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	Eurosport - Tennis - Live Scoring and Comments. ATP and WTA Tour. - FED CUP 2005
		On Tuesday, Myskina, who led Russia to their first Fed Cup title in 2004 and was instrumental in reaching the final this year, indicated she would be stepping down.
		Amelie Mauresmo proved her doubters wrong by holding on to beat Anastasia Myskina 6-4 6-2 Saturday and level the Fed Cup 1-1 with Russia.
		Russia beat France 3-2 in a thrilling Fed Cup final thanks to a tireless double shift from Elena Dementieva at Roland Garros on Sunday.
	www.eurosport.com /fedcup2005 (168 words)

	Davydenko Russian cup hero TENNIS SPORT tvnz.co.nz
		That year he also made his Davis Cup debut against the Czech Republic in the World Group first round in Ostrava where he beat Radek Stepanek in the decider to clinch Russia's victory.
		Davydenko won both his singles matches in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against France at Moscow's Olympic Stadium last weekend to guide Russia into the last four for the first time since 2002.
		Russia Davis Cup captain Shamil Tarpishchev paid tribute to Davydenko's tactical wisdom and ability to read the game to achieve success.
	tvnz.co.nz /view/page/417227/598606 (515 words)

	Tunisia at the 2002 World Cup, Korea Japan
		The new coaches are Ammar Souayah, who had led a Tunisian underdog team to win the national football cup last year, and Khemais Labidi, former head-coach of the Tunisian football squad which won, last september, the gold medal at the Tunis Mediterranean Games.
		The Tunisian team, which is the second in Africa, according to FIFA rankings, could not go beyond the first round of the African Cup finals.
		The Tunisian national football team lost to Russia 2-0 in its first game in the World Cup football finals.
	www.tunisiaonline.com /news/worldcup2002 (999 words)

	Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
		France, which lost to Russia 3-2 in last year's finale, will be making its third straight Fed Cup finals appearance and will be trying for its second championship and first since 2003.
		Moscow, Russia (Sports Network) - Russia and France will meet for the second straight year in the Fed Cup finals after both advanced through the semifinals with relative ease on Sunday.
		Russia will be making its sixth Fed Cup final appearance.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /scorecard/othernews.asp?articleID=66369 (785 words)

	Khabibulin out of World Cup of Hockey - NHL - MSNBC.com
		Khabibulin represented Russia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey as well as the 1992 and 2002 Olympics.
		NEW YORK - Russia’s chances of winning the World Cup of Hockey got significantly slimmer Wednesday when goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin announced he would not play in the tournament.
		Khabibulin, who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win their first Stanley Cup championship last week, claimed the process Russia took in preparing for the tournament was his reason for withdrawing.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5227573 (349 words)

	KryssTal : Football (UEFA Cup)
		All the clubs which have been UEFA Cup Winners including its previous incarnation as the Fairs Cup, with a running total of Cups won.
		A list of UEFA Cup Winners by Country.
		Second double of UEFA Cup and League (Liverpool)
	www.krysstal.com /uefacup.html (158 words)

	Khabibulin out of World Cup of Hockey - NHL - MSNBC.com
		Khabibulin represented Russia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey as well as the 1992 and 2002 Olympics.
		NEW YORK - Russia’s chances of winning the World Cup of Hockey got significantly slimmer Wednesday when goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin announced he would not play in the tournament.
		Khabibulin, who helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win their first Stanley Cup championship last week, claimed the process Russia took in preparing for the tournament was his reason for withdrawing.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5227573 (158 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Spartak Moscow
		Year after year it also represented Russia in the European tournaments of Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup.
		Spartak Moscow (A city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation) was created in 1922 as a Folk Team, one that would unite people all across the country.
		USSR Cup 1938/1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1965, 1971, 1992
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sp/spartak_moscow.htm (430 words)

	BBC SPORT Football Other European Spartak lift Russian Cup
		Several months ago Russian tax authorities revealed they were investigating allegations that Spartak Moscow have not returned the profits gained from the selling of the players to the foreign clubs back to Russia - the rule required by law.
		Spartak Moscow have won the Russian Cup after beating FC Rostov 1-0 in the final.
		Egor Titov, the Spartak captain, headed home a cross from Russian Under-21 international Roman Pavlyuchenko to give the Moscow side their first cup victory in six years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/europe/2992074.stm (225 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		Five Japanese musicians attending the city's 12th Tchaikovsky festival were among those injured in the rioting as irate fans vented their anger at Russia's dismal World Cup performance.
		Without doubt, it will not help Russia's chances of winning the right to hold the European championship finals," he said.
		World football's governing body FIFA said it "regretted" the Moscow riot but recalled similar trouble occurred in Russia during the 1994 World Cup held in the United States, and blamed excessive alcohol consumption and inadequate policing.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/107/story_10744_1.html (225 words)

