Australia Opens With Win Over Slovakia
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Mark Philippoussis and Alicia Molik outlasted Daniela Hantuchova and Dominik Hrbaty 11-9 in a third-set super-tiebreaker to give Australia a 2-1 victory over Slovakia at the Hopman Cup on Monday.
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Canada continues to look strong at the World Cup of Hockey, leading 2-0 through 20 minutes of play. They are facing Slovakia in the second game of the round robin portion of the eight-team tournament.
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ATHENS, Aug 27: Australia won the Olympic men&#39;s hockey tournament for the first time in history on Friday, beating the Netherlands 2-1 with a golden goal.
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Slovakia defeat the Netherlands 3-0 to set up a Hopman Cup final contest against Argentina.
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Australia&#39;s Samantha Stosur survived but two other seeded players weren&#39;t so lucky after the opening day of the Hansol Korea Open.
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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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GRAND FORKS, ND (CP) - Patrice Bergeron had two goals and two assists to lead Canada in a 7-3 win over Slovakia to open the 2005 world junior men&#39;s hockey championship Saturday.
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Ryan Smyth scored two goals to lead Canada to a 5-1 victory over Slovakia in the World Cup of Hockey last night in Montreal.
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Bangalore, India - Australia launched its test series campaign in India with a thumping 217-run victory in the opening match on Sunday.
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Wayne Arthurs of Australia beat Filippo Volandri of Italy 7-6 (1), 6-7 (4), 6-3 in the first round of the Medibank Sydney International on Monday.
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BANGALORE, India : Australia established a commanding 432-run lead over India on the fourth morning of the first Test here despite losing three quick wickets.
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Australian Jelena Dokic claimed her first significant tour victory in almost three years, beating Germany's Martina Muller in the first round at the Hobart International here Monday.
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Slovakia on Wednesday at the Air Canada Centre, allowing Canada to move on to Saturday&#39;s semifinal (4:30 pm MDT, CBC) here against the Czech Republic.
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Australia has easily defeated Solomon Islands in the first leg of the Confederations&#39; Cup soccer final played in the Solomons capital, Honiara.
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Medium-pacer Stuart Clark rocked England with the wickets of both openers to give Australia early success on the opening day of the second Ashes cricket Test at Adelaide Oval.
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TORONTO -- Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Yashin, and Alexander Ovechkin scored for Russia in a 5-2 victory over Slovakia last night in the final preliminary game of the World Cup.
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Patrice Bergeron scored two goals and added two assists to pace Canada to a 7-3 win over Slovakia in the opening game of the 2005 World Junior Championships on Saturday in Grand Forks, North Dakota.