen of the Florida Panthers scored twice and teammate Ville Peltonen added two goals and an assist, leading Finland to a 4-2 victory over Germany in a World Cup of Hockey exhibition game Thursday.
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Manchester United&#39;s Ruud van Nistelrooy has played down the injury he received playing for Holland on Wednesday night. Van Nistelrooy hobbled off with a hip problem as the Dutch beat Andorra 3-0.
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GOALS in either half from Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy lifted the Dutch in this World Cup qualifier today. Marco van Basten&#39;s blundering side got off to a slow start and were put to the test
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Tuomo Ruutu, A-plus: What a player. Hits, scores, etc. Evaded three checkers to beat Marty Brodeur and tie it 2-2 with one minute left in second period.
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ANYTHING Wayne Rooney does, Ruud van Nistelrooy can do better, it seemed, as Manchester United got back to winning ways last night in a superb match with Sparta Prague.