European tournaments for national teams are coming thick and fast this summer. Just as the women's U19 Championship comes to a close, the men's equivalent gets under way in the Ukraine.
In the women's competition, a confident England came away from the final against Sweden 2-0 victors without conceding a single goal in the entire tournament and scoring twelve! In the semi-finals, Sweden once again came from behind to finally beat France 5-2 after extra...
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Not much happening on the ice-hockey front now in the height of summer except in the courtrooms of North America. In the ongoing question of the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes' in the NHL, trainer and part-owner of the franchise, Wayne Gretzky, obliged the request of the city of Glendale in the bankruptcy hearings to hand over necessary document and make a deposition. The documents will only be those that have...
I am proud to announce that NORDIC SPORT has been selected total equipment supplier for next coming European Athletics Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia 2009.
I will be present at the competitions from July 23rd to July 26th.
If you are in Serbia at that time and like to meet me, do not hesitate to contact me at emma@nordicsport.se or on cell phone:
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We are very glad to congratulate Minna Nikkanen and
Vanessa Vandy from Finland for the pole vault medals in Junior European Championships -22 held in Kaunas.
Minna took the silver medal on the result 4,45 m and Vanessa bronze with 4,35 m.
Both girls are using Nordic Evolution poles.
This season's Winter Classic at Fenway Park in Boston will be between the home town Bruins against Philadelphia Flyers on New Year's Day 2010. This information became official last Wednesday in an NHL press meeting at the famous baseball arena. This will be the third Winter Classic after starting on January 1, 2008, at the Ralph Wilson Stadium in New York between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Buffalo Sabres in front of a...
In the quiet of the close season, a contract squabble has erupted between the NHL in North America and the KHL in Russia. The latest player in this tug-o'-war is Jiri Hudler, who defected from Detroit to follow bigger roubles in the KHL. The NHL says he is contracted to play in the NHL next season and has lodged a protest to the IIHF. Of course, this isn't the first dispute between the leagues and as wages increase on this side of the Atlantic, it probably won'...
But firstly, the Chicago Blackhawks has signed the Stanley Cup jinx Marian Hossa. Fans of the Windy City will be hoping the man can break the jinx this coming season and help bring the cup home to Chicago next year. Hossa was playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 07/08 season and took part in the Stanley Cup final against Detroit Redwings. The Penguins went down in six matches, after which Hossa packed his bags and went to Detroit...