2010 Olympic Games

When the women’s hockey teams from Canada and the United States face each other in this week’s Four Nations Cup, it will be a peek into the sport’s biggest rivalry.

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Olympic Preview: Canada, U.S. Women’s Hockey Teams to Meet in Four Nations Cup

MINSK – American-Canadian coach Glen Hanlon announced his resignation as the head coach of the Belarusian national team with just over three months left to the Olympic Games. Hanlon returned to the program last year and led Belarus to the quarterfinals of the 2009 IIHF World Championship, as he did in 2006.

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Belarus coach steps down

The most eye-popping sight on Halloween this year? It had to be Count Duckula driving a Trojan hearse into the ground

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Sideline Chatter: tough night for USC on Halloween

NEW YORK (AP) — Of the many countries participating at the Vancouver Olympics, add Colbert Nation to the list. On Monday’s “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert announced his show has become the primary sponsor of the U.S. Speedskating team

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Colbert goes for gold, sponsors US speedskating team for 2010 Vancouver Olympics

Canadians are already finding unique — and bone-chilling — ways to transport the Olympic torch.

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Hardy Canadians Give Torch a Ride

MOSCOW – The Russian Hockey Federation published a candidate list for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver containing 50 names. The list includes 19 NHL players – nearly every Russian who plays in the league – and 31 players from the Russian KHL

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Bykov’s 50 Olympic hopefuls

AP – British officials have acquired a $64 million radio communications system to boost security for the 2012 London Olympics.

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Radio communications system in place for Olympics
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There could be a new Olympic event for anyone trying to drive in downtown Vancouver, B.C., or to Whistler during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February marathon traffic snarls. The winning strategy?

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Go car-free to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver

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Ruth Sadler, left, hands off the Olympic Torch to Raph Bruhwiler as he surfs at Long Beach in Pacific Rim National Park located near Tofino, B.C. The…

VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — Triathlon gold medalist Simon Whitfield and speedskating champion Catriona Le May Doan joined to light a torch for the Vancouver Games on Friday, kicking off the longest domestic torch relay in Olympic history.

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Protest marks beginning of Olympic torch relay