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Reinfried Herbst of Austria won the men's World Cup slalom opener on Sunday, and American Bode Miller was disqualified in his first race of the season.
Maria Riesch of Germany won the opening women's World Cup slalom Saturday, edging Lindsey Vonn of the United States by 0.08 seconds.
For the second straight game, a veteran stepped up and helped the St. Louis Blues rally past the Detroit Red Wings.
Paul Kariya scored two goals as the St. Louis Blues rallied to edge the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in their opening game of the NHL regular season Friday.
Peter Forsberg scored the game-winner in overtime and set up the other goal Saturday as his hometown team Modo edged Djurgarden 2-1 in the Swedish Elite League.
Peter Forsberg scored less than six minutes into his comeback game but his hometown team Modo lost 4-2 to Frolunda in a Swedish Elite League opener on Thursday.
Tyson Gay overcame a poor start to edge fellow American Darvis Patton in the 100 meters at the DN Gala meet on Friday, clocking a wind-aided 9.79 seconds.
Asafa Powell overcame a poor start to win the 100 meters in a photo finish at the Bislett Games on Friday, but fell short of clocking his 50th time under 10 seconds.
Ruslan Chagaev failed a "medical requirement" on Friday, forcing his challenge for Nikolai Valuev's WBA heavyweight title to be called off a day before the fight.
Bode Miller hadn't stepped on the podium after a World Cup slalom event since winning in 2004.
Lindsey Vonn felt right at home north of the Arctic Circle.
Bode Miller skied a near-flawless run Saturday to win a World Cup downhill by 0.40 seconds over Didier Cuche of Switzerland.
Big-serving Ivo Karlovic had 27 aces in defeating Thomas Johansson 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 Sunday to win the Stockholm Open for his third career ATP title.
Back in Europe, the U.S. soccer team lost — as usual. Kim Kallstrom scored in the 56th minute to lead Sweden over the United States 1-0 Wednesday night and send the Americans to their first four-game losing streak in a decade.
A few dozen family and friends of Ingmar Bergman attended his funeral Saturday on the small Swedish island where he spent his final years — a low-key affair in keeping with the legendary filmmaker's wishes.
Sweden shut out defending champion Czech Republic 4-0 Sunday to win hockey's world championship, becoming the first country to win that title and Olympic gold in the same year.
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