	IG Online: In Our Spotlight
		Now 19, Yezhova placed sixth all-around at the Russian Championships, and won gold medals on balance beam at the Russian Cup and Stars of the World, in April.
		Note: Russia* holds its two major domestic competitions twice each year: Russian Championships (all-around) and Russian Cup (individual events) in the spring; and Russian Championships (individual events) and Russian Cup (all-around) in the summer.
		Although Yezhova won individual medals at the 1996 and 1998 European Championships, and served as Russia's team alternate at the 1999 World Championships, she did not make the 2000 Olympic team.
	www.intlgymnast.com /spotlight/yezhova.html (243 words)

	Russian Chess
		The final of Russian Cup takes place in Moscow region 14-25 November 2005.
		At press-conference before the super-final of Russia Championship the President of the Russian Chess Federation, vice-premier of the government of Russia A.Zhukov informed, that RCF is interested in carrying out of a world-title match between V.Kramnik and FIDE World Champion V.Topalov, but its organization is prerogative of FIDE.
		In the event take part winners of qualified tournaments, the participants of the top-league of Russia Championship and chess players according the rating.
	www.ruschess.com (1528 words)

	Super Powers Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Super Powers Cup is an annual international Rugby Union competition contested by national teams from Canada, Japan, Russia and United States.
		In May 2004 Japan won the second Super Powers Cup played between four nations in Tokyo, beating Russia 29-12 (May 27) and Canada 34-21 (May 30) in the process.
		In 2005 the competition was renamed the Super Cup and the finalists were Canada and Japan, but this time the Canadians won it 15-10.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Super_Powers_Cup (1528 words)

	TennisReporters.net/andre agassi, agassi, federer, blake, mirza, sania, sania mirza, us open, u.s. open
		And now to this upcoming weekend's France-Russia Fed Cup final, where Russia has a decent chance of winning another crown, even though the tie will take place at Roland Garros.
		In the first bit of great news for the competition is some time, BNP Paribas will take over as title sponsor of Fed Cup and has also agreed with the International Tennis Federation to continue their partnership as title sponsor of Davis Cup through 2011.
		Before delving into the Fed Cup and WTT finals, it's time to clean out the US Open racket bag, which is still full of empty cans of Pepsi and Powerbar wrappers from those numerous 3 a.m.
	www.tennisreporters.net /commentary_usopen_091605.html (1562 words)

	ipedia.com: England national football team Article
		The England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships.
		The team qualified for the 2002 World Cup (held in Japan and South Korea) in a tense finale on the 6 October, 2001, with the final goal which gave them the much-needed draw against Greece coming from David Beckham in the dying seconds of the game.
		So far, the highlights of Eriksson's time in charge of England have been a 5-1 victory over rivals Germany, during the World Cup 2002 qualification campaign — England came from behind, with goals from Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard and a Michael Owen hat-trick; and a hard-fought 1-0 win over Argentina in the tournament itself.
	www.ipedia.com /england_national_football_team.html (482 words)

	Amelie Mauresmo, Anastasia Myskina, Dinara Safina, WTA Tour, TENNIS - CBS SportsLine.com
		PARIS -- Mary Pierce and Elena Dementieva will meet in Saturday's opening singles of the Fed Cup final between France and Russia after playing each other last week in a contentious match at the U.S. Open.
		France is hoping win its third Fed Cup title and avenge November's 3-2 defeat to Russia in Moscow.
		This will be the third straight year France and Russia have met in the Fed Cup and the eighth time overall.
	cbs.sportsline.com /tennis/story/8853134/rss (480 words)

	www.scrum.com
		The opening match of the International Rugby Board's Super Powers Cup, contested among Japan, Russia, and the United States, was the highest-scoring match between the two teams, whose rivalry dates to 1985.
		Japan plays Russia in a Super Powers match a week from now, while the USA resumes action at the Churchill Cup in June, and will send a Development XV to Russia in July.
		The USA has opened the Super Powers Cup tournament with a 69-27 thumping of Japan.
	www.scrum.com /news/news.asp?newsid=18415 (480 words)

	EDITORIAL
		Further, there is uncertainty as to a 2003 US-Russia Super Powers Cup match as well because, in addition to expulsion from RWC play, Russia has been fined £75,000, or $120,000.
		Firstly, there is the inaugural “Super Powers” Cup, a round robin competition between the United States, Russia, China and Japan.
		For the player who aspires to don the Eagle jersey and play for his country in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, this time commitment is the other side of the coin that is the currency of rugby dreams come true.
	www.rugbymag.com /archive/2003/february/editorial.htm (480 words)

	Archive
		National U-16 Youth Team of Russia participated in the international tournament in Latvia - Latvian Football Federation President Cup.
		National U-16 Youth Team of Russia participated in the Latvian Football Federation President Cup
		Russia took the second place in the tournament.
	www.rfs.ru /archive_eng/archive_392.htm (480 words)

	ESPNsoccernet.com: Russia Team Page
		Russia coach Yuri Syomin has left three experienced midfielders out of his 23-man squad, named on Friday, for their final World Cup Group Three qualifiers against Luxembourg and Slovakia.
		Russia goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeyev will miss next month's World Cup qualifier at home to Latvia and a friendly away to Germany because of a thigh injury.
		Russia coach Yuri Syomin has quit after his team failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /team?id=454&cc=3436 (272 words)

