The auditorium at La Colima Elementary School resembled a Beatles concert Thursday, complete with screaming groupies crushing against the stage.
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Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria won their second consecutive ice dance title at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday.
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Adam Malysz won a large hill ski-jumping competition Friday to reclaim the overall World Cup lead.

“I’m just looking forward to getting in the water and racing,” he said repeatedly Saturday, when the Americans faced the international media for the first time a day before the competition began.
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South Korea’s Kim Yu Na surges ahead in her World Figure Skating Championships debut, compiling the highest score ever in the women’s short program with 71.95 points.

In many ways, Kimmie Meissner’s performance at the World Figure Skating Championships looked a lot like her performance at the U.S Championships.
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Canada skip Kelly Scott scored five in the seventh Saturday to lead her team to an 11-3 win over Denmark and into the finals of the women’s world curling championship.

Miki Ando took the women’s title after edging out fellow Japanese skater Mao Asada at the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday.

Kenenisa Bekele’s five-year streak is over at the World Cross Country Championships.

Spanish rider Oscar Freire won the Milan-San Remo race in a sprint finish Saturday.

Miki Ando won gold, and didn’t even need her much-anticipated quad. Japan swept the top two women’s places Saturday at the World Figure Skating Championships, with Ando taking the title and Mao Asada the …
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New chief coach of the Indian hockey team Joaquim Carvalho on Saturday scotched speculation that his appointment is a stop-gap arrangement and said he would quit if his team fails to qualify for the Olympics.
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After a week of biting jellyfish, Chinese dominance in diving and sequins on swimsuits, it’s time to turn the world championships over to the superstars.
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U.S. swimmer Klete Keller, ranked No. 1 in the world in the 400-meter freestyle last year, fails to even qualify for the final Saturday at the 12th FINA World Championships.

Japan sweeps the top two women’s places Saturday at the World Figure Skating Championships, with Miki Ando taking the title and Mao Asada the silver.

Former Olympic cyclist Damian McDonald was one of three people killed when several cars and trucks collided in a city tunnel Friday, police said Sunday. He was 34.

After a week of biting jellyfish, Chinese dominance in diving and sequins on swimsuits, it’s time to turn the world championships over to the superstars.
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A top Japanese figure skating official did not mince words last year when Shizuka Arakawa became the first Olympic champion from the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Jon Heder and Will Ferrell in DreamWorks Pictures’ “Blades of Glory” Championship figure skating is one of the world’s toughest sports.
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The women’s world curling championship is another piece of ammunition Kelly Scott can tuck into her arsenal.
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