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LONDON, Ont. Mike Bibby Grizzlies Jersey . - Michael Giugovaz stopped 44 shots and four different players scored twice for London as the Knights hammered the visiting Guelph Storm 11-1 on Thursday in Ontario Hockey League action.Christian Dvorak, Matt Rupert, Owen MacDonald and Michael McCarron had a pair of goals apiece for the Knights (11-6-0), who extended their win streak to seven games, while Dvorak and Rupert tacked on three assists each for five-point outings.Mitchell Marner scored once and set up three more for London as Tait Seguin and Aaron Berisha added the others.Chadd Baumann scored the lone goal for the Storm (8-6-1).Justin Nicholls started in net for Guelph but was pulled after allowing four goals on 17 shots in 30:35 of play. Bradley VanSchubert stopped just 10-of-17 shots in relief.The Knights went 2 for 3 on the power play while the Storm failed to score on two chances with the man advantage.---ICEDOGS 5 OTTERS 2St. Catharines, Ont. — Brent Moran stopped 38 shots as Niagara handed Erie its first regulation-time loss of the season.Blake Siebenaler, Graham Knott, Cody Payne, Johnny Corneil and Hayden McCool supplied the offence for the IceDogs (3-13-0).Kyle Petit and Kurtis MacDermid scored for the Otters (13-1-1) while Connor McDavid failed to pick up a point for the first time this season.---PETES 2 BATTALION 1PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Matthew Mancina stopped 44 shots and Stephen Nosad broke a 1-1 deadlock with six seconds remaining in regulation as the Petes slipped past North Bay.Nick Ritchie also scored for Peterborough (5-6-3), which won its third game in a row.Brenden Miller scored for the Battalion (8-3-4) while Jake Smith made 31 saves in defeat.---SPITFIRES 4 ATTACK 2WINDSOR, Ont. — Alex Fotinos kicked out 28 shots as the Spitfires doubled up Owen Sound.Trevor Murphy, Jamie Lewis, Aaron Luchuk and Cristiano DiGiacinto found the back of the net for Windsor (6-8-1).Zach Nastasiuk had a pair of goals for the Attack (8-4-4), who got a 24-save outing from Jack Flinn.--- Allen Iverson Grizzlies Jersey . - The New Orleans Saints have re-signed receiver Joseph Morgan for one year and have agreed to a four-year deal with free agent fullback Erik Lorig. Marc Gasol Grizzlies Jersey . Obasi chested the ball past one defender, prodded it past another and then rounded the keeper before scoring from a tight angle in the 16th minute. Seconds after the restart, Obasi set up Klaas Jan Huntelaar for the Dutchmans 11th goal from 13 games this season.ROME - Facing a lengthy ban, former figure skating world champion Carolina Kostner claimed in an interview Tuesday that she had nothing to do with the doping case involving her former boyfriend and Olympic race walking gold medallist Alex Schwazer.The Italian Olympic Committees anti-doping prosecutor recommended Friday that Kostner be banned for four years and three months — longer than the 3 1/2-year ban that Schwazer is serving — for helping Schwazer evade a test and other infractions.If I knew Alex was doping I would have convinced him to confess, for his own health, Kostner told the Fatto Quotidiano newspaper. Being accused of aiding him is intolerable for me. Ive never doped, Ive never helped Alex dope and I knew nothing about it until the test came up positive. How is it possible that they seek a heavier ban for me compared to so many athletes banned for doping?The prosecutors request was made as part of a widespread doping inquiry set off when Schwazer tested positive for EPO before the 2012 London Olympics.The 27-year-old Kostner, the 2014 Olympic bronze medallist and 2012 world champion, is taking this year off from competition but a long ban would rule her out of the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and could end her career.Her case will now be decided by CONIs internal doping court.Schwazer, who won the 50-kilometre walk at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed an out-of-competition test before arriving in London and was removed from Italys team before competing. He admitted using the blood-boosting hormone EPO, and said he was quitting the sport.Schwazer also admitted to consulting with Lance Armstrongs banned sports doctor, Michele Ferrari.Kostner has acknowledged accompanying Schwazer on a visit to Ferraris office in 20110, although she maintains that she did not know he doped. Mike Bibby Jersey. However, published reports of Kostners testimony to prosecutors in Bolzano showed she admitted to lying to inspectors from the World Anti-Doping Agency who came to her home in Germany looking for Schwazer on July 30, 2012 — days before Schwazer flew to London for the Olympics.Ultimately, the WADA inspectors caught up with Schwazer in Italy and thats when he tested positive.I had just a few seconds to decide what to do, Kostner said. I lied on his request. But I never — never — covered for him, because I had no idea what he was doing.Kostner was also questioned by prosecutors about a banned altitude chamber that Schwazer slept with.He explained that it was to help his breathing, Kostner said. I was so happy that he finally came to see me for a couple of days that I wouldnt have lost time discussing it.Thinking it over, I shouldnt have had so much trust, Kostner added. But when you see a machine you dont associate it with doping.Kostner has also won two silvers and three bronzes at the worlds, and is a five-time European champion. It remains unclear if she could be banned retroactively and stripped of medals.I could skate just for myself and do shows all over the world, Kostner said.However, a CONI ban would likely prevent her from performing in shows supported by national or international sports federations.Speaking at an anti-doping convention Tuesday, CONI president Giovanni Malago expressed sympathy for Kostner and displeasure with WADAs rules, which punish those covering up doping more severely than the dopers themselves.As a friend of Carolinas I think this situation is unfair, Malago said. But as CONI president, I realize we must follow WADAs rules. ' ' '
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