OTEPAA, Estonia - Russia and Sweden won mens and womens World Cup cross-country skiing team sprints Sunday, showing gd form ahead of next months world championships.The mens 6x1.5km race on relatively flat ground in Estonia was a straight fight between Russia and Norway, with Russias Sergei Ustyugov and Alexei Petukhov winning in 19 minutes 39.1 seconds, 0.4 seconds faster than Norways Anders Gloeersen and Finn Haagen Krogh.The bronze went to Italys Dietmar Noeckler and Federico Pellegrino, 12.5 seconds further back. Neither of two U.S. mens teams reached the final.Canadas Jesse Cockney and Len Valjas joined forces, finishing in eighth spot with a time of 20:01.9 in the final.Swedens Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson won the womens 6x1.2km race in 16 minutes, 11.1 seconds, taking the win by 0.8 seconds from a Norwegian duo that paired Olympic team sprint champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg with individual Olympic sprint gold medallist Maiken Caspersen Falla.Poland tk a surprise third place, 0.1 seconds behind Norway, off a strong performance from two-time Olympic champion Justyna Kowalczyk, who showed signs of regaining her form after a tough season, and her partner Sylwia Jaskowiec.A U.S. team of Ida Sargent and Rosie Brennan was sixth, while the other American team of Sadie Bjornsen and Sophie Caldwell was eliminated in the semifinals.Many of the worlds top skiers skipped the Otepaa meet, which on Saturday saw individual sprint wins for Norways Tomas Northug and Flugstad Oestberg.Sundays team sprints were the only World Cup team events of the season and are preparation for the freestyle team sprints Feb. 22 at the world Nordic ski championships in Falun, Sweden. Prior to Sundays races, no international-standard freestyle team sprints had taken place since the 2013 world championships. Eli Manning Cheap Jersey . -- Hee Young Park topped the leaderboard at 8 under Friday in the suspended second round of the Kingsmill Championship. Phil Simms Youth Jersey . Cesar said the difficulties he went through after the 2010 World Cup helped him become "a better professional" and made him "more focused" on his career. He admitted that he tk things for granted before the World Cup in South Africa, when he arrived considered the worlds top goalkeeper. http://www.giantsonlineteamshop.com/odel...rsey-cheap.html. - Titans quarterback Jake Locker will miss the rest of the season with a Lisfranc injury to his right ft, leaving Tennessee trying to rally with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Carl Banks Jersey . The Blue Jackets play Thursday night at New Jersey in their first game after the NHLs Olympic hiatus. A native of Trencin, Slovakia, Gaborik has represented his country at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics but was unable to play in Sochi because of his injury. Julian Love Giants Jersey . - Considering where Jeff Gordon was after Richmond, left out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship in part due to some late-race shenanigans, he couldnt have been happier on Sunday.VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks have named Jim Benning as their new general manager. Benning is the first significant hire made by new Canucks president of hockey operations Trevor Linden, who was handed the franchises reins after the team missed the playoffs for the first time in six years following a disastrous 2013-14 campaign. Benning spent the last eight seasons with the Boston Bruins, including seven as the clubs assistant general manager. A former Canucks defenceman during his playing days, the 51-year-old Benning is the 11th general manager in franchise history -- a post he has never held with an NHL club. "Jim brings a wealth of hockey experience as a builder and talent evaluator that will benefit this team for years to come," said Linden in a statement. "We are aligned on how we want to build this team and Jims level of commitment to building a championship team is exciting. I lk forward to re-introducing him to Vancouver on Friday." The Edmmonton native replaces Mike Gillis, who was fired as Vancouvers president and general manager a day after the club was eliminated from playoff contention with three games left in the regular season.dddddddddddd Bennings first order of business with the Canucks will be to hire a new head coach after Linden axed John Tortorella earlier this month following one tumultuous campaign. Benning will also have to prepare for next months NHL draft and assess a roster that Tortorella accused of being "stale" at his end-of-season press conference. Apart from helping to shape a Bruins team that defeated the Canucks in the 2011 Stanley Cup final, Bennings managerial resume also includes 12 seasons with Buffalo Sabres, with eight of those spent as that clubs director of amateur scouting. Selected sixth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1981 NHL draft, Benning played nine seasons with Toronto and Vancouver, collecting 52 goals and 191 assists in 610 career games. ' ' '