US holds on in opener at Junior World&#39;s
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GRAND FORKS, ND - Dan Fritscheâs short-handed goal sparked the defending champion United States team to a 5-4 victory Saturday night in the opening round of the World Junior Hockey Championship.
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The American men answered their critics who said they were lucky to qualify for the Beijing Olympics by finishing fourth yesterday at the world gymnastics championships in Stuttgart, Germany. If not for two falls off the high bar, the United States would have been the bronze medalist. China breezed to its third consecutive title â and seventh in the past eight world championships â by an almost 5-point margin. Japan took the silver and Germany the bronze, 1.25 points ahead of the Americans.
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SAITAMA, Japan -- The European champions are playing for a much bigger prize. The best the United States can hope for is yet another bronze medal.
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Fireballing American Andy Roddick improved his service serve mark blasting a record 155 mph serve in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, win over Vladimir Voltchkov Friday earning the United States a 1-0 early lead lead over Belarus in the Davis Cup semifinals World Group.
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Argentina and the United States both hit six goals, while Brazil hung on for a 3-2 win over South Korea in the Under-20 World Cup on Tuesday.
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GRAND FORKS, ND -- Team USA had its momentum halted at the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship when Team Belarus defeated the Americans 5-3 on Wednesday (Dec. 29) at Ralph Engelstad Arena.
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Canada has that seven-year itch. It&#39;s been that long since Canada won gold at the World Junior hockey Championship, something the team hopes to rectify starting Saturday in the opening game against Slovakia (4 pm et on TSN) in North Dakota.
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Martin St. Louis had a goal and an assist to lead Canada to a 2-1 victory over the United States last night in Montreal in the World Cup of Hockey opener for both teams.
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Team USA finally showed some energy in the World Cup of Hockey, beating Slovakia 3-1 Friday for its first win in the tournament.
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With the 2010 Winter Olympics young challengers are making themselves known at the United States Figure Skating Championships.
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For much of the bronze-medal game against Lithuania, several of the younger players on Team USA were having themselves a good time.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova didn&#39;t show the form that saw her win the US Open, but she was good enough on Wednesday to win her opening round-robin match at the WTA Tour Championships against an erratic Vera Zvonareva.
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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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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- After Team USA racked up six goals in a 6-3 victory over the Swedes Saturday, coach Ben Smith said he hoped his players saved a few because goals were going to be hard to get yesterday against Canada.
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Steve Stricker and Hunter Mahan led the way as Presidents Cup holders the United States dominated Thursday's opening foursomes to lead the Internationals by 5-1/2 points to a half.
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The United States rolled into the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday to remain on track for a third title as Asia&#39;s top team North Korea lost but still scraped through for the first time ever.
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Europe and United States shared a   thrilling 6-6 tie at the Junior Ryder Cup in Newport, Wales on   Tuesday.