BRIEFLY : CZECHS WIN WORLD TITLE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Jan Hlavac beat Finnish goalie Miikka Kiprusoff Miikka Sakari Kiprusoff (born October 26, 1976 in Turku, Finland) is a professional hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Calgary Flames. He captured the 2006 Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League's best goaltender. at 16:32 of overtime, giving the Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. its second World Hockey Championships title in four years Sunday in Lillehammer, Norway. Finland, last year's losing finalist to Sweden, won Sunday's second final game 4-1 to force the overtime. The Czech Republic won the opener 3-1 Saturday. Hlavac scored on a breakaway after taking Roman Simicek's pass at mid-ice. Kiprusoff saved Hlavac's first attempt with a backhand shot but couldn't stop the second. ``It was the best goal of my life,'' Hlavac said. ``It was amazing. When I got it in, all my teammates jumped on me, choking me. I couldn't breath. But we're all heroes.'' SOCCER: Mia Hamm Mia Hamm (born Mariel Margaret Hamm on March 17,1972 in Selma, Alabama) is a former American soccer player. Playing for many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team, she scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male tied the career record for international goals with her 107th, helping the U.S. women's team to a 3-0 victory over the Netherlands in Chicago. She scored in the 53rd minute of the tuneup for next month's Women's World Cup The Women's World Cup could refer to either the:
She shares the goals record with Italy's Elisabetta Vignotto, who played in the 1970s and 1980s. Hamm could take sole possession of the record Saturday, when the United States plays Brazil. Manchester United, behind substitute Andy Cole's goal in the 47th minute, won its fifth Premier League title in seven seasons with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in London. United faces Newcastle on Saturday in the F.A. Cup final at Wembley and then goes against Bayern Munich in Barcelona, Spain, May 26 for the European Champions Cup European Champions Cup may refer to one of the following sports tournaments:
VOLLEYBALL: In Huntington Beach, Karch Kiraly, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX All-American, teamed up with Adam Johnson, who played at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , to win the men's championship in the first tournament of the inaugural Oldsmobile Alero Beach Volleyball Series. Lisa Arce and Barbra Fontana split $20,000 after winning the women's final. |
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