Tag: Hockey
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Olympics: Player amputates finger to compete at Paris Games
Australian field hockey player Matt Dawson has gone to extraordinary lengths to compete at the Paris Olympics.
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MVP: Russian goalkeeper gets AK-47 as prize
Russian hockey goalkeeper Saveli Kononov was handed an AK-47 after inspiring his side Izhstal Izhevsk to a 3-2 victory against rivals Chelmet. Kononov was awarded the assault rifle by the captain having been voted as player of the match by his team-mates. This is the latest in a series of bizarre awards handed out by…
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Fourteen killed in Canadian youth hockey team bus crash
Fourteen people were killed when a bus carrying a Canadian junior hockey team collided with a truck in Saskatchewan province, police said, in one of the worst disasters to strike Canada’s sporting community. The tragedy sent shock waves through the hockey-loving nation and engulfed the home of the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team, a small…