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Knockout Round April 1st-April 4th, 2016 6 Nations, Placement Matches, Relegation Play-Offs, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match, winning Nation will become Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Championship 2016 Champion Quarterfinals Date and Venue Team 1 T1 T2 Team 2 April 1st 2016, h. 15:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Russia 2 Sweden April 1st 2016, h. 19:30, Sandman Centre, Kamloops Finland 2 Czech Republic

The second day of the world championships started with the short program of womens event. Gracie Gold of the USA is leading the competition after the SP with an amount of 76.43 points, The Russian Anna Pogorilaya is second with 73.98 and another Russian Evgenia Medvedeva is currently 3rd with 73.76. the top 24 after the short program advance to the final part of the competition the free program. Happy with our competitor Nicole Rajičová tha american born slovak skater is currently 15th and will try to improve her personal best at WCh (15th place from last year) here the results http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG003.HTM

Canada off to semis Finns to face underdog Czechs in quarter-finals Finland's Meeri Raisanen #18 looks on as Canada's Laura Fortino #8 and Natalie Spooner #24 celebrate after a first period goal by Marie-Philip Poulin #29 during preliminary round action 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship A three-goal outburst in the second period helped Canada beat Finland 6-1. Canada gets a semi-final bye. The Finns face the Czechs in the quarter-finals Jennifer Wakefield scored twice and Marie-Philip Poulin, Rebecca Johnston, Brianne Jenner, and Jennifer Saulnier added singles for Canada. The Canadians finished second in Group A behind the perfect Americans. "I think it was our best team game," said Wakefield. "It was really good to carry through momentum. We played a really strong Russia game, and taking it to the next step tonight, I think it’ll be great for whoever we face in the semi-finals." Petra Nieminen replied for Finland, which came third in the group. Shots on goal favored Canada 41-19. The host nation is now two wins away from capturing Women's Worlds gold for the first time since 2012. Every tournament dating back to 1990 has had a Canada-U.S. final, and that'll likely unfold here again. "Obviously we started with a bang against the U.S," said Natalie Spooner. "I thought we had a good game, but couldn’t win that one. A bit of a slow start against Russia, but we picked it up. Then today I think we had a great game against Finland. We could see them again in the semis, so I think that’s just confidence for us moving forward." The Finns, last year's bronze medalists, have never beaten Canada in 19 tries dating back to 1990 at this tournament. Finland will be favored against the Czechs, but can't be overconfident. The Czechs barely lost to Sweden (3-2), surprised Switzerland (3-1) and edged Japan (3-2). The other quarter-final will pit Russia, fourth in Group A, against Sweden, first in Group B. Wakefield said she was looking forward to an extra day off before Sunday's semi-final: "it’s always great to have that day off and relax and hang out with family and friends. Then you kind of get back into your hockey bubble after your day off." Here, it took just 1:04 for the host nation to draw first blood. From the corner, Meghan Agosta centered it to an onrushing Poulin and the puck found its way past Finnish starter Meeri Raisanen. The Canadian pressure kept coming. Raisanen had to make a nice left pad save on Spooner’s shorthanded rush. Canada took a 2-0 lead at 8:04 of the second period on the power play. After a wild sequence where a Finnish defender’s stick blade went flying into the crowd, Johnston rushed in to whack a rebound over Raisanen. Finland looked like it had life when it struck back just 18 seconds later with Poulin off for tripping. Right off the faceoff in the Canadian end, Riikka Valila got the puck to Nieminen, and she beat Canadian goalie Emerance Maschmeyer over the glove But Finland’s mistakes would prove to be its undoing in the middle frame. Canada struck for three goals in less than three minutes. Jenner scored at 13:35 on a wraparound, with Canada pressuring the Finns and Raisanen getting caught out of position by her left post. At 14:33, Saulnier put the game out of reach at 4-1. Blayre Turnbull won a faceoff in the Finnish end, and Saulnier wired it high past the Finnish netminder. Wakefield scored Canada’s fifth goal unassisted at 16:06, grabbing the puck inside the Finnish blue line on a turnover and racing in to slide it past Raisanen’s left skate. "Her shot is unbelievable," said Spooner of Wakefield. "We just need her to use it more, and she was tonight." The partisan fans of the red Maple Leaf rejoiced. There would be no Finnish comeback after that. Agosta was shaken up in a second-period collision and helped off, but she came back for the third. "I was a little worried," Spooner admitted. "She’s my linemate, obviously. I felt like we’ve been getting better throughout the tournament, even if we haven’t been finishing as much as we’d like. It would be really tough to lose her at this point. I’m happy she’s feeling good and still going." Finland switched goalies in the third period, as back-up Anni Keisala saw her first action of the tournament. She allowed Wakefield's second of the night on the power play, a beautiful wrister from the faceoff circle with 1:42 remaining. "With these last couple of games, we have a lot of confidence going forward," said Maschmeyer. "No matter who we play, we’re not going to change our game plan. We’re going to stick to it and take it to them." During the first intermission at the Sandman Centre, a ceremony honored the members of the golden 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004 Canadian Women's World Championship teams.

Canada - Finland 6-1

Swedes down Swiss Czechs make QF, Switzerland misses out Sweden's Anna Borgqvist #18 and Switzerland's Sabrina Zollinger #11 battle for the puck while Switzerland's Florence Schelling #41 defends during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Sweden beat Switzerland 2-1 in a shootout to finish Group B undefeated. The Swiss missed the quarter-finals and will face Japan in relegation play Sweden’s quest to win its first medal since 2007’s bronze continues as it prepares for Friday’s quarter-finals. The Swiss needed a regulation win here to move on to the next round, and didn’t get it. Instead, the Czech Republic will be in the quarter-finals. It’s a great moment for the Czechs, who upset Switzerland 3-1 in the round-robin. They were relegated in their only previous Women’s Worlds appearance in 2013. Anna Borgqvist, who finished third in tournament scoring last year, got the shootout winner. The Swedes outshot Switzerland 39-22. The disappointed Swiss will finish seventh or lower for the first time since the 2011 Women’s Worlds (seventh). The last time they were relegated was in 2004. Switzerland jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Evelina Raselli’s goal at 4:21. But the red-and-white team would run into penalty trouble thereafter, including two bench minors for too many players on the ice. The Swedes poured it on in the second period, outshooting the Swiss 19-8. Their effort finally bore fruit. At 19:34, Lisa Johansson potted the tying goal on the power play. In the dying moments of the third period, the Swiss pulled netminder Florence Schelling in a bid to get a three-point regulation win. However, the gambit didn’t pay off, and their medal dreams were over. Swiss coach Daniela Diaz offered a post-mortem: "We had victory on our stick until the last second. The team struggled with a lot of heart. From this point of view, the defeat is very bitter. Despite an outstanding goalkeeping performance from Florence Schelling, it was not enough. Unfortunately. wie had to kill off many unnecessary penalties, which cannot happen at this level. Now we have to focus on the relegation game against Japan tomorrow. "

Sweden - Switzerland 2-1 (GWS)

Same old song and dance U.S. hammers Russia to clinch SF bye USA's Monique Lamoureux #7 scores a first period goal against Russia's Maria Sorokina #33 while Anna Shukina #21 looks on during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship. The United States clinched the top seed in Group A and a semi-final berth with a 8-0 pounding of Russia. Monique Lamoureux and Hilary Knight both scored twice. Kendall Coyne, Megan Keller, Shiann Darkangelo, and Anne Pankowski also scored for the Americans. It was another methodical, efficient performance at the Sandman Centre. Last year, the U.S. hammered Russia 9-2 in round-robin play and 13-1 in the semi-finals. The outclassed Russians have never beaten the U.S. in 11 tries at this tournament. Looking ahead to the semi-finals, Lamoureux said: "We have two days to prepare. Not sure who we’re going to play yet, but I think we haven’t played our best 60 minutes yet. Our goal is to get better each and every game." U.S. goalie Nicole Hensley recorded her first tournament shutout as her team earned a 39-16 edge in shots on goal. The U.S. has used all three of its goalies in three straight wins. "I just got the chills thinking about it," said Coyne of Hensley. "She definitely gave us energy all game long, just looking back at her. I was excited for her. I think everyone was excited for her. First career start, first career win, first career shutout. She did it all!" Russia will now set its sights on surviving the quarter-finals. It has twice won a medal at this tournament, taking bronze in 2001 and 2013. At 5:07, the U.S. took a 1-0 lead as Coyne dipsy-doodled past the Russian defence and scored on an in-close shot. Just 1:22 later, Monique Lamoureux cut down the right side and fooled Russian starter Maria Sorokina with a pretty forehand deke. Russian coach Mikhail Chekhanov had seen enough and yanked Sorokina in favor of back-up Nadezhda Morosva. It was 3-0 for the Americans at 14:19 when Keller scored with a rising wrister from the top of the right faceoff circle. The Russians settled down and played a better defensive game in the first half of the second period as the Americans also seemed to compete with a little less urgency. But in the end, a three-goal lead certainly didn't prove to be "the worst lead in hockey" for the defending World Champions. At 4:54 of the third, Lamoureux got her second of the night with the man advantage, using a forehand move virtually identical to her first-period tally. "It wasn’t the same goalie each time, but yeah, I guess if you watched one, you basically saw the other," Lamoureux admitted. Darkangelo made it 5-0 at 6:19 with her first career Women's Worlds goal, going to the net and converting Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's pass. "It’s really exciting," said Darkangelo. "I just drove to the net, and Jocelyne made a beautiful pass over and I tipped it in. It’s easy when you’re playing with talented players who set you up like that." Halfway through the period, Knight cruised straight down the middle and beat Morozova high to the glove side for a 6-0 edge. She made it 7-0 with her team-leading fifth goal of the tournament at 16:17. Pankowski rounded out the scoring with another power play marker with 2:46 left, skating unobstructed into the high slot and whipping it home. "Something we’ve really focused on is getting better every game," said Coyne. "I think we’re definitely doing that. We’re enjoying each other and having fun, and I think that’s what it’s all about."

United States - Russia 8-0

Czechs shoot down Japan Hymlarova plays the heroine Czech Republic's Alena Polenska #9 celebrates a second period goal against Japan's Nana Fujimoto #1 during preliminary round action at the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship The Czech Republic edged Japan 3-2 in a shootout at McArthur Island Centre to complete their round-robin slate on Thursday. Klara Hymlarova notched the winner It was an epic shootout indeed. Hymlarova’s game-deciding shot was the 15th overall, and she had taken three previous shots, including one goal, beforehand. The result gave the Czechs an opportunity to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their Women’s Worlds history. It would hold up unless Switzerland beat Sweden in regulation in the last Group B game. The Japanese, meanwhile, are bound for relegation play, like last year. Czech goalie Klara Peslarova got the victory versus last year’s Best Goalie, Nana Fujimoto. Final shots on goal favored the Czechs 33-28. With Katerina Bukolska off for tripping, Japanese captain Chiho Osawa opened the scoring with a power play goal at 4:55. The Czechs failed to capitalize on three second-period power plays as Japan held on to its lead. Yet Czech captain Alena Polenska stepped up with just 41 seconds left in the middle frame, notching the equalizer on a Denisa Krizova set-up. Polenska assisted on Aneta Tejralova’s 2-1 goal at 7:48 of the third period. But Japan’s Mika Hori made it 2-2 just over two minutes later. The Czechs had a golden chance to get the winner in regulation time when they got a 5-on-3 with just 2:20 remaining. In an unusual sequence, Haruna Yoneyama was sent off hooking at the same time as Shoko Ono was sent off for tripping. However, it was nothing doing, and extra time was required. In 2013, the Czechs finished eighth. Japan has never finished higher than seventh at the Women’s Worlds (2008, 2015).

Czech Republic - Japan 3-2 (GWS)

Bosnia and Herzegovina with first ever historic win

Interesting thread, just discovered it here well, for Slovakia it´s hard to post football fans video, in our league there something around attendance 350-500 peoples per match no one care about our domestic football.. so ofc I have to post only hockey hockey, slovak religion

Slovakia relegated.. well done girls !!! congrats to making peoples in your country proud..

Olympic Stadium Sports: Athletics (track and field events), Football Zone MARACANA Location: Engenho de dentro Zone Constructed for the 2007 Pan-American Games and currently the home of Botafogo Football Club, the capacity of the stadium known also as dr. Joao havelange Stadium will be temporarily increased from 45,000 to 60,000 for the Olympic. The Stadium will stage some preliminary round matches of Football tournaments during the first week and also will host all the Athletics track and field program of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games during the whole second week. After the games the venue will remain the premier Athletics Stadium in Brazil for major competitions. The stadium has a permanent tenant in the Botafogo Football Club, ensuring full use and sustainability. The planned urban renewal projects are part of a combined long-term effort by the City and Federal Governments to revitalize the wider zone of Engenho de Dentro surrounding the venue.

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Men’s Div. III begins Six teams, free live stream The Turkish team in front of its fans at last year’s IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III in Izmir. The 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III begins today in Istanbul with six teams competing for promotion to the next level. South Africa, host Turkey, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Georgia and Bosnia & Herzegovina will play in the six-team round-robin event from 31 March until 6 April. The schedule was adjusted due to the late withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates. One year ago DPR Korea won the tournament thanks to a 4-3 overtime win against host Turkey, then in Izmir, in front of 2,135 fans and earned promotion. They are replaced by South Africa, which was relegated from the Division II Group B. Last year Turkey won silver and Luxembourg the bronze medals. All games will be streamed live and for free. Games of the Turkish national team will also be televised by NTV Spor and Sports TV respectively. It’s the first men’s senior tournament of this year’s IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program. The Division II groups will start on 9 April in Jaca (Spain) and Mexico City (Mexico) followed by the Division I Group B in Zagreb (Croatia) 17-23 April and the Division I Group A in Katowice (Poland) 23-29 April. The top division will start on 6 May with the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship taking place in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia. Free Livestream Here

The Figure Skating World Championships started yesterday in Boston (USA) and the top favorite Yuzuru Hanju of Japan is already far ahead of the next field with 110.56 after his short program, followed by Javier Fernandez of Spain with a provisional score 98.52 and the Canadian Patrick Chan third with 94.84. the top 24 athletes advance to the finals (Free Routine) here the standings http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG001.HTM In the Ice Dance event, Another top favorites are performing very well, The French pair Gabriela Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron won the short dance with an amount of score 76.29 in front of the home pairs Maia and Alex Shibutani (74.70) and Madison Chock/Evan Bates (72.46). The top 20 pairs advance to the final round. Very nice perf also from our pair Federica Testa/Lukáš Csolley currently in very solid 12th place, They personal best at WCH is still 15th rank, so let´s hope they will improve it this year here the standings afte the short dance http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1516/wc2016/SEG007.HTM

Maracana Stadium Sports: Football, Opening Ceremony, Closing Ceremony Zone MARACANA Location: Maracana Station Probably the most famous and known sport venue of Brazil and Rio. hardly you can find someone who don´t know about or has never heard about the fabled maracana. Definitely one of the most epic temples of the world football. So it´s surely not a surprise that the legendary Maracana has been chosen as one of the venues of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games. The Maracana Stadium will host during the games some matches of both Football tournaments, including the decisive games. But the organizing committee also selected this time this famous landmark as the venue, which will stage both Ceremonies, The Opening and Closing. Originally constructed in 1950 for the FIFA World Cup, Before the recently finished renovation the world’s largest football stadium offered comfortable space for 100’000 people. In the year 1954 183513 people assisted a game between Brazil and Paraguay! For the Olympic games 2016 the Maracana stadium was completely renovated. The total capacity is now reduced to 73531 visitors.