	ESPNsoccernet.com: Russia Team Page
		Defending champions Brazil will play Russia in March as part of their preparations for next year's World Cup in Germany.
		Russia coach Yuri Syomin has quit after his team failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.
		Russia woke up on Thursday with a soccer-related hangover following another disappointing showing in a World Cup qualifying campaign.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /team?id=454&cc=3436 (248 words)

	Sports and Games/Rugby/Rugby Sub-category List
		The fastest try scored in Rugby World Cup matches is 18 seconds after the kick-off by Elton Flatley playing for Australia against Romania on 18...
		The highest score in an international rugby league game is Australia's 110-4 win over Russia during the Rugby League World Cup at The Boulevard,...
		The costliest cash-only transfer in Rugby League was £440,000 ($777,260) for Martin Offiah (born December 29, 1966).
	www.guinnessworldrecords.com /content_pages/record_subcategory.asp?subcategoryid=82 (248 words)

	BBC SPORT Tennis From Russia - no love
		Not only has Sharapova failed to play in front of her Russian fans in recent years, she has also declined to play for her country in the Fed Cup, the women's version of the Davis Cup.
		Shamil Tarpishev, Russia's Fed Cup captain, has backed Sharapova's single-minded assault on the singles scene, while others have cut to the chase in characteristically straightforward fashion.
		For Anastasia Myskina, the 2004 French Open champion and world number 13, Sharapova's MTV accent is the least of it - it's her Little League father and suspect loyalty to Mother Russia that bothers her.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/sport1/hi/tennis/4176152.stm (897 words)

	'Explosive' Wyatt makes U.S. rugby team (phillyBurbs.com) Intelligencer
		National team coach Tom Billups put Wyatt on the USA 'A' team (the level just below the national team) at the Super Powers Cup in Russia in June, then selected him for the main team.
		He has been told the Rugby World Cup is the third largest sporting event in the world, next to the Soccer World Cup and the Olympics.
		His job is almost the equivalent of a fullback in football as he mostly blocks but does some running with the ball.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/110-09292003-168564.html (659 words)

	ESPNsoccernet: Russia Team Page
		Dutchman Guus Hiddink looks certain to be the next coach of Russia's national team, with local media reporting that he would take over immediately after the World Cup finals in Germany.
		Defending champions Brazil will play Russia in March as part of their preparations for next year's World Cup in Germany.
		Russia coach Yuri Syomin has quit after his team failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /team?id=454&cc=3436 (321 words)

	Fed Cup Tennis: Russian women wrap up dominating season with victory
		The Fed Cup title capped the Russian women's domination of a year in which they won 15 singles titles, including three majors and the season-ending WTA Championships.
		Russia had lost its four previous Fed Cup finals but was led this time by French Open champion Myskina, who had a hand in each of the host's three points in the best-of-five final.
		In the second set, the Russians broke for a 6-5 lead, then served it out at love in front of a home crowd that included former president Boris Yeltsin.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04334/418626.stm (609 words)

	WSW Singapore Clubs
		After that the disqualification was announced unlawful but the game wasn't repeated and the Cup of Russia stayed with Ryazan in 1998.
		The strongest teams in the Russian premier league have been TNK-Ryazan (a town in the Moscow region), Energy of Voronezh (a big city in the center of Russia) and CSK VV of Samara (a city on the banks of the river Volga).
		Russian Cup winner in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000.
	www.womensoccer.com /refs/clubs/russiarefs/rus-history_13june01.html (281 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Tennis / Sharapova Ponders Her Russian Fed Cup Future
		Russian press has reported that the Siberian-born player was invited to join the U.S. Fed Cup team last year and although Sharapova denied any offer was made, questions about her future remain.
		The triumph, however, was overshadowed by squabbles in the Russian camp after Myskina accused Sharapova and her father of being disrespectful to her.
		He refused to be drawn on media speculation that the Florida-based Russian might reject the offer and switch her allegiance to the U.S., where she has lived since childhood.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2005/04/01/sharapova_ponders_her_russian_fed_cup_future?mode=PF (540 words)

	Davis Cup - Match Report
		Mario Ancic was playing Davis Cup for the first time in his home city of Split, and having lost his opening singles on Friday, he did not want to taste defeat for a second time.
		Russia also has Mikhail Youzhny, who won the Davis cup for Russia in France coming back from two sets down [in 2002].
		The Croatian no. 2 was fighting 'for his life', even though nothing could change the outcome of this match, and nothing could take away Croatia’s first ever semifinal berth.
	www.daviscup.com /news/matchreport.asp?id=13328 (842 words)

	EPF Info October 1999
		The final Baltic Cup was held in St Petersburg, Russia.
		Andrey Vendik did an excellent job of organising the Baltic Cup and the EPF has sanctioned Andrey to hold the St Petersburg Powerlifting Cup in June next year.
		Looking back at the history of the Baltic Cup, Norway was the only nation to attend all eleven competitions.
	www.europowerlifting.org /ioct99.htm (842 words)

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