Khabibulin to miss Olympics after knee injury
Khabibulin to miss Olympics after knee injury
NEW YORK — Chicago Blackhawks netminder Nikolai Khabibulin will be sidelined for four to six weeks because of a knee injury, the team said on Sunday, ruling the Russian out of the Turin Olympics. Khabibulin, who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning to the 2004 Stanley Cup, sprained the knee during a loss to the Minnesota Wild on Friday.
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Lund only warned after failed drug test
Top American skeleton racer Zach Lund will compete in next month’s Turin Olympics after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Monday issued him only a public warning following a failed drug test.
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Kostelic wins super-combi; Dorfmeister avoids collision
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — In a World Cup race that renewed concerns about course safety, overall leader Janica Kostelic of Croatia won a super-combi and American Lindsey Kildow finished third.
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Plushenko, Slutskaya look to Turin as Russians sweep Europeans
LYON — Yvegeny Plushenko and Irina Slutskaya stole the show as Russia bared their teeth ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics by sweeping all titles on offer for the second consecutive year at the European figure skating championships which ended here on Saturday.
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Heil could be first medallist
Canada will play an ace to open the 2006 Winter Olympics - freestyle ski moguls champion Jennifer Heil.
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