For tiny Finland, a World Cup championship would be a storybook ...
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The book on extraordinary Finnish hockey accomplishments is a slender volume, no bigger than those comical books about cats that are stacked around the sales registers at Barnes &amp; Noble.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - After 12 seasons on the World Cup circuit, Canada&#39;s Thomas Grandi probably kept on wondering if his chance would ever come to stand atop the podium.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen snatched back the women&#39;s World Cup lead with her third victory of the Alpine ski season on Sunday but played down her chances of winning the overall title.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada remains on top of the hockey world after defeating Finland 3-2 in the World Cup of Hockey final on Tuesday.
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Saku Koivu scored the winner with less  than four minutes to go, giving Finland a surprise 2-1 victory  over the United States in the semi-finals of the World Cup of  Hockey at St Paul, Minnesota on Friday.
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A GOAL from Fiorentina striker Fabrizio Miccoli gave a rookie Italian side victory over Finland. Coach Marcello Lippi fielded only a handful of the players who have helped his side to the top of Scotland&#39;s World Cup qualifying group.
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Hockey is back in North America, even if it's only for the 22 days of the World Cup.
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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After the United States advanced to the World Cup of Hockey semifinals Tuesday night, some of the players already started talking about facing Finland.
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THE World Cup Finals are more than a year away, but disappointment is already taking hold.
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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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At least one women's title will be up for grabs when the World Cup stops off for the first time in the Italian resort of Tarvisio between Friday and Sunday.
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October 11, 2004. The latest round of World Cup qualifiers in South America have produced some interesting results at nearly the half-way mark.
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Everyone kept wondering when Austria&#39;s alpine powerhouse would show up for the new World Cup season and the answer was emphatically provided on Sunday.
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One final horn-honking, flag-waving frenzy for the fans. One last, glorious opportunity for 40 of the world&#39;s best players to pull on their nation&#39;s colours and leave them wanting more in what should be a tremendous World Cup final.
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ST. PAUL -- The United States went into last night favored over Finland to advance to the championship game of the World Cup of Hockey. The Americans were rested, having beaten the Russians here in the quarterfinals Tuesday, while the Finns had to travel from Helsinki after knocking off Germany Monday.
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PARIS -- In a strange Rugby World Cup, England is making it seem like anything is possible.