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SKI-FREESTLYLE-WORLD-MOGULSUS Heather McPhie competes during Ladies' FreeStyle Moguls final race at the Snowboarding and Free Style World Cup Test Event at the Snowboard and Free Style Centre in Rosa Khutor near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 15, 2013. US Hannah Kearney won the race ahead of US Eliza Outtrim and Japanese Aiko Uemura. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANOJAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images


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SKI-FREESTLYLE-WORLD-MOGULSCanada's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe waits to start during Ladies' FreeStyle Moguls final race at the Snowboarding and Free Style World Cup Test Event at the Snowboard and Free Style Centre in Rosa Khutor near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 15, 2013. US Hannah Kearney won the race ahead of US Eliza Outtrim and Japanese Aiko Uemura. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANOJAVIER SORIAN O/AFP/Getty Images


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SKI-FREESTLYLE-WORLD-MOGULSYulia Galysheva form Kazakhstan competes during Ladies' FreeStyle Moguls final race at the Snowboarding and Free Style World Cup Test Event at the Snowboard and Free Style Centre in Rosa Khutor near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 15, 2013. US Hannah Kearney won the race ahead of US Eliza Outtrim and Japanese Aiko Uemura. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANOJAVIER SORIANO/AFP/Getty Images


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SKI-FREESTLYLE-WORLD-MOGULSCanada's Justine Dufour-Lapointe waits to start during Ladies' FreeStyle Moguls final race at the Snowboarding and Free Style World Cup Test Event at the Snowboard and Free Style Centre in Rosa Khutor near the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on February 15, 2013. US Hannah Kearney won the race ahead of US Eliza Outtrim and Japanese Aiko Uemura. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANOJAVIER SORI ANO/AFP/Getty Images


'Windies confidence lifted ahead of World Cup final'
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS/CMC) West Indies women’s cricket coach Sherwin Campbell says beating Australia has lifted the players’ confidence ahead of their first World Cup final Sunday.


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BOBSLEIGH-WORLD-RUS-FEATUREA camera operator works in the heavy rain during the Men's 2-man Bobsleigh event at the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 16, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON N EALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images


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BOBSLEIGH-WORLD-RUS-FEATUREA woman poses for photos from behind a cut-out luge poster during the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 16, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Im ages


MOS53. Sochi (Russian Federation), 16/02/2013.- Noelle Pikus-Pace of the USA in action during the women's Skeleton World Cup at the new bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track in Krasnaya Poliana, a mountain venue of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, near Sochi, Russia, 16 February 2013. Pikus-Pace won the competition. EFE/EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV
MOS53. Sochi (Russian Federation), 16/02/2013.- Noelle Pikus-Pace of the USA in action during the women's Skeleton World Cup at the new bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track in Krasnaya Poliana, a mountain venue of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, near Sochi, Russia, 16 February 2013. Pikus-Pace won the competition. EFE/EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOVMOS53. Sochi (Russi an Federation), 16/02/2013.- Noelle Pikus-Pace of the USA in action during the women's Skeleton World Cup at the new bobsleigh, skeleton and luge track in Krasnaya Poliana, a mountain venue of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, near Sochi, Russia, 16 February 2013. Pikus-Pace won the competition. EFE/EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV


DAV101. Davos (Switzerland), 16/02/2013.- Dario Cologna from Switzerland competes during the men's sprint qualification of the Cross Country Skiing World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, 16 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNO BALZARINI
DAV101. Davos (Switzerland), 16/02/2013.- Dario Cologna from Switzerland competes during the men's sprint qualification of the Cross Country Skiing World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, 16 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNO BALZARINIDAV101. Davos (Switzerland), 16/02/2013.- Dario Cologna from Switzerland competes during the men's sprint qualification of the Cross Country Skiing World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, 16 February 2013. EFE/EPA/ARNO BALZARINI


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BOBSLEIGH-WORLD-RUSBritain's John James Jackson takes part in the first run of the Men's Bobsleigh competition in the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 16, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images


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BOBSLEIGH-WORLD-RUSRussia's Alexander Zubkov takes part in the first run of the Men's Bobsleigh competition in the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 16, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images


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BOBSLEIGH-WORLD-RUSBritain's John James Jackson takes part in the first run of the Men's Bobsleigh competition in the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Centre, some 50 km from Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 16, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work continues as tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NE AL/AFP/Getty Images


Frida Hansdotter leads worlds slalom after 1st run
SCHLADMING, Austria (AP) — Frida Hansdotter of Sweden held a slim lead after the opening run of the slalom Saturday, the final women’s event of the skiing world championships.


Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & Skeleton
Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & SkeletonSOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 16: Spectators watch the sleds in action during the Viessman FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnya Polyana on February 16, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events across the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote /Getty Images)


Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & Skeleton
Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & SkeletonSOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 16: Spectators watch the sleds in action during the Viessman FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnya Polyana on February 16, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events across the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote /Getty Images)


Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & Skeleton
Viessman World Cup - Bobsleigh & SkeletonSOCHI, RUSSIA – FEBRUARY 16: Spectators watch the sleds in action during the Viessman FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnya Polyana on February 16, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events across the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote /Getty Images)


Wrestling president quits after Olympic omission
FILE - The Aug. 6, 2012 file photo shows Sayed Abdelmonem Hamed of Egypt competing against Zaur Kuramagomedov of Russia (in blue) during the 60-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1013 to retain modern pentathlon -- the    event considered most at risk -- and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)PHUKET, Thailand (AP) -- The president of the international wrestling federation has quit in the wake of the IOC's decision to remove the sport from the 2020 Olympics.


ICC Women's World Cup Final
ICC Women's World Cup FinalMUMBAI, INDIA – FEBRUARY 16: Merissa Aguilleira, captain of West Indies and Jodie Fields, captain of Australia holding the trophy at the Cricket Club of India ground ahead of tomorrows ICC Womens World Cup Final between Australia and West Indies on February 16, 2013 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Graham Crouch/ICC via Getty Images)


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