István Lévai caught on meldonium... what a idiot

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Men's Final Olympic Qualification Tournament Trieste (ITA) - 03.04.2016 - 10.04.2016 Group A: Canada France Hungary Romania Russia Slovakia Group B: Germany Italy Kazakhstan Netherlands South Africa Spain Preliminary Round 12 Nations, 2 Groups, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Nations will Qualify to Quarterfinals Group A Russia 6 - 7 Canada (Score by Period: 1-1, 2-2, 2-1, 1-3) 3rd April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 7 - 13 Hungary (Score by Period : 0-6, 4-2, 0-3, 3-2) 3rd April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 11 - 13 Romania (Score by Period : 4-3, 2-5, 3-2, 2-3) 3rd April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Canada 14 - 14 Hungary (Score by Period: 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 3-1) 4th April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Romania 11 - 12 France (Score by Period : 4-3, 3-3, 3-4, 1-2) 4th April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 7 - 4 Slovakia (Score by Period : 2-0, 3-3, 0-1, 2-0) 4th April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Hungary 12 - 8 Romania (Score by Period: 4-2, 2-3, 4-1, 2-2) 5th April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 9 - 11 Canada (Score by Period : 2-2, 1-5, 3-2, 3-2) 5th April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 12 - 11 Russia (Score by Period : 3-3, 5-4, 2-2, 2-2) 5h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Canada 10 - 10 Romania (Score by Period: 2-2, 5-3, 3-4, 0-1) 6h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 8 - 18 Hungary (Score by Period : 2-6, 3-5, 1-4, 2-3) 6h April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Slovakia 8 - 10 France (Score by Period : 2-0, 2-4, 3-4, 1-2) 6h April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste France 5 - 13 Canada (Score by Period: 0-1, 1-2, 2-4, 2-6) 7h April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Hungary 16 - 7 Slovakia (Score by Period : 5-4, 5-1, 2-1, 4-1) 7h April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Russia 8 - 8 Romania (Score by Period : 3-1, 1-3, 3-3, 1-1) 7h April 2016, h. 16:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group A Final Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Hungary 5 4 1 0 73 44 +29 9 2 Canada 5 3 2 0 55 44 +11 8 3 France 5 3 0 2 46 56 -10 6 4 Romania 5 1 2 2 50 53 -3 4 5 Russia 5 1 1 3 40 49 -9 3 6 Slovakia 5 0 0 5 39 57 -18 0 Group B Spain 5 - 7 Netherlands (Score by Period: 3-2, 0-2, 0-2, 2-1) 3rd April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 4 - 23 Germany (Score by Period : 0-6, 2-4, 1-8, 1-5) 3rd April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 14 - 3 Kazakhstan (Score by Period : 4-1, 3-0, 4-1, 3-1) 3rd April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Kazakhstan 5 - 8 Netherlands (Score by Period: 0-3, 2-2, 2-2, 1-1) 4th April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Germany 5 - 10 Spain (Score by Period : 1-1, 1-0, 2-4, 1-5) 4th April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 22 - 3 South Africa (Score by Period : 5-1, 6-0, 7-1, 4-1) 4th April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Netherlands 9 - 8 Germany (Score by Period: 2-1, 2-2, 3-3, 2-2) 5th April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 6 - 11 Kazakhstan (Score by Period : 3-3, 2-3, 1-3, 0-2) 5th April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Spain 9 - 8 Italy (Score by Period : 4-1, 2-2, 1-3, 2-2) 5h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Kazakhstan 11 - 11 Germany (Score by Period: 2-2, 3-3, 4-2, 2-4) 6h April 2016, h. 13:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste South Africa 1 - 15 Spain (Score by Period : 1-3, 0-6, 0-4, 0-2) 6h April 2016, h. 15:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 11 - 5 Netherlands (Score by Period : 3-1, 5-3, 2-0, 1-1) 6h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Spain 16 - 4 Kazakhstan (Score by Period: 3-2, 3-1, 7-0, 3-1) 7h April 2016, h. 17:50 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Netherlands 17 - 7 South Africa (Score by Period : 4-2, 3-3, 4-0, 6-2) 7h April 2016, h. 19:10 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Italy 12 - 6 Germany (Score by Period : 1-1, 4-1, 4-1, 3-3) 7h April 2016, h. 20:30 (GMT +2), Polo Natatorio, Trieste Group B Standing RANK NATION GAME WINS DRAW LOST GF GR GD POINTS 1 Italy 5 4 0 1 67 26 +41 8 2 Spain 5 4 0 1 55 25 +30 8 3 Netherlands 5 4 0 1 46 36 +10 8 4 Germany 5 1 1 3 53 46 +7 3 5 Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 34 55 -21 3 6 South Africa 5 0 0 5 21 88 -67 0 Qualified Nations for Quarterfinals Canada France Germany Hungary Italy Netherlands Romania Spain

Škrteľ, absolutely out of shape, hope he´ll start to search his selfconfidence, because France 2016 is comming and he is our second most important player and team leader..

as usual. video of SVK National team Ireland - Slovakia 2-2 (2 penalties for IRL in 1 minute , the first one was a joke, the second was clear)