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TORONTO -- Three games. One score.The KLM line versus Mario and Wayne.The greatest hockey ever played.Russia and Canada get set to add another chapter to their rich rivalry Saturday night in the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2), some 29 years after that tournament -- then still called the Canada Cup -- produced a final series that still reverberates.It was about pure skill. All three games, Igor Larionov, the Hall of Fame center of the KLM line, told ESPN.com Friday. We ended up losing, but the biggest winner was the game of hockey and the fans who were watching it. Thats what I want to see tomorrow.Wouldnt that be something? Team North Americas 23-and-under kids showed us the future of the game this past week but also brought us back in time this with their breathtaking style. Although Larionov realizes thats not typically how the game is played today, he hopes that the stars on both Canadas and Russias rosters will be let loose on Saturday -- just like they were in 1987, when all three games were decided by a 6-5 score. Canada won Game 3 when?Wayne Gretzky famously set up Mario Lemieux?late in the third period for the winner.Its a great highlight. I think when you look at that play, I think it stands out in everyones mind, current Team Canada star?Sidney Crosby, a fervent student of the games history, said Friday.It was almost 30 years ago, but Id love to see the kind of hockey where we let the players play, let the players entertain, said Larionov. Thats what I remember from that series in 87, just the magnitude and skill level.The reality is that the winning goal, a 3-on-1 break with Gretzky, Lemieux and Larry Murphy bearing down, would be considered a monumental mistake in todays game. You rarely see those types of defensive breakdowns anymore, especially with the game on the line.The idea that Russia and Canada will spend the game exchanging chances Saturday night? Well, its wishful thinking.This is what I would tell you, began Team Canada coach Mike Babcock on Friday when asked about the idea of such a back-and-forth. I dont like to feed my family on hope, I like to feed my family on know. I dont like surprises, not at Christmas, not on my birthday. I want it under control.And that quote might as well have come from any of the other 29 NHL coaches.Still, its Canada versus Russia with a lot at stake, and even in todays game, thats something.Its a rivalry thats been around for a long time. I think means an intense, emotional game, said Crosby. Two proud nations when it comes to hockey.One could argue, though, that Team USA long ago replaced Russia as Canadas No. 1 hockey rival -- right around the time of the 1996 World Cup, in fact.The last best-on-best encounter between Russia and Canada came at the Vancouver Olympics, when Crosbys Canadian crew demolished?Alex Ovechkins Russian side 7-3 in the quarterfinals. They havent played since in a best-on-best tournament. Its a rivalry in need of a kick-start.Rivalries are built on great games, said Team Canada center Ryan Getzlaf on Friday. So were hopeful for one tomorrow.Just dont ask Getzlaf about the 87 Canada Cup.Man, I was two, he said.Fair enough.Its been almost 30 years. The time is here for another classic. Lets hope were fortunate enough to see it Saturday night. Boty Adidas Nmd Levně . Siddikur, whose previous win on the circuit came in Brunei three years ago, finished his bogey-free round with a birdie on the 18th for a total of 17-under 199. 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Basketbalové Boty Adidas . The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling "puts an end to my dreams of being a top player," the 27-year-old Troicki said in a statement. "I worked my entire life for it, and it has been taken away from me in one afternoon by a doctor I didnt know," said Troicki, whose ranking peaked at No. ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Forty-eight hours after suggesting Shiloh Keo wont be out of work long, Broncos coach Gary Kubiak welcomed back the fifth-year safety to his 53-man roster Wednesday.The Broncos had released Keo over the weekend while he was serving a two-game suspension for an offseason drunken driving arrest.I expected to come back. I didnt think it would be so soon, Keo said. But Im just excited for the opportunity because sometimes it doesnt come around. Ive been part of stuff like that where you dont get that shot. Im just happy that it came early.Keo had a good training camp but was banished from team headquarters for the first two games, which Denver won in the same nail-biting fashion that marked their Super Bowl run last season.It was frustrating (watching), but it was fun at the same time, Keo said, because I grinded with these guys and Im going to be pulling for them whether Im on the team or not.Keo joined the Broncos last December and five days later played in his first NFL game since 2013 when he was with the Texans. He made a bad first impression in Denver, however, when he allowed the winning TD in a 15-12 home loss to Oakland.But he atoned for that blunder with a crucial interception against San Diego that helped secure the AFCs top seed and he recovered Steve Gostkowskis onside kick to preserve Denvers 20-18 win over New England in the AFC championship game.ddddddddddddThe Broncos created room on their roster for Keo by releasing rookie nose tackle Kyle Peko on Tuesday.Although rookie safety Justin Simmons has a fractured left wrist, Kubiak said Keos return wasnt necessitated by concerns about depth in Denvers secondary.No, it just really tells you what we thought of him when we left camp, Kubiak said. We think a lot of Shiloh. Good special teams player for us. When you start suiting an extra guy at a position, theres no better guy to have on your team than a guy like him.Simmons, who was limited at practice Wednesday, injured his left wrist playing special teams in the Broncos 34-20 win over Indianapolis on Sunday. He figured it was just a sprain but on Monday he went for X-rays that revealed a hairline fracture.Im probably going to just end up clubbing it up on game day, Simmons said.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '