It was a historic game yesterday as Russia played against Canada. These 2 archrivals played for 4 periods. Ilya Kovalchuk made the final goal 2:42 into overtime and Russia won 5:4. Kovalchuk's goal gave Russia their first gold since 1993 and ended Canada's streak at 17 games. Yesterday, you could hear how the fans were yelling on the streets as Russia scored the final goal.

The chessboxing fight between Iepe the Joker and Luis the Lawyer continues Round three to the end!

World Beard and Moustache Championship took place last weekend in Brighton in England. THe competition had 2 rounds. Fisrt the competitors had to show the judges their beards and moustaches in all their glory. Then the judges examined the contestents' beard and moustache quality: softness and silkiness. The whole point of this competition is to encourage men to grow beards and moustaches on their physiognomy. Associated Press says that the next championship will be in Alaska in 2009.

T he draw for the Champions League group stages takes place on Thursday at 1700 BST with six British teams among the 32 names in the hat. Celtic edged out Spartak Moscow on penalties, while Arsenal completed a comprehensive 5-0 aggregate win over Sparta Prague to progress. Liverpool and Rangers booked their passage on Tuesday, joining Chelsea and Manchester United in the hat. Both Sevilla and AEK Athens will be in the draw despite playing next Monday. The second-leg tie between the pair was postponed following the death of the Spanish club's 22-year-old defender Antonio Puerta.

Qualifying for the 2008 European Championship is just past the halfway stage, and most of the leading teams are rising to the top of their groups.In Wednesday's qualifiers, three-time winner Germany can go five points ahead in Group D, while World Cup winner Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, France and defending champion Greece all are well-positioned to finish in the top two spots in their groups and advance.England is the exception. It is fourth in Group E and likely to stay there even if it wins at Estonia. With David Beckham playing his first competitive game for

A Mud Soccer World Championship took place in Hamburg the other day. What is remarkable, and as can be seen from pictures, both men in women participated in a soccer game, which is a little unprofessional. Still, the pictures look like it was fun.