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Ice Hockey - U.S through to world championships quarter-finals [May 12, 2013] Teenage goalkeeper John Gibson recorded a shutout as the United States beat Germany 3-0 to book their place in the quarter-finals of the ice hockey world [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Brasil Cup women's singles results [Feb 27, 2013] Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat 8-Annika Beck (Germany) 7-6(6) 6-4 Round 1Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat 3-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 2-6 6-4 6-4 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-3 6-0 Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) beat Connie Hsu (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 Timea Babos (Hungary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Tennis-Brasil Cup women's singles results [Feb 27, 2013] Feb 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Brasil Cup Women's Singles matches on Tuesday Round 2Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat 8-Annika Beck (Germany) 7-6(6) 6-4 Round 1Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat 3-Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 2-6 6-4 6-4 5-Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia) beat Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) 6-3 6-0 Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil) beat Connie Hsu (U.S.) 6-1 6-2 Timea Babos (Hungary ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ukraine looking to agree delivery of 7 bcm of gas via Hungary, Slovakia in 2013 [Feb 26, 2013] Feb. 26, 2013, 2:33 p.m. | Ukraine ? by Interfax-Ukraine Ukraine plans to sign agreements for the reverse delivery of natural gas from Germany through Hungary and Slovakia in the amount of 7 billion cubic meters (bcm) this year, the deputy chief of national oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy, Vadym Chuprun, has said. [via YahooNews] More >>

UPDATE 2-Tennis-Dubai Championships women's singles round 1 results [Feb 19, 2013] Feb 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Dubai Championships Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 6-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-2 6-1 Nadia Petrova (Russia) beat Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 5-7 6-3 6-2 5-Sara Errani (Italy) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-3 4-6 6-4 [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 29, 2013] Jan 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Tuesday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 528 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 495 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 435 4. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 395 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 354 6. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 263 8. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 255 9. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 29, 2013] Jan 29 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Tuesday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 528 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 495 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 435 4. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 395 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 354 6. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 263 8. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 255 9. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 27, 2013] Jan 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Sunday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 468 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 455 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 355 3=. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 355 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 314 6. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 7. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 255 8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 248 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 177 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 27, 2013] Jan 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Sunday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 468 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 455 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 355 3=. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 355 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 314 6. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 7. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 255 8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 248 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 177 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 27, 2013] Jan 27 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Sunday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 468 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 455 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 355 3=. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 355 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 314 6. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 7. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 255 8. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 248 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 177 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovak FinMin backs Dutch counterpart to head Eurogroup [Jan 18, 2013] BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia's Finance Minister Peter Kazimir said on Friday he supported Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem's candidacy for the chairmanship of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers. The finance ministers will meet on Monday and are expected to decide who will replace the outgoing chairman Jean-Claude Juncker. Earlier on Friday, Finland and Germany expressed ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 16, 2013] Jan 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Tuesday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 436 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 355 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 305 4. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 290 5. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 6. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 275 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 248 8. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 195 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 177 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 16, 2013] Jan 15 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Tuesday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 436 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 355 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 305 4. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 290 5. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 6. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 275 7. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 248 8. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 195 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 177 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Canadian juniors rally for 6-3 win over Slovakia [Jan 05, 2013] UFA, Russia ? It?s hard to imagine that Canadian officials would have designed a schedule much different than the one they were presented with at the World Junior Hockey Championship. First there was a game against Germany, which proved to [...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Alpine Skiing-World Cup women's standings [Jan 04, 2013] Jan 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Standings from the World Cup Women's on Friday SlalomPoints 1. Mikaela Shiffrin (U.S.) 336 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 310 3. Veronika Velez Zuzulova (Slovakia) 305 4. Maria Hoefl-Riesch (Germany) 279 5. Tanja Poutiainen (Finland) 230 6. Maria Pietilae-Holmner (Sweden) 212 7. Kathrin Zettel (Austria) 195 7=. Frida Hansdotter (Sweden) 195 9. Erin Mielzynski (Canada) 151 10 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Ceresnak scores in overtime; Slovakia defeats Germany, 2-1 [Dec 31, 2012] Peter Ceresnak scored on the power play at 1:40 of overtime Sunday as Slovakia defeated Germany 2-1 at the world junior hockey championship. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ceresnak scores in overtime as Slovakia defeats Germany 2-1 at world juniors [Dec 30, 2012] UFA, Russia - Peter Ceresnak scored on the power play at 1:40 of overtime Sunday as Slovakia defeated Germany 2-1 at the world junior hockey championship. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany vs. Slovakia, WJC 2013: Preview, TV schedule, game time and more [Dec 30, 2012] Slovakia and Germany both go for their first win of the 2013 World Juniors when the two teams meet on Sunday as round robin action continues. Germany is 0-0-0-3 in the tournament thus far, being outscored 24-3 in losses to Canada, Russia and USA. Forward Leonhard Pfoder leads Germany with just two points in the the three games, while goaltenders Marvin Cupper and Elmar Trautmann have shared ... [via YahooNews] More >>

UPDATE 6-Tennis-Linz Open women's singles round 1 results [Oct 09, 2012] Oct 9 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Linz Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday 5-Julia Goerges (Germany) beat Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4 7-6(5) Simona Halep (Romania) beat Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine) 3-0 (Tsurenko retired) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) beat 7-Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-2 6-4 Irina Begu (Romania) beat Catalina Castano (Colombia) 6-0 6-4 Kirsten Flipkens ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Slovakia to join EU financial transaction tax initiative [Oct 09, 2012] LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Slovakia will join a group of European Union countries that want to introduce a common tax on financial transactions, Vazil Hudak, the country's secretary of state told his EU counterparts during discussions in Luxembourg on Tuesday. The commitment means that Germany and France now have reached the threshold of nine EU countries needed to press ahead with introducing the ... [via YahooNews] More >>