Russia wins 2014 Winter Games
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi, boosted by the personal intervention of Russian president Vladimir Putin, won the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday.
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Russia hailed its winning bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday as proof of the country's return to global prominence following a post-Soviet slump, and as a personal triumph for President Vladimir Putin.
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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia lent support to a bid to play host to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, saying his country wanted a chance to show it could stage a successful Winter Games.Putin said yesterday in Guatemala City that Russia, a leading Olympic medal-winning nation that has never played host to the Winter Olympics, had long supported the Games movement.The International Olympic Committee will decide the winning bid today in the Guatemalan capital, with Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea, also in the running.
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Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top  women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,  triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of  doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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SOCHI, Russia  - It takes more than a little imagination to see this Russian ski resort in the same bracket as St. Moritz or Aspen.
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Sochi became the first Russian venue to host the Winter Olympics when it was declared the winner of the contest to host the 2014 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge announced on Wednesday.
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Sweden shut out defending champion Czech Republic 4-0 Sunday to win hockey&#039;s world championship, becoming the first country to win that title and Olympic gold in the same year.
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OSAKA, Japan  - Russia's Olga Kaniskina easily won gold in the women's 20 kilometers walk at the world championships after a farcical start to the race on Friday.
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Russia's Sochi is chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, beating South Korean and Austrian cities.
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Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup of Hockey exhibition game.
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Anastasia Myskina and Nikolay Davydenko won Kremlin Cup finals Sunday, giving Russia a sweep of the women's and men's singles titles.
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Mikhail Ignatyev of Russia produced an awesome display to win the gold medal in the men&#39;s points race on Tuesday. Ignatyev coasted to victory on 93 points after making the vital breakthrough with two of the 16 sprints remaining in the 40km race.
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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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Russians Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were crowned European figure skating ice dance champions on Friday after a perfect performance in the final of the event's three legs.
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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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Russian President Vladimir Putin put his prestige on the line Wednesday, promising a 2014 Winter Olympics in his country that will feature a stunning setting and vast state support to build a sports complex from scratch.
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South Korea surged up the medals table thanks to their short-track speed skating champions but China still dominated the Asian Winter Games with four new titles.