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Lightning eye bounce-back performance against Capitals

Lightning eye bounce-back performance against Capitals

BRANDON, Fla. — Jon Cooper is confident the Tampa Bay Lightning will be fine. Experience tells the coach and his players they shouldn't be overly concerned about losing the opening game of the Eastern Conference finals at home.
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Burke and Medunjanin score as Philadelphia shuts out Montreal 2-0

Burke and Medunjanin score as Philadelphia shuts out Montreal 2-0

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact left the field to booing from the 17,140 in the seats at Saputo Stadium and none could dispute they had played one of their worst games of this season.
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Mikko Rantanen scores twice as Finland dumps Canada 5-1 at hockey worlds

Mikko Rantanen scores twice as Finland dumps Canada 5-1 at hockey worlds

HERNING, Denmark — The road to the medal round got tougher for Canada on Saturday at the world hockey championship. Mikko Rantanen scored two goals as Finland beat Canada 5-1.
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Hamilton takes pole for Spanish GP with track record

Hamilton takes pole for Spanish GP with track record

BARCELONA, Spain — Lewis Hamilton ended Sebastian Vettel's dominant run in Formula One qualifying by setting a track record and wining pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. Hamilton had a lap of 1 minute, 16.
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Carapaz wins 7th stage as Yates maintains Giro d'Italia lead

Carapaz wins 7th stage as Yates maintains Giro d'Italia lead

MONTEVERGINE , Italy — Richard Carapaz pulled off a superb final attack to win the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, and British rider Simon Yates remained in the overall lead after the second mountain finish.
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Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finishes eighth in 100 metres at Shanghai

Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finishes eighth in 100 metres at Shanghai

SHANGHAI — Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse finished a disappointing eighth in the men's 100 metres at the rain-drenched Shanghai Diamond League meet Saturday. In the final race of the night, British sprinter Reece Prescod was victorious in 10.
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Stastny helping Jets on, off ice and into conference finals

Stastny helping Jets on, off ice and into conference finals

WINNIPEG — Paul Stastny has made plenty of tangible contributions for the Winnipeg Jets since they acquired him just before the NHL trade deadline. The latest example played out for all to see.
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Germany urges FIFA to ensure doping expert gets Russia visa

Germany urges FIFA to ensure doping expert gets Russia visa

BERLIN — German officials called on the global soccer federation FIFA to intervene Saturday after a journalist who exposed systematic doping in Russian athletics was denied entry to Russia to report on the upcoming World Cup.
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Vancouver Whitecaps get late goal from Kendall Waston to tie Houston Dynamo 2-2

Vancouver Whitecaps get late goal from Kendall Waston to tie Houston Dynamo 2-2

VANCOUVER — After the emotion faded, Kendall Waston was left facing the reality of the Vancouver Whitecaps' 2-2 tie with the Houston Dynamo on Friday night.
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Friday's Games

Friday's Games

Friday's Games NHL Playoffs Third Round Washington 4 Tampa Bay 2 (Capitals lead series 1-0) --- AHL Playoffs Rockford 6 Manitoba 3 (IceHogs win series 4-0) Second Round Texas 3 Tucson 2 (Stars win series 4-1) --- IIHF World Championship At Copenhagen
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